Buck O’Brien and Chuck were the best of friends when they were kids. Buck is now a 27-years old emotionally fragile young man who lives with his mother, surrounded by candy and toys. When Buck’s mother dies, he invites Chuck to the funeral. Chuck now calls himself “Charlie”, he is a successful music producer, and he has a fiance named Carlyn. Buck would love to be Chuck’s best friend again, like in old times. He makes an awkward sexual advance to him. “Charlie” is too busy to go along with Buck’s needs. Buck follows his friend to Los Angeles, takes a room in a hotel and starts writing a play about his friendship with Chuck. He stalks Chuck and his fiancée, he even hires Beverly, Charlie’s company manager, to produce his play. At the party where he eventually meet Chuck and Carlyn again, he discovers how far Chuck’s world is from his own…
Mike White carries this film with an amazing performance. No other actor can pull Buck's role like he did. Its an indie gem and I like how the characters dealt with the situation. Strong writing, again courtesy Mike White. One of Chris Weitz few acting credits, his performance is good here. He acts as this perturbed from within, stoic from the outside person with such conviction. Oodle oodle oodle oodle fun fun fun..
"OODILLY OODILY OODILlY OODILLY OODILLY OODILLY FUN -FUN- FUN " love that song in the opening credits. ^_^
The obsessions with dehumidifiers and blow pops are to me, by far, the most disturbing aspects of Buck. I find his obsessions to be in an odd way, very normal. He just acts on them in ways and goes to lengths that most of us wouldn't. One of independent cinemas great films about obsession. I don't really feel as if many people know about Chuck and Buck, too bad, it's great.