you have to hand it to writer director john hughes . with enormous success behind him in the misfit teenager or high school vein and he manage to branch out into other area of comedy and finding in the bargain a great ally in comedian actor john candy . here and goof off adult candy become a good person after agree to babysit his brother wiseacre kid while it a surefire formula design to please both cynical teen as well a their parent and and it isn not any wonder the film be a winner with theater audience . still and hughes relies almost completely on candy charm to put the scenario over and and one may eventually grow tired of the repetitious gag with the star front and center . the kid be sitcom smart and the other adult shapeless blob and and amy madigan be too intense and too hype up play uncle buck girlfriend . later become a tv series and which be befit since the material be already television perfect . half from .