Macaulay Culkin Says John Candy Looked Out for Him Around 'Monster' Dad

‘John Candy: I Like Me’ Review: Colin Hanks’ Documentary Offers a Warm but Overstuffed Tribute

I fell in love with John Candy the moment I saw him serve up those shovel-sized pancakes in “Uncle Buck.” John Hughes wrote the part of Uncle Buck specifically for Candy, and the uncle’s affection for his nieces and nephew was true in real life too. Now, over 30 years after Candy’s death in 1994, comes a new documentary “John Candy: I Like Me,” full of funny anecdotes about a guy virtually everyone liked and also what being that guy cost him. Di…

Macaulay Culkin Revealed John Candy Noticed His Dad Was "A Monster"

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Devastating John Candy doc is a heartfelt look at comedy superstar lost too soon

Early in the emotional new documentary “John Candy: I Like Me,” which had its world premiere Thursday night at the Toronto International Film Festival, actor Bill Murray sums up the loving movie well. "I wish I had some bad things to say about him,” says Candy’s friend and “Stripes” co-star. Directed by Colin Hanks, “I Like Me” portrays Candy as a hardworking family man driven, in part, by a tick-tock feeling that his life would be cut short.

John Candy’s Children: Get to Know the Late Actor’s Daughter & Son

John Candy’s legacy lives on through his two children, Jennifer and Christopher. Learn more about the late actor’s daughter and son.

Macaulay Culkin Says John Candy Looked Out for Him Around 'Monster' Dad

Emma McIntyre/Getty Images Macaulay Culkin is reflecting on the paternal relationship he had with his late Uncle Buck costar, John Candy. Culkin, 45, played Candy’s nephew in the hit 1989 comedy and recalls some of his on-set memories in new documentary John Candy: I Like Me, which had its world premiere at Toronto International Film Festival on Thursday, September 4, ahead of its Prime Video debut on October 10. In particular, the former child …

‘John Candy: I Like Me’ Review: Toronto Opens With an Overly Affectionate Homage to a Hometown Comedy Hero

“John Candy: I Like Me” is the kind of glowing celebrity tribute you expect to get at their funeral, not all these years after their death (it opens with the Dan Aykroyd’s eloquent eulogy for his friend, and closes with the one Catherine O’Hara gave). But in the three decades since that big, lovable star’s passing, the affection his friends and family held for Candy has only deepened, to the extent that Bill Murray jokes “I wish I had more bad t…