Byline: A.O. SCOTT New York Times
Shot in mostly hand-held video and featuring a character whose mental balance is questionable, ``Chuck and Buck'' might be described as an indie version of ``Disney's `The Kid.' '' The two share some underlying themes -- pain of growing up, persistence of primal fears and desires into adulthood, desperate human need for love. Their difference, ultimately, is between easy sentiment and difficult emotion.
Though ``Chuck and Buck,'' Miguel Arteta's new film that opens today, is frequently funny, always sincere, there is nothing cute or heartwarming in its view of childhood loneliness and need. Something for the child in all of …
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