By This hero wears tennis shoes. He slurps cans of Coca-Cola constantly. But Buck isn't your typical adult. With a freckled face and tufts of shaggy red hair, Buck resembles a full-grown Dennis the Menace.
Movies are fond of simple-minded heroes.
In Being There, a quietly comic Peter Sellers turned Chance the gardener into a noble politician. Dustin Hoffman portrayed an autistic idiot savant in Rain Man . Forrest Gump became a lovable doofus thanks to Tom Hanks' nice-guy performance. And you know how much critics love movies that make you think, especially after a season of summer blockbusters. Essentially, Buck's story makes you feel, and that's the best impact a movie can aspire to make.