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Bucky Larson: Born to Be a Star

Bucky Larson: Born to Be a Star (2011)

September. 09,2011
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3.3
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R
| Comedy

A kid from the Midwest moves out to Hollywood in order to follow in his parents footsteps -- and become a porn star.

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radmanart
2011/09/09

Sometimes I wonder if all you; sadist, internet Nazis, give Adam Sandler bad ratings because he is Jewish. This movie made me laugh so hard I was crying. I have not laughed that hard in many years. That alone warrants me to write this review. Nick Swardson is so very funny to me; always. His performance in Blades of Glory was stellar. His Comedy Central stand up appearance; was pretty good. With some work he could be really great at stand up.. Christina Ricci was really great too. Her expressions were so convincing. She really made me think she was a all American wholesome girl; through the whole movie. Don Johnson was also so entertaining; his performance alone would have made this movie great. Kevin Nealon as Gary; was just icing on the cake.

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Shilo
2011/09/10

I cannot believe Nick Swardson has the gall to defend this incoherent, awkward and embarrassing piece of trash. This is without a doubt the worst film of the year and one of the worst films ever made and, yet, he thinks he made a good movie. I would hate to see what comes next from him because "Bucky Larson: Born to Be a Star" sucks on so many levels of shameful stupidity, it is sad. I managed to sit through "Freddy Got Fingered" back in 2001 but this garbage made me walk out the theater door and not look back.It's about a dorky kid, Bucky Larson (Nick Swardson) who discovers his weird parents were porn stars at one point and he decides to rid his sheltered life and become a porn star like them.Nick Swardson is that guy from "I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry." He played the gay butterfly and he showed he is funny, can play funny characters and he is talented even if that role was limited. Well, this is his big jump and Nick is the star of this picture and if this is his starting point, he has a long sad career ahead of him. Or, maybe this film will sink him because not only is this film cringe-worthy and good at dulling your intelligence, it is awkward to the point where you realize your wasted time was of greater importance and you feel stupid for watching it. The easy way to some up this film would be: "A boring kid with buck teeth, hence "Bucky" becomes a pornstar when directors see him masturbate and screech like a monkey." How does that sound?Would it surprise you if you knew Adam Sandler was the writer to this s**t? It shouldn't. His career has been in the Jon for over ten years now and he still can't write a story that is funny or interesting, instead settling on crude humor and fart jokes. His company Happy Madison can't seem to produce a good movie either or anything funny. That's a shame when his movies still make money but I bet you this picture won't. Oh, and that guy who directed the equally cringe- worthy "The Hot Chick" with the bumbling Rob Schinder, who can't act his way out of a paper bag, directed this. We got an all-star team here folks. If it seems like I am being very harsh, I am. If they want to attempt to dull my intelligence with this, I am going to burn them as well for making an awful movie that no one should have to see.Nick plays the titular character who is a manchild and lives with his mom and dad in some small town and Bucky comes off as this innocent kid, to which he is, but he doesn't seem all that smart. He is an awkward kid who has been sheltered by his parents and he works at a local grocery store. You remember that character, "Booger" from "Revenge of the Nerds" back in 1984? Well, the actor, Curtis Armstrong, shows up at the beginning of the picture as Bucky's boss as a way for the producers to attempt to sell the film because of Armstrong's memorable character. Too bad, his character here is a brain-dead idiot that shows you the extent of the misery you're about to endure as the picture begins.So, this kid that doesn't seem to know anything finds his parents porn stash, yes, they were awkward porn stars back in the 1970's and all the sudden, Bucky's mission is to travel to L.A. and become a porn star. Yeah...Okay. Through a series of misunderstandings, Bucky gets a job as a porn star for a failing director, Miles Deep (that name doesn't sound sexual at all). Bucky becomes a star when the director sees his, oh god..., his small penis and somehow screeching like a monkey when he masturbates, makes women want to sleep with him. Does that sound normal to you? No! it sounds like something an idiot wrote thinking they were funny to suck the dollars out of audiences. Enter all of Adam Sandler's moron friends, because they only star in his movies, and the film has gone to total s**t. Christina Ricci shows up as bucky's new girlfriend, of course, she is, and Stephen Doriff shows up as a jerk-off porn star called, Dick Shadow, how nice. He is the typical dummy with a tough attitude who becomes threatened by the dorky kid and hides a secret but who cares? I am not going to even bother with the rest of the picture because I don't want to waste your time. As i said before, It takes a lot for me to walk out of a movie and this picture made me want to run. There is nothing salvageable from it at all and Nick needs to look elsewhere if he thinks he made a funny comedy with the crew that is responsible for "Deuce Bigalow," "The Animal" and, the wretched "Waterboy." Also, I would like to know from Nick what he thinks was funny about this picture because he attempted to defend it by calling critics, "Morons." Well, I consider myself an intelligent person and an experience movie critic to which I say to Nick, "You movie sucked! Try a better screenplay that doesn't make you look like an unintelligent idiot or maybe a career change is better for you?"Zero/10

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mirkizio
2011/09/11

This movie is hilarious.I mean,It is so bad its actually good. A masterpiece,the only movie that made cry out of laughing.Brilliant, doesn't deserve these bad grades! I don't usually like commedies at all, but this is one of my favourite movies all time. I showed it to all my friend and they all laughed so hard. This became our movie we watch a few times in a year. Believe me, this movie will change your life!

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bivens_joe
2011/09/12

Lookit, I like Nicky Swardson as much as anyone, but, this movie f**king blew. That that I have to type out 10 lines in order to submit this review is understandable, but at the same time, it pisses me off because I intended on forgetting about this bad film as soon as I finished my review of it. What can I tell you? While I have to animus toward Adam Sandler, I feel that if he doesn't apologize to me personally for creating this horror show, I may have to snub him, should we ever meet. My email is available through IMDb. Let's go. Make this right.OK, so I guess that wasn't enough lines, still. Grrr. Is this enough?

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