Bucky Larson: Born to Be a Star

2011
R
1h 37m

IMDb RATING

3.3/10

13K

YOUR RATING

Nick Swardson in Bucky Larson: Born to Be a Star (2011)

After learning that his parents were porn stars in the 1970s, a nerdy guy (Swardson) leaves his home in northern Iowa for Hollywood, hoping to follow in their footsteps. He's taken in by a down-and-out director (Johnson) who sees a bright future for him and the kid.

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Raunchy Comedy Comedy

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

3.3/10

13K

YOUR RATING

See production info at IMDbPro

Awards
- 1 win & 6 nominations

Trivia
Swardson defended Bucky Larson in an October 2011 interview, in which he blamed its poor financial showing on the difficulties of advertising the material: "To promote an R-rated movie, with commercials, with this character, it was just really, really hard. It was hard to get the movie across to people. The trailer in theaters was really tame because we couldn't show any of the insanity, and even if we did it, it wouldn't hit because it had no context. It was just really frustrating." He predicted the film would find more appreciation on DVD. Swardson also dismissed the negative reviews. "I knew the critics were going to bury us because of the acting, how it was written and directed, none of those reviewers was psyched to see Bucky Larson and laugh. They go in with the mentality 'fuck these guys for making another movie.' They go in there to kind of headhunt. It makes me laugh because it's just so embarrassing. It makes them look like such morons."

Goofs
When Bucky is in the bushes at 22 minutes in the cookie he's holding changes shape over and over.

Quotes
Dick Shadow: Nothing grows in my crotch shade. Nothing.

Crazy credits
The guitar riff that is played as Bucky enters the stage on The Jimmy Fallon show is from the song Medium Pace, by Adam Sandler. A nod to Happy Maddison productions

Connections
Featured in The Tonight Show with Jay Leno: Episode #19.206 (2011)

Soundtracks
Walkin' in the Sunshine
Written and Performed by Roger Miller
Courtesy of Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC & Tree Productions

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1/10

One of the worst films I've ever seen.

When I first went to see this movie I had rather low expectations, I thought this would be something fun to pass the time with, nothing fancy.

I have seen some bad movies in my life but I can safely say that this is one of the worst movies (if not the single worst one) I've ever seen. The jokes were really stale, and they somehow managed to move things really fast but in a long and boring way.

This was one and a half hour of pure torture and I do not recommend it, not one bit. I rarely make a review for a movie and even more rarely do I give only one star, but this film deserved it. Just don't waste your time on it.