Bucky Larson: Born to Be a Star

Movie: Bucky Larson: Born to Be a Star

Genre: comedy

Synopsis: Bucky Larson (Nick Swardson) is a not-so-bright kid (early 20’s) who is hanging out with his equally dim-witted friends one night watching a porn film from the 70’s.  Much to his surprise, the film starred his parents (Edward Hermann and Miriam Flynn).  Much to his delight, he learns that his mother and father were a famous porn acting team in the 70’s.  Bucky decides that his destiny is to also be a porn star . . . so he moves to L.A..  There he meets Kathy (Christina Ricci) who becomes his good friend.  He also meets a down and out porn film producer, Miles Deep (Don Johnson).  Mile guides Bucky into his new career where, amazingly, he becomes a wildly popular star.

My two cents: I saw this movie because of the “0” rating in Rotten Tomatoes.  I thought it might be one of the those “so bad that it’s good” films.  It was not.  This was the type of film that regularly made me feel really uncomfortable because the lead character was just so naïve and downright stupid.  I was surprised to see actors like Christina Ricci, Edward Herrmann (the grandfather from Gilmore Girls), Don Johnson, and Kevin Nealon (Weeds) in a film like this.

An example of the level of this movie is the opening scene: Bright and early in the morning, a farmer is shown standing in his goat pen holding a big jar of peanut butter as he takes a handful of it and smears it on below.  A big smile appears on his face as the goats crowd in. . . and you get the definite impression that this is considered to be perfectly acceptable behavior, as he waves and says “howdy” to a passerby who gives a friendly wave back.  Too much for me.

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