A Year of Garbage Movies #58, “Bucky Larson: Born to Be a Star” (2011)

“Bucky Larson: Born to be a Star”

Alright, let’s see what we got…

“Starring Nick Swardson”

Nick Swardson, he usually just does movies with…oh no…oh god no…

“A Happy Madison Production”

Are you there God? It’s me, Brandon. I’ve committed a lot of blasphemy lately so if you could just smite me before these credits finish that would be great…

“***scene cuts to a hillbilly smearing peanut butter on his crotch so a goat can lick it off***”

Are you there Satan? It’s me, Brandon…

Dusting off his wig from Benchwarmers, Nick Swardson embarks on a quest to leave the Mid-West and become a porn star like his parents.

At any given moment he could either be preparing to take his pants off or pull a sword from a stone

Pros:

• David Spade and Kevin James don’t appear in this movie, so Sandler at least made a pretense of not using the whole enterprise as an excuse to go on vacation with his friends.

Cons:

• They don’t make wireless mice like they used to. Even if you hold the laser directly in front of your eyes for 90 minutes you will not go blind. That betrays a marked drop in craftsmanship.