For the Millennials who hated it in 2011, watching it today feels different. In an era of polished, corporate streaming comedies that take zero risks, Bucky Larson stands out because it takes all the wrong risks. It is a beautiful disaster—a film that swings for the fences, trips over the bat, and accidentally knocks the stadium over.
For the uninitiated, Bucky Larson: Born to Be a Star follows the eponymous Bucky (Nick Swardson), a grocery store bagger from small-town Iowa who sports the world’s most prominent overbite, a bowl cut, and jeans pulled up to his ribcage. When his conservative parents are revealed to have been adult film stars in the 1970s, Bucky realizes he was "born to be a star"—specifically, an adult film star. Bucky Larson- Born to Be a Star
It’s stupid. It’s crude. It’s problematic. But ten years later? It’s finally starting to look like art. For the Millennials who hated it in 2011,