Bucky Larson: Born to Be a Star 2011

Tom Russo, Boston Globe: Swardson and the gang generally opt for silly over edgy and outrageous, but Bucky is just too dashed-off a character for the movie to get by on that. Read more

Keith Staskiewicz, Entertainment Weekly: With his pageboy haircut, ''Gee, golly'' Midwestern accent, and two protruding Chiclets for front teeth, Bucky Larson is a one-note joke played over and over and over. Read more

A.O. Scott, New York Times: This may be the worst movie Pauly Shore has ever been in. Think about that. If you dare, go on Netflix and test the hypothesis. Read more

Matt Singer, Time Out: This movie is dire, soul-crushing stuff. Read more

Nathan Rabin, AV Club: Is there a staler target for satire than the porn industry? Is there any humor left to be gleaned from describing X-rated acts in G-rated language? Bucky Larson suggests there isn't, yet it plunges ahead all the same. Read more

Eric D. Snider, Film.com: This isn't even a series of skits, but a series of vague ideas for skits that nobody fleshed out. Read more

Frank Scheck, Hollywood Reporter: About as funny as the typical scribbling on a public bathroom stall. Read more

Robert Abele, Los Angeles Times: An inept, lazy R-rated movie whose sole purpose is as a glossary of euphemisms for genitalia and sexual acts. Read more

Rafer Guzman, Newsday: Icky and repellent in ways it probably did not intend. Read more

Joe Neumaier, New York Daily News: This god-awful, unfunny, stinkingly putrid sketch-comic movie has exactly one snicker-worthy moment, involving Kevin Nealon and a stolen grape. But watching the rest of it will make you whine. Read more

Alonso Duralde, TheWrap: The entire premise feels about 35 to 40 years out of date, and while the porn business is a supremely easy target for comedy, this movie doesn't have any idea of what might be funny about it, besides perhaps "tee-hee - boobies." Read more

Andrew Barker, Variety: Through all this, one feels nothing more strongly than an acute sympathy for all involved -- in particular Ricci, who gives her role more than it deserves, and Herrmann, a classy character actor who once won a Tony. Read more