# "Bucky larson" - will it achieve the rare "0" rating on RottenTomatoes.com? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [September 7, 2011, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bucky-larson-will-it-achieve-the-rare-0-rating-on-rottentomatoes-com/595526 "2011-09-07T19:04:49Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 18\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Evil\_Captor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f17d59/32.png) [@Evil\_Captor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Evil_Captor)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2011, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bucky-larson-will-it-achieve-the-rare-0-rating-on-rottentomatoes-com/595526/61 "2011-09-11T22:10:34Z")
Sandler’s crap used to sell. It’s nice to see it getting the response it deserves. ---
**Author:** ![Rex\_Goliath](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bcef8e/32.png) [@Rex\_Goliath](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rex_Goliath)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2011, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bucky-larson-will-it-achieve-the-rare-0-rating-on-rottentomatoes-com/595526/62 "2011-09-11T22:10:40Z")
I got really excited when the trailer started playing in the beginning of _30 Minutes or Less_, but only because I thought it was a preview for a full-length [_Simple Jack_](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U-n_zk7e0ZU). Sadly, it was not ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Khadaji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2011, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bucky-larson-will-it-achieve-the-rare-0-rating-on-rottentomatoes-com/595526/63 "2011-09-11T22:21:05Z")
I had heard of Bucky - but have seen nothing on Creature until now. Did they advertise it at all? ---
**Author:** ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2011, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bucky-larson-will-it-achieve-the-rare-0-rating-on-rottentomatoes-com/595526/64 "2011-09-11T22:39:17Z")
> [@Khadaji](#): > > I had heard of Bucky - but have seen nothing on Creature until now. Did they advertise it at all? I saw ONE commercial for it. Looked like a Predator ripoff. ---
**Author:** ![obfusciatrist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/4af34b/32.png) [@obfusciatrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/obfusciatrist)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2011, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bucky-larson-will-it-achieve-the-rare-0-rating-on-rottentomatoes-com/595526/65 "2011-09-12T01:48:32Z")
> [@Evil\_Captor](#): > > Sandler’s crap used to sell. It’s nice to see it getting the response it deserves. I don’t now about _ **used** _ to sell. The last five movies he has actually carried as an actor: Just Go With It - $103MM domestic, $215MM global Grown Ups - $162MM domestic, $271MM global Funny People - $51MM domestic, $71MM global Bedtime Stories - $110MM domestic, $212MM global You Don’t Mess with the Zohan - $100MM domestic, $199MM global The two other movies in the last five years he produced but didn’t star in: Paul Blart: Mall Cop - $146MM domestic, $183MM global The House Bunny - $48MM domestic, $70MM global I’m guessing that even if Bucky Larson doesn’t go on to make some money beyond the theaters that they’ll let Sandler keep making movies. ---
**Author:** ![Typo\_Negative](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/typo_negative/32/484_2.png) [@Typo\_Negative](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Negative)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2011, 3:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bucky-larson-will-it-achieve-the-rare-0-rating-on-rottentomatoes-com/595526/66 "2011-09-12T03:19:43Z")
> [@Exapno\_Mapcase](#): > > But that’s not the weird thing. You could smell Bucky’s stink through the computer or tv just by looking at the character. The weird thing is [Main Street](http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/main-street/). That’s a movie with an all-star cast. Orlando Bloom, Amber Tamblyn, Andrew McCarthy, Colin Firth, Ellen Burstyn, and Patricia Clarkson. And it’s also at 0, although with only 6 reviews. > > Has there ever been a weekend when two 0-rated movies debuted? But we have heard about **Bucky Larson**. We have heard so much about it that I would really like them to stop. Before you posted about **Main Street** , I hadn’t heard of it at all. ---
**Author:** ![Grumman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/43a26b/32.png) [@Grumman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grumman)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2011, 4:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bucky-larson-will-it-achieve-the-rare-0-rating-on-rottentomatoes-com/595526/67 "2011-09-12T04:25:24Z")
> [@Exapno\_Mapcase](#): > > The weird thing is [Main Street](http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/main-street/). That’s a movie with an all-star cast. Orlando Bloom, Amber Tamblyn, Andrew McCarthy, Colin Firth, Ellen Burstyn, and Patricia Clarkson. And it’s also at 0, although with only 6 reviews. Reading a couple of those reviews, I’m not surprised. They may have an all-star cast, but even the “climax” sounds like a letdown. ---
**Author:** ![Yorikke](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yorikke/32/4335_2.png) [@Yorikke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yorikke)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2011, 4:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bucky-larson-will-it-achieve-the-rare-0-rating-on-rottentomatoes-com/595526/68 "2011-09-12T04:41:18Z")
> [@Khadaji](#): > > I had heard of Bucky - but have seen nothing on Creature until now. Did they advertise it at all? Same thought here. I can’t recall ever having not heard AT ALL about such a wide release. Nothing. Joe ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2011, 8:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bucky-larson-will-it-achieve-the-rare-0-rating-on-rottentomatoes-com/595526/69 "2011-09-12T08:04:22Z")
My theory is that Hollywood wanted to launch two box office catastrophes this weekend as a tribute to the catastrophe of the Twin Towers collapse 10 years ago. ---
**Author:** ![Evil\_Captor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f17d59/32.png) [@Evil\_Captor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Evil_Captor)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2011, 1:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bucky-larson-will-it-achieve-the-rare-0-rating-on-rottentomatoes-com/595526/70 "2011-09-12T13:09:06Z")
Add me in as another who never heard of “Creature” until this thread. The movie either had no marketing, or terrible marketing. “OK, guys, I know this sounds crazy, but it just might work! We’re going to spend our entire ad budget on 3 am spots on the Golf Channel and Korean TV!” ---
**Author:** ![obfusciatrist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/4af34b/32.png) [@obfusciatrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/obfusciatrist)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2011, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bucky-larson-will-it-achieve-the-rare-0-rating-on-rottentomatoes-com/595526/71 "2011-09-12T14:07:13Z")
The first weekend after Labor Day is a pretty common dumping ground (as, to a certain degree is the entire month of September). If you think you have a quality movie you put it later in the year for awards and if you think you have a commercial movie you get it into theaters before school starts again. ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2011, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bucky-larson-will-it-achieve-the-rare-0-rating-on-rottentomatoes-com/595526/72 "2011-09-12T14:55:46Z")
> [@Max\_the\_Immortal](#): > > Michael Caine is famous for not being picky about what roles he takes. It would be silly for a plumber to only work with copper pipes, and turn down all other jobs, so why should an actor only work on productions with classy scripts? > [@](#): > > “I have never seen it, but by all accounts it is terrible. However, I have seen the house that it built, and it is terrific.” -Michael Caine, commenting on his role in _Jaws: The Revenge_. ---
**Author:** ![Billy\_Baroo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/76d3ee/32.png) [@Billy\_Baroo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Billy_Baroo)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2011, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bucky-larson-will-it-achieve-the-rare-0-rating-on-rottentomatoes-com/595526/73 "2011-09-12T19:58:21Z")
> [@Stowed\_Bob](#): > > I thought he was the real life Bucky Larson. > > Is he even in this movie? It’d make more sense of have Ricci or Johnson popping up randomly than him even if he was. I can’t wrap my head around why Sandler would let his annoying friend in the commercial, unless it was related to a drunken bet. IMDB shows that he (Peter Dante) is reprising his role as Dante from _Grandma’s Boy._ IIRC the character is a drug dealer with an inexplicable patois. As for why put him in the trailer: Happy Madison does weird for weird’s sake. ---
**Author:** ![Steve\_MB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/steve_mb/32/5339_2.png) [@Steve\_MB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steve_MB)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2011, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bucky-larson-will-it-achieve-the-rare-0-rating-on-rottentomatoes-com/595526/74 "2011-09-12T20:02:57Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > It’s got boobs, so no. 😃 Meh, Al Gore invented this thingamabob that lets you see nekkid b00bies in the privacy of your own home. ---
**Author:** ![Love\_Rhombus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/love_rhombus/32/10694_2.png) [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2011, 4:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bucky-larson-will-it-achieve-the-rare-0-rating-on-rottentomatoes-com/595526/75 "2011-09-13T04:31:38Z")
> [@Steve\_MB](#): > > Meh, Al Gore invented this thingamabob that lets you see nekkid b00bies in the privacy of your own home. Tubes for b00bs! ---
**Author:** ![Max\_the\_Immortal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/6de8d8/32.png) [@Max\_the\_Immortal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_the_Immortal)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2011, 4:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bucky-larson-will-it-achieve-the-rare-0-rating-on-rottentomatoes-com/595526/76 "2011-09-17T04:33:10Z")
Has anyone else noticed that the commercials for this movie completely stopped some time this week? I guess the folks behind the movie decided to stop wasting their money. I hope they lost a lot of money. ---
**Author:** ![Rex\_Goliath](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bcef8e/32.png) [@Rex\_Goliath](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rex_Goliath)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2011, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bucky-larson-will-it-achieve-the-rare-0-rating-on-rottentomatoes-com/595526/77 "2011-10-03T21:38:09Z")
Bucky Larson still sitting at 0%. Mission accomplished. ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2011, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bucky-larson-will-it-achieve-the-rare-0-rating-on-rottentomatoes-com/595526/78 "2011-10-03T21:50:04Z")
According to BoxOfficeMojo, it grossed about $2.5 million in the U.S., meaning that somewhere around 250,000 people actually paid good money to see it. 😛 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bucky-larson-will-it-achieve-the-rare-0-rating-on-rottentomatoes-com/595526.md?page=3)