Swardson defended Bucky Larson in an October 2011 interview, in which he blamed its poor financial showing on the difficulties of advertising the material: "To promote an R-rated movie, with commercials, with this character, it was just really, really hard. It was hard to get the movie across to people. The trailer in theaters was really tame because we couldn't show any of the insanity, and even if we did it, it wouldn't hit because it had no context. It was just really frustrating." He predicted the film would find more appreciation on DVD. Swardson also dismissed the negative reviews. "I knew the critics were going to bury us because of the acting, how it was written and directed, none of those reviewers was psyched to see Bucky Larson and laugh. They go in with the mentality 'fuck these guys for making another movie.' They go in there to kind of headhunt. It makes me laugh because it's just so embarrassing. It makes them look like such morons."
Is currently one of the worst reviewed movies on Rotten Tomatoes, now currently hold a 3% critic score.
Widely considered one of the worst films of 2011, it was nominated for six Razzies but lost out to another Happy Madison film, Jack y Jill (2011).
Not pre-screened for critics, usually a sign of a bad film.
Kathy tells Bucky that she's from New Jersey. Monclair, New Jersey is Christina Ricci's real-life hometown.