just take off your pants, and we'll begin. This is Movie Night!

Hello and welcome to Movie Night, YouTube's #1 interactive weekly movie review show - hi,

I'm your host Jonathan Paula. Tonight on the program will be talking a look at a couple

porn-inspired comedies. The first of which is brand new on home media this week, "Bucky

Larson: Born To Be A Star"

Released on September 9th to scathing reviews, this raunchy Nick Swardson vehicle performed

so abysmally at theaters, it was pulled from its nationwide run just a week after premiering.

Even on its very cheap $10-million dollar budget, "Bucky Larson" failed to earn back

even 30% of that, making it one of the biggest box-office-bombs of recent memory. With that

in mind, I went into this picture fully expecting to despise every minute of it's insulting

drivel and lowest-common-dominator writing. Which is why I pleasantly surprised with what

this film is actually able to achieve. Far from ground-breaking, or even memorable, it

is, at the very least, an earnest and positive film with endearing characters - however clichéd

they may be. In his first starring role, Swardson is Bucky Larson - a hillbilly from Iowa who

dreams of following in the footsteps of his porn-star parents, and so, he sets out to

Hollywood to chase his dream. Bucky is an off-balance character full of quirks and bizarrely

distracting buck-teeth and a terrible mop-top - but his foolish optimism and kind-hearted

nature is a contagious quality that makes him a protagonist worth cheering for. Playing

opposite him is Christina Ricci, in a charmingly cute role who curiously finds something of

merit to love in Bucky. Don Johnson, Kevin Nealon and Stephen Doff all contribute with

exaggerated performances that manage to grab a few laughs every couple scenes. Strikingly

unrealistic at times, it's a wonder Bucky is able walk a straight line, let alone star

in his own porno movies... but such is point of this haphazard story of a lovable goofball

with an embarrassingly small penis. The story fails to really spark any excitement or consequence,

but at this film's center is a love story that effectively saves this 97-minute feature

from being a total waste of time. It's innocent enough to be enjoyable, but raunchy enough

to limit its audience... resulting in a motion picture that was perhaps better suited as

a made-for-cable movie. "Bucky Larson: Born To Be A Star", "Admirably pleasant, if formulaically

sophomoric." Now that you've heard my review, let's read some of yours from the YouTube

comments.

Here's the Rate-O-Matic now to show us our scores for "Bucky Larson: Born To Be A Star"

-- a FOUR and a TWO. More evidence that the internet is entirely incapable of nuance,

your score seems to represent a cultural knee-jerk reaction, the net result of which was a "Crappy"

movie. Taking a look at our newest feature, Factor Facts - I felt this was an enjoyable

movie with decent acting, but it suffered from a poor story and drab staying power.

I felt it was "Meh". Our second porn-themed movie tonight is "The Girl Next Door",

Perhaps owning to its risqué material, this modern-day teen angst dramedy failed to perform

well at the box office when it was originally released in 2004. Which is truly unfortunate,

because this is a brilliantly made film that far outshines its adult-themed story line.

Emile Hirsch stars as an ambitious high school whiz kid and social outcast who falls in love

with his porn-star next door neighbor, played delicately by the drop-dead gorgeous Elisha

Cuthbert. The first act of this movie is teen-drama at its finest, beautifully capturing all the

feelings and details of senior year, while struggling to deal with your first true love.

Hirsch and Cuthbert are positively fantastic here, playing off each other with adorable

chemistry you can't help but root for. Carefully hesitant, but determined - Hirsch is the breakout

performer in this film, playfully instigated into wild behavior from a girl who has finally

found a boy who doesn't see her as just an object. -CLIP- Paul Dano and Timothy Olyphant

round out the supporting cast - both of whom turn in very memorable performances, especially

Olyphant who is a steal-stealer as the smarmy porn-director womanizer. Although this 108-minute

film contains a great deal of skin and four-letter-words, it is a far cry from the raunchy-sex comedy

it was originally advertised as. Unfortunately, as a result, this may have been the most overlooked

and underrated movie of 2004 - one that every high school graduate owes it to themselves

to view at least once. Seemingly borrowing elements from 1983's Risky Business, this

movie is a nostalgic and mature story that carefully, and adeptly examines these teen

experiences in a very intelligent slice-of-life film, one that is passionately directed by

Luke Greenfield with a steadfast purpose. From The Who, Queen, David Gray and others

that litter the poignant soundtrack that underscore key-scenes, to the crafty and masterful editing

- "The Girl Next Door" is an absolute treasure of 21st-century filmmaking. Stumbling it a

bit in the middle-act with some more unnecessary plot developments, this story's determination

thankfully comes roaring back in the final act, with a tremendously effective twist that

puts an applause-worthy exclamation mark on a wonderfully enjoyably motion picture. "The

Girl Next Door", a "Beautifully magical portrayal of adolescence". Well, those are my thoughts

- now let's read some of yours from the YouTube comments!

Back again is the Rate-O-Matic to highlight our scores for "The Girl Next Door"... a NINE

and an EIGHT. You enjoyed this film, praising it for it's accuracy, humor, acting, and of

course, Elisha Cuthbert - you thought it was GREAT. Meanwhile, I truly loved this film

- it was an immensely enjoyable movie with fantastic writing, editing, music, and emotional

impact -- but the overly-involved second-act hurt this film's tempo. This film gets a very

respectable "Awesome". But that doesn't it for tonight's films... so let's take a look

at what's currently playing in theaters with some Tweet Critiques.

Remember, if you're going to the movies this weekend make sure to submit your Twitter reviews

using the #JPMN hashtag to have it featured on an upcoming episode. Next we'll be taking

a look at couple of guy-friendly films, "Abduction" with Taylor Lautner is an intense action-thriller

starring everyone's favorite former-Werewolf, and "Real Steel" a rock-'em'sock'em robots-style

adventure with Hugh Jackman. As always, I encourage you buy, rent, or download these

films - and then let me know what you think about them by voting in the polls below, or

by leaving a comment review - and remember, I read them all! Once again, my name is Jonathan

Paula - thank you for watching Movie Night, I hope to see you, right back here next Friday!