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Is the 'Becky' Franchise Really a Cult Classic?
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Really, 'Becky'?

By Dustin Rowles | Film | October 6, 2026

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During last night’s podcast recording, Tori informed me that there will be a third Becky film. What’s a Becky film, you might ask? The first one was actually pretty decent. In her review, Tori described it thusly:

“What if Louise Belcher, the hat-loving pint-sized offspring of the Bob’s Burgers family, went full-on John Wick against a pack of neo-Nazis led by Paul Blart: Mall Cop?”

Basically, it was the Kevin James Nazi movie, and it arrived at a time — the COVID-19 pandemic — when we were all desperate enough for new content that a lot of us watched a small movie we otherwise might have skipped.

And so they made a sequel. Same premise. Lulu Wilson returned as Becky, only this time it was Seann William Scott playing the Nazi. It was called The Wrath of Becky. I didn’t see it (there wasn’t a pandemic going on), but it was well-liked by critics (87 percent on RT) and made $200,000 at the box office. It must have done very well on digital, though, because now it’s a trilogy.

The Last Temptation of Becky will see Lulu Wilson return, with Neil Patrick Harris stepping in as the Nazi this time around. It hits in November.

While doing some research, I ran across this interesting line on Wikipedia: “[Becky] earned a designated cult status in multiple reviews. The 2023 sequel was similarly met with mixed critical reception like its predecessor, before also being deemed a cult classic.”

What are we doing here, Wikipedia? The sequel was deemed a cult classic? By who? Oh, I see: a site called Borrowing Tape and a site called Film Carnage, which doesn’t even deem it a cult classic so much as predict that it might become one someday: “It’s a shame the films haven’t garnered more attention but in the years to come they will likely become cult classics because they are a really great time.”

No knock against two indie sites doing the Lord’s work, but what’s going on here? We can’t just start slapping the “cult classic” label on things without a little more authority behind it. I do, however, appreciate the hustle Quiver Distribution is putting into its Wikipedia pages.