Martin as Étienne David Giguère as speaker Reception Starbuck was screened at the 2011 Toronto International Film Festival on 14–15 September 2011, where it was runner-up for the People's Choice Award. It was chosen "Most Popular Canadian Film" at the 2011 Vancouver International Film Festival. In September 2011, Chris Knight, the chief film critic for the National Post, called it a "sparkling crowd-pleaser" based on a "ludicrous premise, sure. But Scott's pithy script (co-written by Martin Petit), linked to Huard's likeable layabout, makes the whole thing as easy to take as candy from a baby." Upon its November 2012 UK release, Peter Bradshaw of The Guardian gave it two stars out of five, and called it a "lame comedy-drama" that loses "almost all the charm of the real story...through the contrivances and overacting." Box office The film was the most successful Quebec-made film within the province in 2011, bringing in $3,399,338 in box office revenue for the year. Remakes A French remake, Fonzy, was released in France on 30 October 2013. José Garcia played the lead character. Scott co-wrote and directed an American remake, Delivery Man. It was produced by DreamWorks Pictures, and Vince Vaughn played the lead character. It was released on 22 November 2013. References External links (France) 2011 films 2011 comedy films Canadian comedy films Films directed by Ken Scott Films set in Montreal Films set in 1988 Films set in 2011 Films shot in Montreal Canadian independent films Films about sperm donation French-language Canadian films Spanish-language Canadian films 2010s Canadian films Canadian pregnancy films 2011 multilingual films 2010s French-language films 2010s Spanish-language films 2011 independent films Canadian multilingual films