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Booty Call
EMAILPRINTColumbia Pictures / Sony Pictures Entertainment

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Based on 14 critic reviews
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Movie Info
Genre(s): Comedy | Romance
Written by:
Takashi Bufford
J. Stanford Parker
Directed by: Jeff Pollack
Release Date:
Theatrical: February 26, 1997
DVD: October 5, 2004
Running Time: 79 minutes, Color
Origin: USA
Summary
RATING: R for non-stop sexuality including sex-related dialogue and crude humor, and for strong language
Starring Jamie Foxx, Tommy Davidson, Amy Monique Waddell, Wiley Moore, Vivica A. Fox, Tamala Jones, Kam Ray Chan, and Ric Young
An outrageous comedy about the one thing men and women both want: each other. (Sony)
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FILM: Lost and Found
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What The Critics Said
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Chicago Sun-Times Roger Ebert
Although the movie is a wall-to-wall exercise in bad taste, it somehow retains a certain innocence; it challenges and sometimes shocks, but for me at least it didn't offend, because its motives were so obviously good-hearted.
Read Full Review >The New York Times Stephen Holden
This contemporary sex farce, directed by Jeff Pollack, has the attention span of a hyperactive child, but its bawdy sexual humor rarely flags.
Read Full Review >Washington Post Bruce Walker
The name is enough to clue you in that this is not highbrow humor. In fact, it will appeal mostly to those who can appreciate basic juvenile humor.
Read Full Review >Variety Leonard Klady
Though straining at the bounds of good taste (and occasionally spilling over), the story remains vigilant in its primary focus.
Read Full Review >Austin Chronicle Russell Smith
Within the context of films that include the word booty in their titles, it serves up an unusually fresh, inventive and good-natured brew of pure lascivious fun.
Read Full Review >ReelViews James Berardinelli
Booty Call isn't a source of nonstop laughs, and there are a lot of gags that fall flat, but, on those sporadic occasions when something works, the result can be hilarious.
Read Full Review >Chicago Reader Lisa Alspector
There are moments of high hilarity in the slapstick that results when the characters attempt to minimize mucus-membrane contact during sex.
Read Full Review >Los Angeles Times John Anderson
It's not that the movie is never funny. It's just that you don't feel very good when it is.
Read Full Review >Entertainment Weekly Owen Gleiberman
There are moments of lewd hilarity, like a game of footsie that turns genderifically confused. But Booty Call loses its dirty-minded, how-low-will-they-go-to-get-laid edge when the boys venture out into the New York night to buy condoms.
Read Full Review >Christian Science Monitor David Sterritt
With the exception of a few laughs - including a hysterical footsie scene and another that involves Saran Wrap - this one's a no-brainer.
Read Full Review >San Francisco Chronicle Mick LaSalle
Booty Call never quite gets tiresome, thanks to the appealing cast and its sexy-goofy spirit. The picture succeeds in finding jokes within jokes.
Read Full Review >TV Guide Ken Fox
It's basically a one-joke comedy that spins out of control once the joke's over, but the cast is likable, the women smart, and one can't argue with the important safe-sex message.
Read Full Review >USA Today Susan Wloszczyna
However, anyone seeking a good time that involves wit and logic will consider the film a definite wrong number. [26Feb1997 Pg 03.D]
The Globe and Mail (Toronto) Liam Lacey
At 70 minutes, this groin and groan comedy seems almost dismissively short, but don't believe the myths you've been told: longer is not always better.
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