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Booty Call
Columbia Pictures / Sony Pictures Entertainment

Booty Call reviews
Critic Score
Metascore: 54 Metascore out of 100
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MPAA 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)


GENRE(S): Comedy  |  Romance  
WRITTEN BY: Takashi Bufford
J. Stanford Parker
 
DIRECTED BY: Jeff Pollack  
RELEASE DATE: DVD: October 5, 2004 
Video: June 29, 1999 
Theatrical: February 26, 1997 
RUNNING TIME: 79 minutes, Color 
ORIGIN: USA 

What The Critics Said

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75
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.
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70
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.
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70
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.
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70
Variety Leonard Klady
Though straining at the bounds of good taste (and occasionally spilling over), the story remains vigilant in its primary focus.
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67
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.
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63
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.
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60
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.
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60
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.
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58
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.
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50
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.
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50
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.
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40
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.
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38
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]
25
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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