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Booty Call
Metascore
54 out of 100

Mixed or average reviews - based on 14 Critics

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 6 out of 14
  2. Mixed: 6 out of 14
  3. Negative: 2 out of 14
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  1. Chicago Sun-Times
    Reviewed by: Roger Ebert
    75
    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.
  2. The New York Times
    Reviewed by: Stephen Holden
    70
    This contemporary sex farce, directed by Jeff Pollack, has the attention span of a hyperactive child, but its bawdy sexual humor rarely flags.
  3. Variety
    Reviewed by: Leonard Klady
    70
    Though straining at the bounds of good taste (and occasionally spilling over), the story remains vigilant in its primary focus.
  4. Washington Post
    Reviewed by: Bruce Walker
    70
    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.
  5. Austin Chronicle
    Reviewed by: Russell Smith
    67
    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.
  6. ReelViews
    Reviewed by: James Berardinelli
    63
    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.
  7. Los Angeles Times
    Reviewed by: John Anderson
    60
    It's not that the movie is never funny. It's just that you don't feel very good when it is.
  8. Chicago Reader
    Reviewed by: Lisa Alspector
    60
    There are moments of high hilarity in the slapstick that results when the characters attempt to minimize mucus-membrane contact during sex.
  9. Entertainment Weekly
    Reviewed by: Owen Gleiberman
    58
    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.
  10. Christian Science Monitor
    Reviewed by: David Sterritt
    50
    With the exception of a few laughs - including a hysterical footsie scene and another that involves Saran Wrap - this one's a no-brainer.
  11. San Francisco Chronicle
    Reviewed by: Mick LaSalle
    50
    Booty Call never quite gets tiresome, thanks to the appealing cast and its sexy-goofy spirit. The picture succeeds in finding jokes within jokes.
  12. TV Guide
    Reviewed by: Ken Fox
    40
    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.
  13. USA Today
    Reviewed by: Susan Wloszczyna
    38
    However, anyone seeking a good time that involves wit and logic will consider the film a definite wrong number. [26Feb1997 Pg 03.D]
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  14. The Globe and Mail (Toronto)
    Reviewed by: Liam Lacey
    25
    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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