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Porky's
Metascore
40 out of 100

Mixed or average reviews - based on 8 Critics

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 2 out of 8
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 8
  3. Negative: 3 out of 8
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  1. TV Guide
    Reviewed by: Staff (Not Credited)
    75
    It's lewd, it's crude and it's funny - don't try to say you didn't laugh.
  2. The New York Times
    Reviewed by: Janet Maslin
    70
    A portion of the audience will be strongly offended by Porky's, just as another portion will find it filthy but fun. However, there is no debating the success of Mr. Clark's casting, for he has assembled a cheerful, likable bunch of actors, most of them unknowns.
  3. The Globe and Mail (Toronto)
    Reviewed by: Carole Corbeil
    50
    Porky's is crafty, offensive retro-fantasy for one gender. [20 Mar 1982]
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  4. Time
    Reviewed by: Staff (Not Credited)
    50
    It has some of ["American] Graffiti's" sweetness of spirit, but none of its style or depth of feeling; it has some of "Animal [House"]'s raunchiness, but none of its loony anarchy.
  5. Variety
    Reviewed by: Staff (Not Credited)
    50
    If, by chance, Porky's should prove to be Melvin Simon's swan song in the film industry, it will either be perceived as a thunderously rude exit or a titanic raspberry uttered to audiences everywhere.
  6. Chicago Sun-Times
    Reviewed by: Roger Ebert
    38
    Porky's is another raunchy teenage sex-and-food-fight movie.
  7. Chicago Reader
    Reviewed by: Dave Kehr
    20
    It's as if Russ Meyer had made "Death Wish III" with an adenoidal cast, though it isn't that good.
  8. Boston Globe
    Reviewed by: Michael Blowen
    0
    Unfortunately, except for one raucous routine, this "Animal House" clone is an overblown, over-publicized, overwrought exploitation flick that's about as funny as the first dirty joke my father told me. [09 Apr 1982]
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