Critic Reviews
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Chicago Sun-Times
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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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| 25 |
The Globe and Mail (Toronto)
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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