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Booty Call
Columbia Pictures / Sony Pictures Entertainment
FILM:
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
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Romance
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| WRITTEN BY: |
Takashi Bufford
J. Stanford Parker
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| DIRECTED BY: |
Jeff Pollack
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| RELEASE DATE: |
DVD: October 5, 2004
Video: June 29, 1999
Theatrical: February 26, 1997
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| RUNNING TIME: |
79 minutes, Color |
| ORIGIN: |
USA |

All critic scores are converted to a 100-point scale. If a critic does not indicate a score, we assign a score based on the general impression given by the text of the review. Learn more...
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.

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.

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.

70
Variety
Leonard Klady
Though straining at the bounds of good taste (and occasionally spilling over), the story remains vigilant in its primary focus.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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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