Katy Perry: Part of Me
Paramount Pictures | Release Date: July 5, 2012 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
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Mixed or average reviews based on 24 Critic Reviews
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Critic scorePublicationBy date
91
Entertainment WeeklyOwen GleibermanJul 4, 2012
Part of Me works hard to prove it's more than a glorified infomercial, and one reason it is more is that Perry has a startling story to tell. Read full review
75
New York PostSara StewartJul 6, 2012
Briskly effective, humanizing. Read full review
75
San Francisco ChronicleMick LaSalleJul 5, 2012
As it stands, her music gets under your skin and makes you feel good - and the movie makes you feel good about Katy Perry. Read full review
75
USA TodayEdna GundersenJul 5, 2012
Does Part of Me plumb the depths of her soul? Hardly. As billed, it's a part of Perry she's willing to share. Read full review
75
St. Louis Post-DispatchKevin C. JohnsonJul 5, 2012
Perry manages to pull it off here, coming off completely likable and real, never insufferable and fake. Read full review
70
MovielineMichelle OrangeJul 5, 2012
Despite this careful (and successful) depiction of a warm and decent person, Perry the pop star remains stubbornly two-dimensional. Read full review
70
VarietyAndrew BarkerJul 4, 2012
Seemingly composed in a laboratory from stray bits of Betty Boop, Sailor Moon and Daphne from "Scooby-Doo," pop princess Katy Perry is the closest thing to a human cartoon the music business has produced since Kiss. This is an impression that concert-tour documentary Katy Perry: Part of Me looks to round out and humanize, and it's successful in a number of strange, seemingly accidental ways. Read full review
70
Los Angeles TimesBetsy SharkeyJul 4, 2012
The secret, which "Part of Me" captures quite nicely, was to just let her be. Read full review
70
Arizona RepublicBill GoodykoontzJul 4, 2012
It presents Perry as a likable, hard-working artist, someone you root for, even if she's not on your iPod. Read full review
70
The Hollywood ReporterJustin LoweJul 3, 2012
The live performances in particular feature an energized sheen sometimes missing from Perry's music videos featuring the very same songs. Read full review
63
Washington PostStephanie MerryJul 5, 2012
Fan or not, it's hard not to give in to Perry's endearing charms. Read full review
63
Philadelphia InquirerDavid HiltbrandJul 5, 2012
Part of Me is Perry's visually spectacular testimonial to her own indomitable determination to follow her dreams. The fact that the film lends itself to some really colorful Pinterest pages is merely a bonus. Read full review
63
Chicago TribuneMichael PhillipsJul 3, 2012
When you see and hear so many fans of so many backgrounds expounding on what "Firework" means to them, you realize that while a song may or may not be for you, it most certainly is for others. Read full review
60
The New York TimesA.O. ScottJul 4, 2012
There are several reasons that Katy Perry: Part of Me is more interesting than similar movies about Justin Bieber, Miley Cyrus and the Jonas Brothers. Most simply, she just has more talent than any of them, and her songs have a wider emotional range. Read full review
60
New York Daily NewsElizabeth WeitzmanJul 3, 2012
Perry may be the world's most high-profile tease, but she sure knows how to show us a good time. Read full review
60
Total FilmNeil SmithJul 2, 2012
Despite being as garish and manufactured as Perry's multi-coloured hair-don'ts, Part Of Me deserves kudos for allowing an element of unpredictability to intrude upon its tween exploitation and sugary vulgarity. Read full review
50
Boston GlobeMark ShanahanJul 5, 2012
Part of Me is one aspect of Perry, but her fans may leave the movie wanting more. Read full review
50
Slant MagazineR. Kurt OsenlundJul 4, 2012
This frothy 3D concert doc often plays like a Perry ad campaign, assuring viewers that their "Teenage Dream" diva is a good, fun-loving person, and that, by God, she's doing fine. Read full review
42
The A.V. ClubGenevieve Koski Jul 4, 2012
Part Of Me's hybrid format ultimately proves an uneasy marriage, and does a disservice to Perry as both a performer and a human being by never reconciling what happens in the space between those two lives. Read full review
40
EmpireEve BarlowJul 5, 2012
Fans will relish the chance to see Katy's rainbow-tastic live shows magically enhanced by 3D technology. Those indifferent to her will leave as perplexed about Perry's superstardom as they were before. Read full review
40
Austin ChronicleMarc SavlovJul 4, 2012
If you have an 8- to 16-year-old underfoot in the house, there are worse ways to spend a Saturday afternoon. Read full review
40
Village VoiceKarina LongworthJul 3, 2012
Her savvy for self-presentation, though admirable from a business standpoint, makes for a more boring movie. You never get the sense that the camera was ever allowed to see anything that Perry didn't want it to see. Read full review
40
Time OutAlison WillmoreJul 3, 2012
The 3-D performance footage is impressively lavish, though the film's unending idolization of the amiable singer will quickly exhaust all but the most devoted fans. Read full review
40
Boxoffice MagazineMark OlsenJul 3, 2012
Part of Me strains so hard to make Perry seem at once triumphant but totally relatable that it veers toward a self-seriousness you won't find in her music, image or Hershey's Kiss bra. Read full review
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