Orgazmo
October Films | Release Date: October 23, 1998 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
48
METASCORE
Mixed or average reviews based on 17 Critic Reviews
Positive:
5
Mixed:
9
Negative:
3
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90
VarietyEmanuel Levy
Massively inventive and spiked with perversely wicked humor. Read full review
80
Chicago ReaderLisa Alspector
A consistently light yet derisive tone, modest production values, and masterful comic timing allow writer-director-star Trey Parker to expose cultural hypocrisies with precision. His performance--in both the movie and the movie within the movie--is dramatic and poker-faced, seamless and hilarious. Read full review
80
Los Angeles TimesKevin Thomas
Blissfully outrageous. Read full review
75
ReelViewsJames Berardinelli
Best of all, it proves that there are still directors cut from the John Waters mold who aren't content just to push the envelope -- they rip right through it. Read full review
67
Austin ChronicleMarc Savlov
Like everything else Parker puts his mind to -- is equally outlandish, part skewed morality play, part sophomoric slapstick, and wholly ridiculous. Read full review
60
The A.V. ClubScott Tobias
The film too closely resembles what it's attempting to spoof--minus the obvious payoffs, of course. Read full review
60
Village VoiceJ. Hoberman
A ridiculous soft-core kung-fu porn film about a ridiculous hard-core one, Orgazmo is the kind of movie that improves according to the lateness of the hour. Read full review
60
EmpireCaroline Westbrook
Like "There's Something About Mary," Orgazmo has a very sweet love story at its core, although it's more consistently entertaining, blending some outrageous moments with a surprising degree of restraint. Read full review
50
San Francisco ChronicleEdward Guthmann
Cheerfully raunchy and undeserving of its prohibitive NC-17 rating, Orgazmo is a harmless sex farce. Read full review
50
San Francisco ExaminerCraig Marine
One of those things that probably seems hilarious when a couple of guys are sitting around hashing out the plot over a couple of beers. Read full review
50
L.A. WeeklyJohn Patterson
There’s something entirely ridiculous about rating a movie like this NC-17: Why should sniggering, infantile, adolescent humor be denied its natural core audience of snigger-ing, infantile adolescents? Read full review
42
Entertainment WeeklyTy Burr
Dian Bachar, as Joe's pint-size sidekick, sounds the only note of sly wit; the unidentified stripper playing T-Rex delivers the only real shock value. The movie could have used a lot more of both. Read full review
40
The New York TimesStephen Holden
Faced an insoluble problem: how do you make a boundary-shattering gross-out farce about the porn business that isn't itself pornographic? Having the actors wear silly costumes embellished with sex toys just won't do the trick. Read full review
40
TV Guide MagazineKen Fox
It's all pretty tasteless, but surprisingly chaste and not very funny. Read full review
25
The Globe and Mail (Toronto)Liam Lacey
Pretty limp, and works far better in theory than practice. Read full review
20
Film ThreatAnthony Miele
The wackiness that unfolds is boring, ridiculous and, to most, offensive. Read full review
12
Chicago Sun-TimesRoger Ebert
The very soul of sophomorism. It is callow, gauche, obvious and awkward, and designed to appeal to those with similar qualities. Read full review
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