Movie Review

Orgazmo (1998)

EW's GRADE
C-

Details Genre: Comedy; With: Trey Parker and Matt Stone

Further proof that we live in absurdly uptight times: While the MPAA hung an NC-17 rating on this friendly, amateurish spoof written and directed by South Park's Trey Parker, it's about as dangerously explicit as R-rated '70s midnight specials like The Kentucky Fried Movie. Less funny, too, although there are intermittent guffaws in the tale of Joe Young (Parker), a wholesome young Mormon who becomes the world's most popular porn star. 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. Orgazmo could have used a lot more of both. C-

Originally posted Oct 30, 1998 Published in issue #456 Oct 30, 1998 Order article reprints
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