Private Parts

Release Date:Rating:

March 7th, 1997

Genres:

Comedy, Drama

Subgenres:

Based on Book/Play, Biography, Crude Humor

Plot Synopsis:

Radio bad boy Howard Stern recalls his rise from enthusiastic -- yet talentless -- deejay to self-proclaimed "king of all media."

Credits:

Directed: Betty Thomas (II) Written: Michael Kalesniko, Len Blum
Starring: Howard Stern, Robin Quivers, Mary McCormack, Fred Norris, Paul Giamatti

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"Private Parts" was based off Howard Stern's book of the same name. Being a fan of Stern, I went to see the movie, but I wasn't sure what to expect. I was very surprised as how well written the script was and how great all of the actors...
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[+] Rolling Stone

100

What can I tell you? It works. Private Parts is a comic firecracker with a surprising human touch.
by Peter Travers | Read Full Review »
[+] Film Threat

80

While PP does contain the lesbian-toilet-poo-poo-homo-butt kind of humor you would expect, (Ba Ba Booey) underneath that, there is a real movie there with fully developed characters and engaging conflict. It's an absolute must-see.
by Chris Gore | Read Full Review »
[+] The New York Times

80

Thanks to sharp editing and surprisingly strong comic timing, the film puts less emphasis on the Stern raunchiness than on how his wilder routines make listeners drive off the road.
by Elvis Mitchell | Read Full Review »
[+] Slate

80

Private Parts is so riotous that you almost don't remember how unfunny Stern can be on his radio show.
by David Edelstein | Read Full Review »
[+] Empire

80

Director Thomas applies the deft comic touch which made The Brady Bunch Movie (similarly ignored outside the US) such a hoot, to make for a deliriously funny, frequently outrageous romp.
by Caroline Westbrook | Read Full Review »
[+] Los Angeles Times

80

Private Parts is a supremely crafty, smartly written, and--given the number of "himselfs" and "herselfs" on the cast list--surprisingly well-acted piece of pop kitsch.
by Jack Mathews | Read Full Review »
[+] Variety

80

A funny and unexpectedly beguiling account of the outrageous humorist's unlikely rise to the pinnacle of radio celebrity.
by Todd McCarthy | Read Full Review »
[+] Entertainment Weekly

75

Shaped and softened by producer Ivan Reitman, screenwriters Len Blum and Michael Kalesniko, and director Betty Thomas, however, the movie-star Stern is a defanged tiger, funny but tranquilized.
by Lisa Schwarzbaum | Read Full Review »
[+] Chicago Sun-Times

75

Howard Stern has been accused of a lot of things, but he has never been accused of being dumb. With Private Parts, his surprisingly sweet new movie, he makes a canny career move: Here is radio's bad boy walking the finest of lines between enough and too much.
by Roger Ebert | Read Full Review »
[+] ReelViews

75

The question hanging over Private Parts' financial success is whether enough non-Stern fans will venture to see what they may view as a "cult" or "niche" film. Most who take a chance, regardless of what prejudices they harbor against WXRK's top personality, will find themselves rewarded by a surprisingly pleasant two hours.
by James Berardinelli | Read Full Review »
[+] San Francisco Chronicle

75

Private Parts is witty and fast-paced and makes Stern's raunchy, breast-obsessed, lesbian-fetishizing, big-penis-envying, arrested-adolescent outlook seem like harmless fun.
by Edward Guthmann | Read Full Review »
[+] San Francisco Examiner

75

Private Parts is a sparkling, nonstop entertainment written by Len Blum and Michael Kalesniko and directed by Betty Thomas, but sometimes it gives the impression that Stern is nothing short of Nobel Peace Prize material.
by Barbara Shulgasser | Read Full Review »
[+] Washington Post

70

Unfortunately, the movie is likely to earn more money than praise. If it showcases him in all his glory, it also shows what little glory there is to celebrate.
by Desson Thomson | Read Full Review »
[+] Austin Chronicle

67

Thomas’ comic flair is undeniable, as is Stern’s comic acting ability; all other arguments aside, Private Parts is a consistently uproarious affair, riddled with brilliant comic set-pieces, including Stern’s many, many run-ins with various program directors and NBC brass.
by Marc Savlov | Read Full Review »
[+] TV Guide

60

Capably directed by Betty Thomas, this freewheeling pseudodocumentary tribute to Stern's juvenile antics paints the anarchic radio idol as Everyschmo made good.
by Maitland McDonagh | Read Full Review »

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