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==Critical reception== As of September 2022, the review-aggregation website [[Rotten Tomatoes]] gave the film a score of 48% and an average rating of 4.90/10 based on 33 reviews. The website's critical consensus read: "More juvenile than provocative, ''Orgazmo'' may have enough good-natured raunch to satisfy writer-director Trey Parker's fans, but its satire is too soft to compete with the ''South Park'' co-creator's best work."<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/orgazmo?name_order=asc |title=Orgazmo |website=[[Rotten Tomatoes]] |access-date=September 18, 2020}}</ref> As of September 2020, the film had a score of 48 out of 100 on [[Metacritic]] based on 17 critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews".<ref>{{cite web|title=Orgazmo (1998)|url=https://www.metacritic.com/movie/orgazmo/|website=[[Metacritic]]|access-date=September 18, 2020}}</ref> [[Roger Ebert]] gave the film half a star out of four, arguing that ''Orgazmo'' had little of the clever wit Parker and Stone brought to ''South Park'' and calling it "callow, gauche, obvious and awkward, and designed to appeal to those with similar qualities".<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/orgazmo-1998 |title=Orgazmo |last=Ebert |first=Roger |date=October 23, 1998 |work=[[Chicago Sun Times]] |access-date=June 4, 2010}}</ref> On the other hand, [[James Berardinelli]] gave the film three out of four stars, calling it "crude, rude, profane, and funny" and the kind of movie that makes "for a great event at parties".<ref>{{cite web |url=https://preview.reelviews.net/movies/o/orgazmo.html |title=Orgazmo |last=Berardinelli |first=James |date= |work=[[ReelViews]] |access-date=June 4, 2010}}</ref> ''Orgazmo'' has been deemed a [[cult film]],<ref>{{cite news|last1=Robinson|first1=Tasha|title=Orgazmo: Unrated Special Edition|url=https://www.avclub.com/orgazmo-unrated-special-edition-1798200625|access-date=April 8, 2018|work=[[The A.V. Club]]|date=April 26, 2005}}</ref> mostly by fans of ''[[South Park]]'', which Parker and Stone subsequently released to critical acclaim.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Olson|first1=Christopher J.|title=100 Greatest Cult Films|year=2018 |publisher=[[Rowman & Littlefield]]|location=United States|isbn=9781442208223|page=34}}</ref> Its reception and [[Motion Picture Association of America film rating system|rating]] by the [[MPAA]] is discussed in the 2006 documentary ''[[This Film Is Not Yet Rated]]''.
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