Orgazmo

Orgazmo! (1997)

November 06, 2004

VHS, Somerville, MA

**1/2 / ****

by Scott Muoio

Ahhh, how I do long for the golden age of ‘80s sex comedies where girls lost their tops, guys got kicked in the balls, and nothing was above a punch line, especially the straight laced figure of authority. It was a more innocent time, where science was weird, nerds always got their revenge, and being just one of the guys could be achieved with a short haircut and a little adhesive. Orgazmo!, the brainchild of South Park creator Trey Parker, is the natural evolution of male teenage innocence, minus the hardcore violence and mean spiritedness that embody most teen comedies in the late ‘90s. Aside from its plethora of winks and nods (another post ‘80s postmodern phenomenon), Orgazmo! stays true to the ‘80s philosophy that above all else movies must be a good time. Teenage boys across the land, start your DVD players, ‘cause this is your modern day sex farce!

Orgazmo! is the story of Elder Young (Trey Parker), a Utah Mormon completing his missionary work in seedy Los Angeles. As we follow the trail of doors slammed in innocent Young’s face, we learn that this is the Los Angeles where porno movies are created, not the land of Mickey Mouse and Donald Duck. After knocking on “the wrong door” and trouncing a gang of security guards dispatched at the home/studio of porno producer Maxxx Orbison (Michael Dean Jacobs), Orbison makes Young an offer he cannot refuse: the starring role of Orgazmo, a sexually charged superhero in his newest feature film. Since the money he earns will allow him to marry his Utahn sweetheart in the Mormon Temple thus fulfilling her greatest wish, Young accepts the proposition. In order to do the job and stay loyal to his fiancé, Young manages to finagle a special stipulation from Orbison so as not to violate the bonds of trust in their loving relationship. The clause in his contract: a “stunt cock.”

At this point in the movie (roughly 15 minutes in), you will know unquestionably if Orgazmo! is for you. Suffice it to say, for review purposes, in the ensuing 74 minutes Young literally becomes Orgazmo (long story) and saves the day, girls lose their tops, guys get kicked in the balls, and we, the audience, are treated to not one, not two, but an entire Mariachi Band of hairy asses smack dab in front of the screen. We are visited by real life pornographers Ron Jeremy and Chasey Lain, among others, learn what DVDA entails (if you don’t know, I’d rather not say), and get a quick sexual education lesson I don’t foresee making the curriculum in too many Junior High Schools anytime soon. And that’s not even the half of it.

All in all, I enjoyed Orgazmo! for what it was: a goofy, good natured, filthy sex comedy that managed to shoo away the mean spiritedness and exploitation that seems much too rampant in today’s motion pictures. Yes, there is plenty of vulgarity and this movie is definitely not for children, but for the perverse minded fella (or gal) who just hasn’t gotten his or her dose of clever, sexually tinged comedy, you could do much worse than this. Although it does get very repetitive, more than half the time the jokes work, and that’s enough for me to recommend this movie to like-minded seekers of sexual silliness everywhere. All others, run, run as fast as you can and never look back!!!