Private Parts

    Private Parts
    1997

    Synopsis

    The auto-biographical story of Howard Stern, the radio-rebel who is now also a TV-personality, an author and a movie star.

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    Cast

    • Howard SternHoward Stern
    • Robin QuiversRobin Quivers
    • Mary McCormackAlison Stern
    • Fred NorrisFred Norris
    • Paul GiamattiKenny
    • Gary Dell'AbateGary Dell'Abate
    • Jackie MartlingJackie Martling
    • Carol AltGloria
    • Richard PortnowBen Stern
    • Kelly BishopRay Stern

    Recommendations

    • 80

      Slate

      Private Parts is so riotous that you almost don't remember how unfunny Stern can be on his radio show.
    • 80

      Empire

      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.
    • 80

      Los Angeles Times

      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.
    • 80

      Film Threat

      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.
    • 75

      Chicago Sun-Times

      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.
    • 75

      Entertainment Weekly

      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.
    • 67

      Austin Chronicle

      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.
    • 60

      TV Guide Magazine

      Capably directed by Betty Thomas, this freewheeling pseudodocumentary tribute to Stern's juvenile antics paints the anarchic radio idol as Everyschmo made good.