While Part of Me reveals a number of personal moments, the most endearing are the silly ones...

| Jan 26, 2024

Like fans at a concert, the movie and its audience are a feedback loop of shrieking adoration for a figure who's probably tired of them. And hot diggity damn, is it riveting to watch.

| Sep 1, 2019

I'll concede it all probably went down easier for me because I'm a fan of her work, but I think this is a good enough that you don't have to know any of her music to appreciate her story.

| Original Score: B- | Apr 11, 2019

Katy Perry: Part of Me is a commercial, not a diary entry -- and it sticks, far too often, to an already-decided-upon script.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Jan 9, 2017

Works in this genre can be rollercoasters of bliss and sadness and awkwardness and pain. "Katy Perry: Part Of Me" plays more like an infomercial.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Apr 14, 2016

There's only so much formula the filmmakers can shellac over their subject's increasingly obvious heartbreak.

Full Review | May 3, 2015

Delightful for fans, Perry's screen debut is a calculated but entertaining proposition.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Oct 18, 2013

Mostly pointed toward her fans who want to bask in the delightful and vivacious Perry.

| Dec 10, 2012

If you are a 'KatyCat'. I imagine you've already got tickets. But if you get dragged along to this you won't find yourself looking for the nearest noose.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Sep 27, 2012

Katy Perry: Part of Me is the biggest surprise of 2012. It's not just a fluff piece for the fans, but a spectacularly made, emotionally honest portrait of one of pop culture's biggest personalities.

| Original Score: 9/10 | Sep 14, 2012

I'm still not sure how intentional this paradoxical mix of sexiness and childlike goofiness really is.

| Original Score: 7/10 | Aug 21, 2012

... a sympathetic, even adoring portrait ...

| Original Score: 3/5 | Jul 30, 2012

The prime reason for this movie's infectious spirit is Perry's performance in concert.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Jul 16, 2012

Sequined and sparkly, like Katy Perry, this documentary is aimed at her fanatic preteen fan base.

| Original Score: 7/10 | Jul 12, 2012

Pre-teen girls will love it and their parents will appreciate the unusual depth of this concert documentary.

| Original Score: 6/10 | Jul 12, 2012

Against all of the odds in a business that is potentially so ephemeral, dangerously shallow, nihilistic and sycophantic, Part of Me is, in its own little way, one of the films of the year.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Jul 12, 2012

A fascinating and surprisingly intimate look at the person inside the superstar.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Jul 8, 2012

An inane and boring self-promoting documentary in unneeded 3-D about good girl pop singer Katy Perry.

| Original Score: C | Jul 8, 2012

| Original Score: 2/5 | Jul 7, 2012

If you are a Katy Perry fan, you love her and everything about her, you should have fun with this movie. If you don't care about her, Ted is still out in theaters.

| Original Score: Schmoed it up | Jul 6, 2012