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24 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- The live performances in particular feature an energized sheen sometimes missing from Perry's music videos featuring the very same songs.
- 70Arizona RepublicBill GoodykoontzArizona RepublicBill GoodykoontzIt presents Perry as a likable, hard-working artist, someone you root for, even if she's not on your iPod.
- 63Chicago TribuneMichael PhillipsChicago TribuneMichael PhillipsWhen you see and hear so many fans of so many backgrounds expounding on what "Firework" means to them, you realize that while a song may or may not be for you, it most certainly is for others.
- 60Total FilmNeil SmithTotal FilmNeil SmithDespite being as garish and manufactured as Perry's multi-coloured hair-don'ts, Part Of Me deserves kudos for allowing an element of unpredictability to intrude upon its tween exploitation and sugary vulgarity.
- 60New York Daily NewsElizabeth WeitzmanNew York Daily NewsElizabeth WeitzmanPerry may be the world's most high-profile tease, but she sure knows how to show us a good time.
- 60The New York TimesA.O. ScottThe New York TimesA.O. ScottThere are several reasons that Katy Perry: Part of Me is more interesting than similar movies about Justin Bieber, Miley Cyrus and the Jonas Brothers. Most simply, she just has more talent than any of them, and her songs have a wider emotional range.
- 50Slant MagazineR. Kurt OsenlundSlant MagazineR. Kurt OsenlundThis frothy 3D concert doc often plays like a Perry ad campaign, assuring viewers that their "Teenage Dream" diva is a good, fun-loving person, and that, by God, she's doing fine.
- Part of Me strains so hard to make Perry seem at once triumphant but totally relatable that it veers toward a self-seriousness you won't find in her music, image or Hershey's Kiss bra.
- 40Time OutTime OutThe 3-D performance footage is impressively lavish, though the film's unending idolization of the amiable singer will quickly exhaust all but the most devoted fans.
- 40Village VoiceVillage VoiceHer savvy for self-presentation, though admirable from a business standpoint, makes for a more boring movie. You never get the sense that the camera was ever allowed to see anything that Perry didn't want it to see.