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SOUTH PARK: BIGGER, LONGER & UNCUT Send This Review to a Friend
Fans of the television animated comedy should know what to expect. The first forty minutes or so are utterly hilarious, a much-needed antidote to all of the nonsense being spouted blaming movies and television for the ills of society instead of addressing the real problems. The characters in this nose-thumbing assault on parental control and conventional behavior are endearingly crude and profane.
The gag here is to blame Canada for sending such obscenity across the border, and the plot worked out by writer-director Trey Parker and co-screenwriters Matt Stone and Pam Brady is a declaration of war on our neighbor to the north, complete with battle scenes and rhetoric. As one might expect, the humor that starts off so strongly is tough to sustain.
But unless you are put-off by rebellious profanity, toilet jokes and the like, some of what's on screen is funnier than what you'll find in most of the live action films around. Virtually nothing is sacred, whether the defiance of so-called good taste is by songs like "Uncle Fucka" or the school cafeteria chef advising that the way to get girls to like you is "find the clitoris." My favorite idea was planting a V-chip not in TV sets but in the heads of children so that every time they curse they get zapped with an electric shock. The R-rated film the "South Park" kids manage to see is "Asses of Fire." Enough detail--why spoil the fun by recounting too much of the humor?
Voices for the various characters include those of George Clooney, Brent Spiner, Minnie Driver and Eric Idle, to name a few. A ton of creativity has gone into the film and it shows. A Paramout Pictures release.
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