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Team America: World Police (2004)

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Reviews Counted:186

Fresh:145

Rotten:41

Average Rating:7/10

Consensus: Team America will either offend you or leave you in stitches. It'll probably do both.

Rated: 15 [See Full Rating] graphic, crude and sexual humor, violent images and strong language; all involving puppets

Runtime: 1 hr 45 mins

Genre: Comedies

Theatrical Release:14-01-2005

Synopsis: Trey Parker and Matt Stone, the masterminds behind SOUTH PARK, turn their attention to marionettes and politics in the riotous spoof TEAM AMERICA: WORLD POLICE. Combining the puppetry of the... Trey Parker and Matt Stone, the masterminds behind SOUTH PARK, turn their attention to marionettes and politics in the riotous spoof TEAM AMERICA: WORLD POLICE. Combining the puppetry of the mid-1960s series THUNDERBIRDS with action/disaster flicks produced by Jerry Bruckheimer (TOP GUN, ARMAGEDDON, PEARL HARBOR), Parker and Stone tell the story of a small group of heroic figures who span the globe protecting democracy and freedom against terrorism. Along the way, they destroy such famous international landmarks as the Eiffel Tower in Paris, the Sphinx in Egypt, and the Panama Canal. All the while they are developing close relationships that lead to love, jealousy, and betrayal. Their primary mission is to stop North Korean leader Kim Jong Il's peace conference, which is a ruse to allow him to attack the rest of the world with his weapons of mass destruction. Team America must also take on F.A.G., the Film Actors Guild, which is supporting the peace conference, including such participants as Alec Baldwin, Tim Robbins, Susan Sarandon, Sean Penn, George Clooney, and other actors who have spoken out against the war in Iraq (but did not agree to be spoofed in the film). Parker and Stone reserve a special message for FAHRENHEIT 9/11 director Michael Moore, and even former UN weapons inspector Hans Blix shows up. Among the very funny--and very dirty--songs in the film are "Everyone Has AIDS" (from the Broadway musical LEASE), "Only a Woman" (about homosexuality), and "I'm So Ronery" (Kim Jong Il's soaring solo). Despite having no actual humans in it, the movie earns its R rating with lots of blood, very adult language, and a steamy puppet sex scene. [More]

Starring: Matt Stone, Trey Parker, Kristen Miller, Daran Norris

Starring: Matt Stone, Trey Parker, Kristen Miller, Daran Norris, Maurice LaMarche

Director: Trey Parker

Director: Trey Parker
Screenwriter: Matt Stone, Trey Parker, Pam Brady
Producer: Trey Parker, Scott Rudin, Matt Stone, Pam Brady
Composer: Harry Gregson-Williams
Studio: Paramount Pictures

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"Will have you howling with laughter, unable to stop even to catch breath."

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The puppets are extremely impressive and the fact that the strings are constantly visible is used to brilliant comedic effect, particularly during one of the film's crudest scenes.

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[The] real target is the polarized state of society. All extremes get an equal bashing here, as they well deserve.

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yet another harbinger that the total collapse of civilization as we know it has drawn just a little closer

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This parody is flat and tediously cynical, but the hilarious gags had this critic laughing out loud most of the way.

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Angela Baldassarre
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Despite the film's originality, I grew tired of looking at all those puppets after about 15 minutes, which is how I usually I feel when watching any wooden actors.

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All told, the clever visual bits and hilarious songs don't entirely compensate for the many flat or beyond-over- the-top spells.

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