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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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Full Review Source: Film Threat | comment Comment
05/21/05
Film Threat
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[Parker and Stone's] merciless mockery of Hollywood action clichés, particularly those found in Jerry Bruckheimer’s productions, couldn’t be more accurate.

Full Review Source: Reel Times: Reflections on Cinema | comment Comment
04/14/05
Mark Pfeiffer
Mark Pfeiffer
Reel Times: Reflections on Cinema
N/R

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Full Review Source: Nation | comment Comment
03/03/05
Stuart Klawans
Stuart Klawans
Nation

The year’s smartest, most impressive comedy.

Full Review Source: eFilmCritic.com | comment Comment
02/24/05
David Cornelius
David Cornelius
eFilmCritic.com

What marks Parker and Stone as satirists rather than shock jocks is their perceptive analysis of the world's craziness.

Full Review Source: Arkansas Democrat-Gazette | comment Comment
01/29/05
Philip Martin
Philip Martin
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

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01/15/05
Anton Bitel
Anton Bitel
Movie Gazette

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Full Review Source: Sunday Times (Australia) | comment Comment
12/20/04
Sunday Times (Australia)
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The funniest movie of the year!

Full Review Source: Zap2it.com | comment Comment
12/19/04
Michael Szymanski
Michael Szymanski
Zap2it.com

A hilariously irreverent look at post-9/11 America.

Full Review Source: Reno Gazette-Journal | comment Comment
12/16/04
Forrest Hartman
Forrest Hartman
Reno Gazette-Journal
N/R

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Full Review Source: PopMatters | comment Comment
11/19/04
Cynthia Fuchs
Cynthia Fuchs
PopMatters

The result seems almost as hypocritical as many of the movie's targets, which ultimately defeats the movie's intentions.

Full Review Source: Mark Reviews Movies | comment Comment
11/10/04
Mark Dujsik
Mark Dujsik
Mark Reviews Movies

The marionettes run interference with our Hollywood-formula comfort zones -- forcing a fresh look at the hateful stupidity we take for granted every weekend at the multiplex.

Full Review Source: Philadelphia Weekly | comment Comment
11/08/04
Sean Burns
Sean Burns
Philadelphia Weekly

Why puppets? The form meets function.

Full Review Source: Flak Magazine | comment Comment
11/07/04
Stephen Himes
Stephen Himes
Flak Magazine

Surprisingly good natured given its take-no-prisoners lampooning of ethnic and cultural stereotypes, the war in Iraq, homosexuality, AIDS... not to mention Hollywood's finest.

Full Review Source: Movie Boeuf | comment Comment
11/05/04
David N. Butterworth
David N. Butterworth
Movie Boeuf

Screamingly, achingly funny. It's the kind of movie that repeatedly hits a comic high note and holds it for a sustained period.

Full Review Source: Metro Weekly (Washington, DC) | comment Comment
11/04/04
Randy Shulman
Randy Shulman
Metro Weekly (Washington, DC)

Who knew that marionettes could be so tender, crude and aggressive in the bedroom?

Full Review Source: Bangor Daily News (Maine) | comment Comment
11/01/04
Christopher Smith
Christopher Smith
Bangor Daily News (Maine)

I never imagined that the current geopolitical scenario could be boiled down so succinctly, or cleverly, into a five minute speech about "P*ssies", "D*cks", and "A**holes".

Full Review Source: eFilmCritic.com | comment Comment
10/29/04
Brian Mckay
Brian Mckay
eFilmCritic.com

Parker and Stone reach beyond easy sendup of foreign relations, acknowledging xenophobia’s longstanding stronghold in popular entertainment.

Full Review Source: Coast (Halifax, Nova Scotia) | comment Comment
10/28/04
Mark Palermo
Mark Palermo
Coast (Halifax, Nova Scotia)

As quickly as Parker and Stone win us over with their raunchy wartime send-up, they let victory slip away with one snide, silly, gross scene after another.

Full Review Source: Boulder Weekly | comment Comment
10/27/04
Thomas Delapa
Thomas Delapa
Boulder Weekly

Like a fantasy project developed by a dirty-minded child, and we can all share in the adolescent stupidity and irresponsibility of it. It's a blast.

Full Review Source: F5 (Wichita, KS) | comment Comment
10/26/04
Jake Euker
Jake Euker
F5 (Wichita, KS)
 
 
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