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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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Armed with an offbeat intelligence...Team America: World Police is a diabolically spunky punch to the political groin that takes no prisoners... doesn’t miss a naughty beat

Full Review Source: Movie Eye | comment Comment
10/26/04
Frank Ochieng
Frank Ochieng
Movie Eye

I give credit to satirists Parker and Stone for having the wherewithal to slaughter sacred cows and show that hypocrisy is evident on both sides of the political aisle.

Full Review Source: Town Talk (Alexandria, LA) | comment Comment
10/25/04
Andrew Griffin
Andrew Griffin
Town Talk (Alexandria, LA)

makes a surprisingly cogent, if gleefully vulgar, political argument that has legs because it doesn't take easy sides

Full Review Source: Q Network Film Desk | comment Comment
10/24/04
James Kendrick
James Kendrick
Q Network Film Desk

It's so accurate that it's barely parody.

Full Review Source: Goatdog's Movies | comment Comment
10/24/04
Michael W. Phillips, Jr.
Michael W. Phillips, Jr.
Goatdog's Movies

Although it can get a bit wearing on me to watch puppets, this is so well written and so tongue in cheek, that it was a pleasure.

Full Review Source: tonymedley.com | comment Comment
10/24/04
Tony Medley
Tony Medley
tonymedley.com

I was laughing my butt off in the first 35 minutes of the film...

Full Review Source: Talking Pictures (U.S.) | comment Comment
10/24/04
Tony Toscano
Tony Toscano
Talking Pictures (U.S.)

The thing is silly as hell and having Kim Jong Il sound like Eric Cartman from "South Park" is a stroke of genius. This is a very funny film and should be seen forthwith.

Full Review Source: Greenwich Village Gazette | comment Comment
10/23/04
Eric Lurio
Eric Lurio
Greenwich Village Gazette

Juvenile in the worst sense: confused and frightened by the adult world, and begging to be protected.

Full Review Source: Chicago Reader | comment Comment
10/22/04
J. R. Jones
J. R. Jones
Chicago Reader

Made laugh so hard, I almost blew snot all over my own mother.

Full Review Source: Planet Sick-Boy | comment Comment
10/22/04
Jon Popick
Jon Popick
Planet Sick-Boy

Hypocrites of all stripes better stay out of the South Park boys' sights.

Full Review Source: Advocate (Baton Rouge, LA) | comment Comment
10/21/04
John Wirt
John Wirt
Advocate (Baton Rouge, LA)

Shocking, funny, and socio-politically astute

Full Review Source: Movie Habit | comment Comment
10/20/04
Marty Mapes
Marty Mapes
Movie Habit

About a third of Team America exhibits deliriously trashy bad taste, but most of the rest is just tasteless to the point of being infantile.

Full Review Source: Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC) | comment Comment
10/20/04
Ken Hanke
Ken Hanke
Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)

Trey Parker and Matt Stone do what they do best - provide the character voices, poke fun at everything, and write semi-genius songs to place between the off-color humor.

Full Review Source: TheMovieChicks.com | comment Comment
10/20/04
Cherryl Dawson and Leigh Ann Palone
Cherryl Dawson and Leigh Ann Palone
TheMovieChicks.com

Juvenile? Sure. Funny? Certainly -- though not nearly as often as one might reasonably expect from these guys.

Full Review Source: Creative Loafing | comment Comment
10/20/04
Matt Brunson
Matt Brunson
Creative Loafing

The satirical sharpness that defines the duo's at-times incandescently brilliant "South Park" has been shunted aside in favour of vomit gags and screaming homophobia.

Full Review Source: Film Freak Central | comment Comment
10/20/04
Walter Chaw
Walter Chaw
Film Freak Central
N/R

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Full Review Source: Boston Phoenix | comment Comment
10/19/04
Boston Phoenix
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10/19/04
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Full Review Source: Journal News (Westchester, NY) | comment Comment
10/19/04
Christy Lemire
Christy Lemire
Journal News (Westchester, NY)

When a marionette has sex or vomits, you are watching comedy gold, my friends.

Full Review Source: EricDSnider.com | comment Comment
10/19/04
Eric D. Snider
Eric D. Snider
EricDSnider.com

By turns hilarious, idiotic, thoughtful, scatological, and occasionally all of these at the same time.

Full Review Source: Film Journal International | comment Comment
10/19/04
Ethan Alter
Ethan Alter
Film Journal International
 
 
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January 12, 2005: Stone and Parker Split Rumours Quashed
While promoting the UK release of "Team America: World Police," Matt Stone has quashed rumours of a possible split with his creative partner, Trey Parker. More...

September 24, 2004: Judging from the trailer, you can expect plenty of miniature car chases, explosions and enough mayhem to make Jerry Bruckheimer and Michael Bay proud. Opens in new window
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