Let me begin by saying that if you're over-sensitive in regards to... well, anything
then this movie is not for you. If you're the kind of person who enjoys political
incorrectness and doesn't mind being offended if it's all in good fun, then this movie
is definitely for you.
South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut is a movie which lives up to its name in more ways
than one. I'll start with the penis joke in the title, which is obvious. This movie
does contain nudity, no matter how brief, and so it actually lives up to the penile joke
made in the title.
As for the other way the title can be taken, that of the fact that the movie is bigger in
scope than the series, longer than a half-hour episode, and is completely uncut, then you
will happily note that the movie more than lives up to this as well. And fans of the series
will not be disappointed.
Where to begin? First, unless you're a stiff-lipped, humourless jackass, then you won't enjoy
a good portion of this movie. Basically what happens is that after the Terrence & Philip movie
corrupts the youth of the small redneck mountain town of South Park, Kyle's mom (ever the
crusader for the young) eventually persuades the president to wage war on Canada. There is
a lot of jokes taken at the expense of Canadians, and a friend of mine actually walked out of
the car (we saw the movie at a drive-in) during the musical number "Blame Canada," a hilariously
insluting song if you take it the right way.
What is the right way to take it? As a satire against all those groups who blame others for
things which happen to be their own fault. It's a satire of all those people who, when a child
robs a store or murders someone, blames television and video games instead of perhaps looking
at where they may have gone wrong. In this case, the Terrence and Philip movie (which contains
a lot of dirty language, which I'll dive into later) corrupts the youth by teaching them these
bad words, which they begin to spew like mad at school. Instead of blaming the theatre for
letting their children in, or instead of talking to their children about why the use of this
language is so wrong, they decide to blame Canada, the home country of the foul mouthed stars.
This ends up escalating into an all-out war where Canadians residing in the United States are
put into concentration camps. There's more, but I'd rather not ruin it for you.
Suffice it to say, this movie is a fabulous satire of all things idiot. The army is made fun
of, over-zealous parents are poked fun at, and it's almost impossible to believe the amount of
racial slurs and jokes which this movie contains. While some of the racial jokes are not
quite up to par with societal standards, it's still good to see that Trey Parker and Mat Stone
aren't afraid of doing risky things in this movie.
And speaking of risky, this movie contains the biggest amount of foul language I have ever heard
in my life. No other movie has a ratio of swearing-per-second as this movie does. And you won't
believe what they do with Cartman and the V-chip (which gives him an electronic shock every time
he swears).
And while I'm on the subject, Cartman is obviously the star of this movie, as he is the star of
the series. He's absolutely hilarious, and Parker goes so far as to beef up Cartman's by now
trademark song "Kyle's Mom is a Big Fat Bitch." This is now accompanied by a dance-number, and
a new ending, along with the South Park version of different languages, which is to say complete
gibberish which is still hilarious.
This movie, for all its offensive nature, is lacking in one thing: An apology. And I thank God
for that. This movie doesn't need to apologize for being a refreshing stone thrown into the pond
of political correctness. It's a shocking movie where Saddam Hussein and Satan are gay lovers,
Terrence and Philip are to be executed publicly, and Bill Gates gets shot in the head. Oh, and
let's not forget the satisfying bombing of the Baldwin estate.
I loved this movie. It was hilarious, refreshing, and above all funny. If you're not easily offended,
then I suggest you go and see it. If you're a fan of the series, then you should defintely check
this movie out. It's worth the money.
Oh, and there's nothing like hearing "Oh, my God, they killed Kenny!" on the big screen.
Video Re-review
**** out of 5
Not much to say here. Just as piss-your-pants politically incorrect funny here as on the big-screen.
Widescreen would be nice, but you take what you can get (though getting the entire frame would be nice,
but I'm a purist at heart... I prefer widescreen all the time as is, so, like, take-off!).