Rating: R
Genre:
Comedy
Theatrical Release: 06/30/1999(USA)
Release Date: 11/23/1999
SubTitles: English
Dubbed: English/French
Sound: DDS/DD5.1
Run Time: 81 Minutes
Flags: Adult Situations, Not For Children, Adult Humor, Profanity
Distributor/Studio: Paramount
The most tasteless third graders on television graduate to the big screen, as
Trey Parker and
Matt Stone expand their animated series with foul-mouthed humor that might breach the boundaries of basic cable. In the small Colorado town of South Park, good-natured
Stan Marsh, slightly neurotic
Kyle Broflovski, fat and petulant
Eric Cartman, and perpetually doomed
Kenny McCormick are psyched for the premiere of the first feature film from flatulent Canadian TV performers
Terrance and
Phillip, entitled "Asses of Fire." The movie is rated R, but that's not about to stop the boys from sneaking into the theater. However, when the boys' language gets bluer by the minute after seeing the film, their parents and school administrators decide that something must be done.
Kyle's mother comes up with the ideal solution: blame Canada.
Terrance and
Phillip end up in jail for corrupting America's youth, while the Canadian Air Force retaliates with an air strike targeting the Baldwin brothers. The boys soon organize a children's underground resistance force to free
Terrance and
Phillip before they can be executed; meanwhile, in a sensitive subplot exploring relationship issues, we're permitted an inside look at the domestic problems of
Satan and his lover,
Saddam Hussein. As on the TV show,
Parker and
Stone perform the voices of most of the characters, and they also wrote several songs for the film;
George Clooney,
Minnie Driver,
Eric Idle,
Dave Foley, and
Mike Judge contribute voices. Not to spoil the plot, but rumor has it that
Kenny dies.
~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide
;)
