Comedic Genius: disclaimer - if you are easily offended or have no sense of humour, don't watch this film.

Rating: 8/10 (25 October 2006)

The televised exploits of Stan, Kyle, Kenny and Cartman were greeted by some with praise, for its exaggerated satirical exploits of small town life: conversely, they have also been criticised for destroying the moral fabric of society. Needless to say, those falling into the latter category won't find much to enjoy here and will probably dislike this film more, with its 399 instances of swearing, a lot of words which were bleeped out when broadcast on the show. That said, this film is positively tame in comparison with recent series of the show, which have featured blistering attacks on Scientology, Mormons, and ginger kids.
The story, loosely held together by musical numbers, concerns the boys seeing the profane Terrence & Philip movie A***s Of Fire, which leads the boys to some fine inventive swearing: 'Sh*t-faced, rectal wart', anyone? The parents take offence and start a war against Canada. Meanwhile, Sadaam & Satan are plotting to takeover Earth, and Stan is on a quest to find the clitoris.
It is in the musical numbers that a lot of the films best points are exhibited, choice examples being the excessively crude 'Uncle Fukka', Sadaam Hussains 'I Can Change', and the reprise of 'Kyles Mum Is A Bitch'. The satire is strong as the plot of the film seems to be allegorical about the American reaction to the T.V. inception of South Park, most laughably in how it was mentioned around the time of the Columbine massacre.
There are points when it all gets a bit too much. Satans 'Up There' song isn't funny and is an irritating song too. Also, the Stans clitoris subplot feels tacked on. South Park - The Movie, though, remains hilarious and will please fans of the show and reaches the heights of the benchmark TV animation adaptation to film, Beavis & Butthead Do America.