The funniest movie in DECADES!

Rating: 10/10 (1 July 1999)

This is the funniest movie I have seen in years! Not since the first time I saw Monty Python and the Holy Grail have I laughed this much at a movie.
Being a musical can destroy even decent movies, but South Park pulls it off, partly because (while some are annoying, musically) each and every song in it is absolutely hilarous, and partly because most of the songs have some lame excuse or another to be sung. It isn't as jarring when a character breaks out into song as it is in...well, any other musical. But that might just be because the dialogue and visuals are so extreme.
Which brings me to the very best part of the experience of seeing this movie. The GASPS, and SHOCKED SILENCE from about a third of the audience (who clearly had never seen "The Spirit of Christmas" (the original South Park short), and didn't have a clue what they had gotten themselves into) when the first instance of the phrase "pigf**ker" occurred. Doubtless it will be less when I see it again, but this movie is worth going to just for the audience reaction.
And this isn't just a pointless comedy, by the way. This is some of the best animated satire you're going to see outside an exceedingly good episode of The Simpsons. The frequent digs at the MPAA, and all the would-be censors in the US make it brain food, not just brain candy.
This movie is everything in the TV series, the Spirit of Christmas, and the Terrence and Phillip special taken to new levels. It is the most amazing experience I've had at the movies in a good long while. It is easily the best movie I've seen this year, and that includes the Phantom Menace. The ONLY down side to this movie, apart from the animation which is as lame as you would expect, is the fact that you don't have enough time to recover from one joke before they hit you with another. Bits that would otherwise be unforgettable are lost in the torrent of profanity and twisted humor.