No disappointment for the TV fans

Rating: 9/10 (24 February 2000)

I was a little worried before I went that South Park couldn't
take the transformation into a full-time movie. But it could. As a Swede - you know how slutty we are! :) - I've always found
the American Redneck values and the moral aspects of film
censoring a bit confusing. People have sex. Big deal. People say
nasty things. Big deal again. Since when did words hurt anyone?
The worst thing that could happen is that the kids start using
the words themselves. Scary. South Park as a phenomenon fights the lying, oversweet "7th
Heaven" way to look at kids. Stan's song in the beginning of the
film is hilarious in its parody of musicals. (I love musicals.
I'm also quite fond of Winona and at least one of the Baldwins.
That only makes it funnier.) When Kyle's mom is ready to keep up a bloody war and let Satan
and Saddam take over the world rather than let the f-word sayers
Terrance and Phillip go free, her son in a simple speech tells
her what the film is all about. It's smart. It's true. It's
dangerously close to sentimental all-American apple sauce.
Kyle's mom listens - and kills T&P anyway. The point with this show is a lot like the animation: it may
look crude, but if you take a good look at it you find it's a
lot neater and harder to do than impersonal disneyfications or
detailed fantasy book illustrations. Part of me has seen this film the way an over-intellectual
college student should. But part of me can't deny that "Unca
f***a" made me laugh 'til I almost cried. Chef and Kenny are my favourites as always. Chef with his
womanizing and his straight to the point smartness. Kenny with
his R2D2 voice talents and his mix of sweet and filthy.