I laughed so hard my stomach hurt the next day

Rating: Null/10 (9 July 1999)

This is the hardest I've laughed at a movie I saw in the theater in literally years. I expected it to be pretty good, but it was even better. Though I don't get Comedy Central, I've seen about half the episodes on video and read the scripts for them all, and have always laughed my butt off at the incredible bad taste and Cartman's voice. (it's the WAY he says stuff). And yes, I am a grown woman. It's too bad the idiots at the MPAA wouldn't let them go with the original title, "All Hell Breaks Loose" as it would have been more appropriate to the plot and tone. As I'm sure you've read, Parker and Stone told the MPAA, pretty much as a joke because they never expected them to go for it, to change the title to the present one, and the MPAA didn't get the joke and said it was OK. The songs were great, and didn't slow the movie down as I thought they would. I especially liked, "It's Easy Mmmmkay" and "Uncle F*cka" but my all time favorite number was "Kyle's Mom is a B*tch" as performed by Cartman, this time with a couple of extra languages thrown in. I laughed so hard and loud at this that I had to put my hand over my mouth, because I was actually worried that someone would complain to the usher. And Cartman's one-word reaction (which I can't print here, partially because of the profanity and partly because it will be funnier if you don't know it's coming)at the end of the song when he turns around and sees that Kyle's Mom is actually standing behind him and has heard the last verse had the whole audience cheering and clapping. Speaking of audience reaction, the only time the audience cheered more strongly was when Bill Gates is shot. I saw the movie in Seattle and you should have heard the crowd go nuts! So besides the movie being hilarious, it's actually well thought-out (I thought) and had care put into it. Man, would I love to see the parts they cut out, considering the stuff they got away with! My only complaint was that it was too short, and that the insane school bus driver was not in it-I missed her. I also was grateful my least favorite South Park character, Mr. Hankey, did not make an appearance. I plan to see it again in the theater at least once, and then buy it on video. Oh, and don't feel guilty if you were the only one laughing at "Operation Human Shield". Though you could practically hear the jaws dropping, every single person in the theater laughed their guts out at that (and cheered for Chef's revenge). I can't say enough good things about this movie, or describe how funny it is--you have to see it to beleive it. Unless you're Mr or Ms P.C. in which case stay away--though who knows, even people who need to lighten up might find themselves hating themselves for laughing at this movie. I give it 10 out of 10 stars.