Uncut?

Rating: Null/10 (19 July 1999)

Uncut? Unlikely. South Park: Bigger, Longer and Uncut is very, very rude and very often hilarious but it could and should have gone much further.
I'd say that either the producers got cold feet or they just ran out ideas. But still the result is often a scream.
The movie is in the form of a Disney musical and at first the lyrics are delightfully seditious, very South Park. It's a shame that the songs, and there are many of them, become straight. They BECOME Disney musical numbers and that is where South Park gets a bit boring.
But there is plenty to feast on before the next yawn.
The charm for me in the television series of South Park lies largely in the innocence of the South Park kids. They say and do awful things but hardly ever have any real idea of what they are up to.
For instance, one of the boys falls in love with his lesbian teacher and his Dad jokingly tells him that if he wants to impress her he'll have to learn how to "lick carpet". So that's what we later see the boy do. He literally licks carpet! What's a lesbian?
In this film version, the satire is, if anything, more intense and more offensive than the TV series. Fans will be pretty delighted. Puritans should probably not attend.
I do recommend however that all grade 8 children should be taken to see the film by their schools, and especially that the teachers attend. Most young students will see it anyway one way or the other and at least then the teachers will know where the obscenities that will erupt from sweet little mouths have come from.
And I would hope that teachers would find much of South Park hilarious. At least then we could be sure that our children are being properly prepared for life with the proper amount of skepticism!
South Park: Bigger, Longer and Uncut has a strong dig at Canadians for some reason or another, Australians fleetingly and exults in a wonderful smack at Bill Gates and Microsoft.
Hey I was one of those who cheered and applauded in the cinema when Windows 98 was deliciously maligned. There must be a good deal of resentment (or is it envy) sucked deep within this little Windows victim, and a good many others as well, judging by the comments coming from around the world on the internet re the film.
Some plot elements. Satan is Gay, a nice guy and he's being literally screwed by Saddam Hussein! It's the mothers who are the reactionaries. One of the teachers is recruited to become a state executioner and Winona Ryder is very, very clever with ping pong balls.
But there are many more rude and crude words in South Park than Winona Ryder can fit ping pong balls within herself. But remember. It is indeed true that words can never really hurt you. At least words from eight year olds.