This movie has warped my fragile little mind.

Rating: 8/10 (24 February 2019)

This is a hysterical feature film version of the enduringly popular animated Comedy Central series, set in a peaceful "redneck mountain town" where not much happens. That is, until our youthful heroes - Stan, Kyle, Cartman, and Kenny - go to see the new movie featuring their favourite Canadian entertainers, Terrance and Phillip. They are inspired by its toilet humour and extremely profane dialogue, and start repeating it whenever they get the chance. This, in turns, inspires their mothers to start an anti-Canada movement that will culminate in war between the U.S. and Canada, and the execution of "war criminals" Terrance and Phillip.
What's great about the Trey Parker / Matt Stone creation is that they are able to stay true to their raunchy, profane style while also delivering what is a pretty sharp satire of real-life attitudes. It's true that we're ALWAYS looking for somebody to blame when problems occur, and usually don't do that much to actually solve the problems; it's easier to just single somebody or something out and publicly excoriate them / it.
This results in a movie that is pretty intelligent in its own way, and gives us all the irreverence we came to expect from the series. Parker & Stones' dialogue (they and Pam Brady are credited with the script) is of course priceless in its inventive use of vulgarities. The production values are naturally higher than one would see in a series episode, and a lot of the animation is quite slick and stylish.
The characters are as engaging as they've ever been. Cartman in particular is still the foul-mouthed, cranky brat he's always been, and in the end he is able to put his talent for profanity to great use. One devastating touch is having Satan figure into the plot - a forlorn Satan who can't relate to his goof ball lover Saddam Hussein.
Ultimately, this is ideal entertainment for fans of the series, and is also good enough to allow Parker & Stone to reach an even wider audience than usual; you realize these guys are real talents.
A raft of celebrities supply additional voices (in addition to the late series regular Isaac Hayes, who voiced Chef); I'll leave you to discover them for yourself.
Eight out of 10.