Quick, in-your-face fun

Rating: 8/10 (5 June 2008)

I'm not a long-time viewer of South Park(those that are... keep your eyes open for in-jokes), but I have taken in a reasonable bit of it. This plays not unlike three episodes of the show, and pretty darn good ones at that. The plot is great, and develops well throughout the entirety of the running time. The writing is almost invariably funny, and a considerable amount is undeniably satirical and smart, to an impressive extent. The self-irony and -referencing raises this above similar releases. This definitely has a lot of offensive material(my personal theory is that Matt and Trey grew up not being allowed to look at, say, and so on, such, and now that they're old enough to call the shots for themselves, they're getting even), and some of it certainly is there for the purpose of outraging those who have little tolerance for such. But for anyone who enjoys the humor that we connect to the series, this is rather likely to have you laughing for most of the 81 minutes. The pacing is fast, without being overwhelming. The songs are quite catchy and well-written. The acting is marvelous, and the guest voices are cool. The animation is the same stubbornly poor kind as we're used to from something with this title, but there are some nice extra stuff thrown in, and the various actual effects are, in fact, magnificent. It would be a shame if someone didn't see past the crude comedy and thusly did not realize that Parker and Stone do have stuff to say(although it is arguably in part their own doing, obviously). There is heavy violence, moderate sexuality and almost constant language herein. If you can tolerate, perhaps even enjoy, musicals and the content that censors frown upon, consider giving this a shot. I recommend this to, in addition to aforementioned, fans of Matt Stone and Trey Parker and their other works. 8/10