In the wake of Columbine, a hilarious blow to the fury about violence and sexuality in films today.

Rating: Null/10 (10 July 1999)

"South Park: Bigger, Longer, and Uncut" is deeper than most would realize. Sure, you have your unfortunately stereotypical religious freak (like the ones in the letter Matt and Trey brought to "Late Night With Conan O'Brien") decrying the movie for its profanity, nudity, graphic violence, Big Gay Al, or whatever. But, as far as I'm concerned, they can just go away. Surely, the Earth WOULD benefit.
The Jesus-freaks in the aforementioned letter counted 340 expletives in the movie. I'm sure they counted minor infractions such as 'damn,' but there's still a whole lot of profanity. Terrence and Phillip (Canadian anal-centric comedians, for those who aren't viewers of the TV show) have a big musical number toward the beginning of the movie titled "Uncle F*cker." Enough said... I'm dead sure that this movie will break "Scarface's" record for cursing in a movie. Not that I mind.
Now, onto the general obscenity. First off, Kenny McCormick, South Park's resident, regularly-(and unexplainedly-)resurrected poor kid, nearly dies when he attempts to set fire to one of his farts, mimicing Terrence (or Phillip. I can't really remember). He finally does die when a doctor accidentally replaces his heart with a baked potato while saving his life. Satan and Saddam Hussein (who was killed by wild boars prior to the start of the movie) are gay lovers. Big Gay Al has a nude scene. Cartman's mom stars in a German ScheiÃŸe (you don't want to know) video the boys see on the Web. And so on, and so on. These elements, if you're as sick and twisted as I, make for good funny.
"Hey!" you exclaim, "You said this movie was deep! But from what I'm hearing, it sounds as deep as 'I Drink Your Blood'! Filthy liar!" Ah, I was just getting to that. The movie seems like it deserves more than an 'R' rating. I'm sure Matt Stone and Trey Parker fought for it. It's definitely not appropriate for children, unless you let your children freely use terms like 'uncle f*cker' and don't mind them being exposed to a variety of characters which are really not healthy for a child's development. And its timing is dead-on. Even though Columbine was some time ago, its lasting effects have yet to go away, and "SP:BLU" is like a match Matt and Trey are poking a hydrogen balloon with.
All in all: Absolutely hilarious, DEFINITELY not for all tastes, double-DEFINITELY leave the kids with a babysitter.