gross, extreme and hilarious film version of brilliant series

Rating: 9/10 (12 April 2005)

SPOILERS In 1997 Matt Stone and Trey Parker, two friends from Colorado University, released the first episode of a long running television show. That show, "South Park", is an extreme animated show containing some of the sickest jokes on television in a long time. The series was such a success that two years later and a film was released. Seventy-eight minutes long and as hilarious as the series, "South Park: Bigger Longer and Uncut" is a joy to watch and is always good for a laugh.
South Park, Colorado, a small redneck town full of some of the most obscure people you are ever likely to meet. Two boys, Stan Marsh (Parker) and best friend Kyle Broslofski (Stone) spend their time trying to live a simple, quiet life and make it through school. With fellow friend, and regular corpse, Kenny McCormick (also Stone), the boys experience outlandish adventure after outlandish adventure. All whilst trying to get rid of fat, offencive, evil Eric Cartman (also Parker). In the film though, when heroes Terrence and Phillip are blamed for the boys using offencive language, they find themselves involved in the ultimate battle between good and evil.
Just like the series, the film adaptation of "South Park" is as extreme as is physically possible. Ridiculing the Canadians, Hollywood, Political correctness, Bill Gates, and countless others, 'Bigger Longer and Uncut' is hilarious from start to finish.
Compared with the series in fact, 'Bigger Longer and Uncut' is actually better. Just like in later film "Team America: World Police", Parker and Stone have showed a skill at writing some of the daftest songs your ever likely to hear. Songs like 'Uncle F***a' which spoofs musical "Oklahoma" and the superior 'Resistance' which pokes fun at "Les Miserables". In fact, Parker and Stone are so brilliant at writing songs that major soundtrack 'Blame Canada' even received an Oscar nomination for best song. It is songs like these three, which help to make "South Park: Bigger Longer and Uncut" one of the funniest cartoon films of all-time.
Some might complain that the offencive and extreme behaviour of "South Park" is extreme and shouldn't be allowed. Ironically it is people like this that the film ridicules at great lengths. In fact, there are few it doesn't insult and ultimately, that's a good thing. Just like the series 'Bigger Longer and Uncut' is rude, crude and absolutely wonderful.