Team America: World Police
Team America: World Police
R | 11 October 2004 (USA)
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When North Korean ruler Kim Jong-il orchestrates a global terrorist plot, it's up to the heavily armed, highly specialized Team America unit to stop his dastardly scheme. The group, which has recruited troubled Broadway actor Gary Johnston, not only has to face off against Jong-il, but they must also contend with the Film Actors Guild, a cadre of Hollywood liberals at odds with Team America's "policing the world" tactics.

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jacobjohntaylor1

This movie is awful. It is badly written. It is sick and wired. I when do comedy fans get sick of the crape being fed to them and stop thinking it's funny. This is one of the worst comedies ever do not see it. It is awful. Who ever wrote it has no talent. The acting is awful. It is the worst movie ever.

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Alexandre Cabello

Because the movie is told through puppets, it will likely be off- putting for many right off the bat but it's also what made me appreciate the movie most (as a technical feat). Team America: World Police hilariously nails many of the action genre's tropes and easy American stereotypes but coincidentally shares the same tasteless, uncomfortable humor that South Park manufactures. It's too extreme for me but was a good introspective laugh in the meantime.My rubric:2. You and I, we could make something more engrossing with a million dollars and the length of the runtime. Absolutely dreadful, a total drag - save yourself.4. Average. Post-mortem of your mildly entertained time, you are unenthused.6. The threshold for willful re-watching. You get excited when it's brought up casually in conversation.8. The go-to movies. You've employed yourself to actively advertise someone else's work to share the satisfaction. The obsession extends beyond promotion and into understanding. You exhaust yourself, concerned in the detail and ensuring no one could ever introduce you to an element you haven't explored.10. A work of art that radically develops one's self comically, emotionally, morally or imaginatively with lasting affect.

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Christian Hannah

To start off: this is from Trey Parker & Matt Stone, so unless you've been living under a rock your whole life, you know they created South Park, which is in my opinion, one of the funniest & most relevant shows ever made.Now, to start off: don't go into this movie thinking it's patriotic, because it's everything but that. Even in their song "America, f*ck yeah!", they showcase every American stereotype, like being gun happy, being ignorant, & more. I'm not against America, but I will admit, this country is imperfect, & this film shows that.This film has some pretty good puppetry. I know that was brief, but I kinda have nothing else to say about the puppetry. Anyway, Trey & Matt aren't the only voice actors in this movie, there's also Maurice Lamarche, Jeremy Shada, & Daran Norris as Spotswood. Spotswood is one of the funniest characters in this film in my opinion, probably because when I hear the voice of Cosmo, Jorgan Von Strangle, & Timmy's Dad talking about someone sucking his dick, it just makes me laugh. I guess I'm a sick bastard.The songs are also hilarious, from "America, F*ck Yeah!", to "Everyone Has AIDS!", to "I'm So Ronry", it's all hilarious.So, in the end, this movie ultimately shows that Trey Parker & Matt Stone couldn't suck at entertainment if they tried, & Team America: World Police gets 10/10

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FairlyAnonymous

Team America: World Police is a hilarious movie in both premise and in action. The fact that the entire movie is made with marionette dolls is not only funny but clever. The other great thing about this movie is that it is a good satire of America and just about everyone. That is the nice thing about this movie: It should offend everyone equally.The movie follows the premise of Team America having to stop Kim Jong-il before he destroys most of world with weapons of mass destruction. The movie is careful enough to make this premise work by adding many hilarious and weird moments so that the movie never becomes truly offensive (particularly when is shows Islamic stereotypes). One of the greatest things about this movie is that it takes advantage of the marionette dolls and essentially "breaks the fourth-wall" without the characters ever being aware. This is done by a lot of gags that involve how stupid the dolls move and just how absurd everything is. Sometimes the dolls don't walk properly, sometimes props seem to mess up, heck; a giant statue of Kim Jong-Il is literally a guy wearing bronze makeup and standing still. This is where a lot of the movie's best jokes come from: The design jokes and the satire jokes.But then, there is the weaker side to this movie: The crude jokes. While some of them work, a lot of them don't. Now I know people will say "You either like South Park humour or you don't" (This is made by Trey and Matt, after all) but that isn't it. The problem is that the crude jokes don't add anything to the movie... and they aren't even funny. For one scene, the main character has give oral-sex to another man to be accepted as a member of Team America. This scene is referenced multiple times in the movie, but it was never funny to begin with. Just because something is crude, doesn't mean it is funny. It is only funny if it is executed properly. Just saying crude dialogue isn't funny in itself.Unfortunately, the last third of the movie focuses mostly on crude humour for most of its jokes which makes the movie feel like a real drag. Instead of having witty satire and funny parodies in the first half, it tries to outdo itself in the final act. For some reason the movie thinks that the only way to outdo clever humour is with non- clever humour. Fortunately, the first two thirds of the movie are pretty funny and unique. I wouldn't say the third act of the movie didn't have funny jokes--because it was still funny--but it seemed to get caught up at times and is essentially the weakest point of the film. The intro to this film is also probably one of the funniest moments.The main reason why I like this film is for its originality and how many weird and obscure hidden "marionette" jokes are in it.

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