Team America: World Police

Name: Team America: World Police
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy
Released: October 15, 2004
Duration: 98 min
Rating: 64
Cast: Elle Russ, Matt Stone, Trey Parker

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Paramount Pictures | Release Date: October 15, 2004 | R

Starring: Elle Russ, Matt Stone, Trey Parker

Summary: This action adventure from the creators of "South Park" features an all-marionette cast as Team America, an international police force dedicated to maintaining global stability. [Paramount]

Director: Trey Parker

Genre(s): Action, Adventure, Comedy

Rating: R

Runtime: 98 min

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Rory L. Aronsky

Laugh hard, laugh long, but just laugh at true greatness. Parker and Stone have done it again, multiplied millions of times. Read full review

Peter Travers

A ruthlessly clever musical, a punchy political parody and the hottest look ever at naked puppets -- the first film, porn included, in which a woody is actually made of wood. Read full review

Hank Stuever

This is all terrifically nasty and shocking stuff. Read full review

Liam Lacey

Give it an A for concept -- a bizarre marionette version of a Jerry Bruckheimer-style action movie; B for its occasional moments of convulsively funny comedy; and D for the politics, for pandering to exactly the kind of reactionary sentiments it purports to satirize. Read full review

Lawrence Toppman

Bits can be extremely funny. I howled at the ranting, mustard-splotched, wiener-waving Michael Moore. Read full review

Joe Morgenstern

I know this sounds like great fun, and some of it is, but there's nowhere near enough good stuff to fill the 114-minute running time.

Mick LaSalle

Surprisingly, the results are embarrassing. As puppetry, Team America is stilted. As satire, it's gutless and lazy. And as comedy, it barely delivers laughs. Read full review

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GarethC.

Aug 26, 2006

What an irreverent but brilliant film. Making this film must have been awesome. What a lot of fun. The script was inspired and the music was hilarious. I have watched this movie a few times now, and always find something new to laugh at. There are some parts I anticipate in the film andWhat an irreverent but brilliant film. Making this film must have been awesome. What a lot of fun. The script was inspired and the music was hilarious. I have watched this movie a few times now, and always find something new to laugh at. There are some parts I anticipate in the film and can't help laughing before it even happens. A brilliant masterpiece - even the title is spot on! More of this stuff please.… Expand

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Necromus

Jan 3, 2013

Picture South Park, but with puppets made to look like actors and famous people. They make the expressionless puppets look so dramatic and like such good actors that after seeing this movie I am convinced it is not the actors or acting that makes a great movie, but the directing. Similar toPicture South Park, but with puppets made to look like actors and famous people. They make the expressionless puppets look so dramatic and like such good actors that after seeing this movie I am convinced it is not the actors or acting that makes a great movie, but the directing. Similar to South Park which was created by the same creators, this movie contains a lot of obscene scenes and potty humour, but it is done well. A couple of scenes just start off really obscene and bad, but actually go on for much longer than they should and get much worse as they go on to shock you and gross you out even more! It is great! They basically turn Matt Daemon into a retard like Timmy from the South Park show and Kim Jong II the leader of North Korea (at the time of the original release) into Cartman, it is hilarious! There are also great satirical musical numbers in this movie too. I did not like it as much as the South Park movie, but it was still great. 10/10… Expand

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OtisP

Jun 13, 2009

This movie rocks and the soundtrack is the best ever made.

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GerrickC.

Mar 2, 2007

Thunderbirds meets South Park. That is esentially what Team America is. It is very funny, extremely offensive, and totally reeks of South Park. If you like South Park, then you will find love in Team America.

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KaptainHutchino

Dec 12, 2013

Delivers the laughs with Parker & Stone's usual antics, but what makes this comedy fresh is the hilarious use of puppets, catchy songs and making light of a serious situation.

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MrPajamas

Nov 20, 2021

I wanted to see this movie because I expected to laugh and I expected it to just be something for me, and that's only because Trey Parker is in charge of this movie, who was also in charge of one of my favorite TV shows, which is South Park. Team America: World Police did not disappoint meI wanted to see this movie because I expected to laugh and I expected it to just be something for me, and that's only because Trey Parker is in charge of this movie, who was also in charge of one of my favorite TV shows, which is South Park. Team America: World Police did not disappoint me and even pleased me because it exceeded my expectations. In short, it was something different than I expected. The humor was there, of course, and I laughed more than once. But what appealed to me the most was the music, which I really enjoyed, along with the action, which I thought was very good. What also surprised me was the plot itself. I'm not saying it was masterful, but I just expected worse. I'm not trying to praise it in any way overall, I'm just saying I was pleasantly surprised, which a lot of people may not be. In short, I thought South Park was a peak that couldn't be surpassed, and in the end I agree, but this movie was something else again, but still with the type of humor that South Park gives us. In the final analysis, I would like to put it this way. I was expecting South Park to be the only one that really did well, but I was wrong because even Team America: World Police had something going for it. For me, a good movie that I recommend mostly to South Park fans then, or fans of this raunchier humor.… Expand

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chemicalreaper

Feb 2, 2013

Perhaps "Team America: World Police" just hasn't aged well, but this 'comedy' just isn't all that funny. Whereas other comedies have redeeming qualities, the slow pace and the writers' ability to take overdrawn jokes (which weren't humorous to begin with) and repeatedly smash you in the facePerhaps "Team America: World Police" just hasn't aged well, but this 'comedy' just isn't all that funny. Whereas other comedies have redeeming qualities, the slow pace and the writers' ability to take overdrawn jokes (which weren't humorous to begin with) and repeatedly smash you in the face with them, Team America is a good idea that fails in execution.… Expand

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