South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut (1999)
86%RT Audience Score: 88%
Awards & Nominations: Nominated for 1 Oscar
7 wins & 11 nominations total
Its jokes are profoundly bold and rude but incredibly funny at the same time
South Park: The Movie is a raunchy, hilarious, and definitely not-for-kids animated musical that will have you laughing from start to finish. Critics have called it crude, subversive, and stupidly clever all at the same time, and they’re not wrong. It’s a happy surprise that manages to be both rude and inspired, with a soundtrack of well-composed songs that will have you singing along. If you’re looking for a movie that’s not afraid to be upfront about its coarseness and doesn’t smother its reason for being with hypocritical sentimentality, then South Park: The Movie is the one for you. Just don’t watch it with your grandma.
Production Company(ies)
Anonymous Content
Distributor
Argentina Video Home, Warner Home Vídeo, Warner Bros., Paramount Pictures
Release Type
Filming Location(s)
MPAA / Certificate
Rated R for pervasive vulgar language and crude sexual humor, and for some violent images
Year of Release
1999
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Color:Color
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Sound mix:SDDS Dolby Digital
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Aspect ratio:1.85 : 1
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Runtime:1h 20m
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Language(s):English
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Country of origin:United States
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Release date:Release Date (Theaters): Jun 30, 1999 Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Jan 10, 2006
Genre(s)
Comedy
Keyword(s)
starring Trey Parker, starring Matt Stone, directed by Trey Parker, produced by Trey Parker, produced by Matt Stone, written by Trey Parker, written by Matt Stone, written by Pam Brady, genre: comedy, MPAA rating: R, box office performance: $52.0M, reviewed by Nell Minow, reviewed by Lisa Alspector, reviewed by Liam Lacey, reviewed by Leslie Felperin, reviewed by Mike Clark, reviewed by Richard Corliss, reviewed by Brian Eggert, reviewed by Sean Fennessey, reviewed by Tim Brayton, reviewed by Joe Lozito, actor: Mary Kay Bergman, actor: Isaac Hayes, actor: Jesse Howell, actor: Anthony Cross-Thomas, director: Vincente Minnelli, director: Robert Wise, writer: Vincente Minnelli, writer: Robert Wise, soundtrack, musical, animated, TV show adaptation, controversial, vulgar, satire, censorship, war, Canada, death row, parents, teachers, expanded vocabularies, South Park, third graders, R-rated film, ultra-vulgar, Terrance, Phillip, Americans, call to war, save, audience score: 88%
Worldwide gross: $83,137,603
Worldwide gross (inflation-adjusted): $149,234,315
Worldwide gross ranking (inflation-adjusted): 836
Worldwide tickets sold (est.): 16,274,189
US/Canada gross: $52,037,603
US/Canada gross (inflation-adjusted): $93,408,948
US/Canada gross ranking (inflation-adjusted): 783
US/Canada opening weekend: $11,335,889
US/Canada opening weekend (inflation-adjusted): $20,348,237
US/Canada opening weekend ranking (inflation-adjusted): 647
Budget and Earnings Details
Production budget (est.): $21,000,000
Production budget (inflation-adjusted): $37,695,586
Production budget ranking: 999
Marketing and distribution budget (inflation-adjusted est.): $20,299,073
Box office net earnings to date (inflation-adjusted est.): $91,239,657
ROI to date (est.): 157%
ROI ranking: 743
Matt Stone – Various Voices (Voice)
Mary Kay Bergman – Various Voices (Voice)
Isaac Hayes – Jerome ‘Chef’ McElroy (Voice)
Jesse Howell – Ike Broflovski (Voice)
Anthony Cross-Thomas – Ike Broflovski (Voice)
Director(s)
Trey Parker
Writer(s)
Trey Parker, Matt Stone, Pam Brady, Trey Parker, Matt Stone
Producer(s)
Trey Parker, Matt Stone
Film Festivals
Awards & Nominations
Nominated for 1 Oscar
7 wins & 11 nominations total
Academy Awards
All Critics (95) | Top Critics (31) | Fresh (76) | Rotten (19)
Entertaining raunchfest; not for kids.
December 28, 2010 | Rating: 3/5
Nell Minow
Common Sense Media
TOP CRITIC
[An] inspired, self-referential animated musical.
May 20, 2008
Lisa Alspector
Chicago Reader
TOP CRITIC
Rude, but inspired.
November 8, 2002 | Rating: 3/4
Liam Lacey
Globe and Mail
TOP CRITIC
Far tauter, more a laser-guided contraption than the often scattershot episodes of the series.
March 3, 2002
Leslie Felperin
Sight & Sound
TOP CRITIC
After Big Daddy, it’s almost heartening to see a movie that’s not afraid to be upfront about its coarseness, one that doesn’t smother its very reason for being with hypocritical sentimentality.
January 1, 2000 | Rating: 3/4
Mike Clark
USA Today
TOP CRITIC
A happy surprise!
January 1, 2000
Richard Corliss
TIME Magazine
TOP CRITIC
Its defiant attitude, relentless laughs, and soundtrack of well-composed songs still manage to make the 81-minute runtime feel breezy.
February 12, 2022 | Rating: 3.5/4
Brian Eggert
Deep Focus Review
Bigger, Longer & Uncut looks crude but is magnificently constructed, a true homage to Vincente Minnelli and Robert Wise’s finest work.
March 26, 2019
Sean Fennessey
The Ringer
Possibly the single most subversive fact about the film is that all else being equal, it’s one of the best original movie musicals in a generation.
May 14, 2011 | Rating: 9/10
Tim Brayton
Antagony & Ecstasy
Manages to be both amazingly stupid and clever at the same time.
October 18, 2008 | Rating: 3/4
Joe Lozito
Big Picture Big Sound
October 18, 2008 | Rating: 3.5/4
Wesley Lovell
Cinema Sight
Nastier than it is subversive or funny.
August 7, 2008 | Rating: 2/5
Mark Halverson
Sacramento News & Review…
Plot
When four boys in South Park Stan Marsh, Kyle and his stepbrother Ike Broflovski, Eric Cartman, and Kenny McCormick sees an R-rated movie featuring Canadians “Terrance & Phillip: Asses of Fire”, they are pronounced “corrupted”, and Kyle’s mom Sheila with the rest of the parents pressure the United States to wage war against Canada for World War 3! It’s all up to Stan, Kyle and Cartman to save Terrence and Phillip before Satan and his lover Saddam Hussein from Hell rules the world and it’ll be the end of the whole world.
Trivia
Goofs / Tidbits
No specific tidbit is given about someone in the cast, but the critics consensus mentions the “ultra-vulgar Canadian television personalities Terrance (Matt Stone) and Phillip (Trey Parker).”
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