Team America: World Police (2004)
83%RT Audience Score: 80%
Awards & Nominations: 1 win & 11 nominations
Team America will either offend you or leave you in stitches. It’ll probably do both
Team America: World Police is a raunchy, action-packed comedy that is definitely not for kids. But if you’re an adult who loves Thunderbirds and Jerry Springer: The Opera, then this movie is right up your alley. Sure, some of the jokes fall flat and the all-marionette cast can be a bit distracting, but the darkness that seeps in with the characters and the story is surprisingly effective. Plus, Trey Parker and Matt Stone’s attacks on America’s political spectrum are utterly outrageous and delightfully non-PC. So grab some popcorn, sit back, and enjoy the ride. Just don’t bring the kids.
Production Company(ies)
Distributor
Paramount Pictures
Release Type
Theatrical
Filming Location(s)
Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Virginia, USA
MPAA / Certificate
Rated R for graphic crude and sexual humor, violent images and strong language – all involving puppets
Year of Release
2004
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Color:Color
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Sound mix:DTS Dolby Digital SDDS
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Aspect ratio:2.39 : 1
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Runtime:1h 38m
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Language(s):English, French, Klingon, Korean, Arabic
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Country of origin:United States
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Release date:Release Date (Theaters): Oct 15, 2004 Wide
Release Date (Streaming): May 17, 2005
Genre(s)
Comedy/Action
Keyword(s)
Team America: World Police, Comedy, Action, Trey Parker, Matt Stone, Pam Brady, R, Graphic, Crude & Sexual Humor, All Involving Puppets, Strong Language, Violent Images, Gary Johnston, Joe, Kim Jong Il, Hans Blix, Carson, Matt Damon, Drunk in Bar, Tim Robbins, Sean Penn, Michael Moore, Helen Hunt, Susan Sarandon, Chris, George Clooney, Danny Glover, Ethan Hawke, Kristen Miller, Lisa, Masasa Moyo, Sarah, Daran Norris, Spottswoode, Phil Hendrie, I.N.T.E.L.L.I.G.E.N.C.E., Chechnyan Terrorist, directed by Trey Parker, Matt Stone, produced by Trey Parker, Matt Stone, reviewed by Mark Kermode, Nell Minow, J.R Jones, Christy Lemire, Marc Savlov, Sara Michelle Fetters, Cory Woodroof, Richard Propes, Miles Fielder, John Powers, MPAA rating R, box office gross $32.8M, Dolby SRD, SDDS, Surround, DTS, Scope (2.35:1)
Worldwide gross: $50,826,898
Worldwide gross (inflation-adjusted): $80,178,741
Worldwide gross ranking (inflation-adjusted): 1,131
Worldwide tickets sold (est.): 8,743,592
US/Canada gross: $32,786,074
US/Canada gross (inflation-adjusted): $51,719,586
US/Canada gross ranking (inflation-adjusted): 1,055
US/Canada opening weekend: $12,120,358
US/Canada opening weekend (inflation-adjusted): $19,119,700
US/Canada opening weekend ranking (inflation-adjusted): 680
Budget and Earnings Details
Production budget (est.): $32,000,000
Production budget (inflation-adjusted): $50,479,565
Production budget ranking: 791
Marketing and distribution budget (inflation-adjusted est.): $27,183,246
Box office net earnings to date (inflation-adjusted est.): $2,515,930
ROI to date (est.): 3%
ROI ranking: 1,381
Matt Stone – Chris, George Clooney, Danny Glover, Ethan Hawke, Additional Voices (Voice)
Kristen Miller – Lisa (Voice)
Masasa Moyo – Sarah (Voice)
Daran Norris – Spottswoode (Voice)
Phil Hendrie – I.N.T.E.L.L.I.G.E.N.C.E., Chechnyan Terrorist (Voice)
Director(s)
Trey Parker, Matt Stone
Writer(s)
Trey Parker, Matt Stone, Pam Brady
Producer(s)
Trey Parker, Matt Stone
Film Festivals
Awards & Nominations
1 win & 11 nominations
Academy Awards
All Critics (197) | Top Critics (46) | Fresh (151) | Rotten (46)
The whole thing plays like Thunderbirds Goes to Hell and will doubtless offend all those numskulls who complained about the BBC’s transmission of Jerry Springer: The Opera. For that alone, it gets my vote.
March 27, 2015
Mark Kermode
New Statesman
TOP CRITIC
Raunchy action comedy from South Park team isn’t for kids.
August 24, 2010 | Rating: 2/5
Nell Minow
Common Sense Media
TOP CRITIC
Juvenile in the worst sense: confused and frightened by the adult world, and begging to be protected.
October 22, 2004 | Rating: 2/4
J. R. Jones
Chicago Reader
TOP CRITIC
October 19, 2004 | Rating: A
Christy Lemire
Journal News (Westchester, NY)
TOP CRITIC
There are too many gags that fall flat and the strain of an all-marionette cast shows all too often.
October 19, 2004 | Rating: 2.5/5
Marc Savlov
Austin Chronicle
TOP CRITIC
Worse, it loses its edge early on, Stone and Parker not going far enough for the attacks to be anything other than purely prurient.
October 19, 2004 | Rating: 2.5/4
Sara Michelle Fetters
MovieFreak.com
TOP CRITIC
What’s surprising is some of its best material isn’t even humor – it’s the darkness that seeps in with the characters and the story.
June 25, 2022
Cory Woodroof
615 Film
Yet another unique but entertaining film from the world of Trey Parker and Matt Stone.
September 25, 2020 | Rating: 3.0/4.0
Richard Propes
TheIndependentCritic.com
Trey and Stone’s gleefully vicious, staggeringly non-PC attacks on America’s right, left and center makes Team America an utterly outrageous delight.
April 23, 2019 | Rating: 4/5
Miles Fielder
The List
When it comes to politics, the South Park boys mistake contempt for humor.
May 17, 2018
John Powers
L.A. Weekly
The jarhead action, intentionally crappy parody songs, mélange of terrorist gibberish and semi-sensible anatomical analogies for foreign policy all let “Team America” rowdily resurrect the Zucker Brothers’ spirit of peerless, puerile genre satire.
October 23, 2010 | Rating: 3.5/4
Nick Rogers
The Film Yap
Putting the fun back into misanthrope
July 22, 2009 | Rating: 77/100
Dan Jardine
Cinemania…
Plot
The North American counter-terrorism force Team America attacks a group of terrorists in Paris. Later, the leader of the organization, Spottswoode, invites the famous Broadway actor Gary Johnston to join his world police and work undercover in Cairo, infiltrating a terrorist organization in the hope they will disclose their plan of destroying the world. Team America destroy the cell of terrorists, but then the Panama Canal is attacked by the criminals as a payback. Gary feels responsible for the death of many innocents and leaves the counter-terrorism organization. When the leader of North Korea, Kim Jong Il, joins a group of pacifist actors and actresses with the intention of using weapons of massive destruction, Team America tries to avoid the destruction of the world.
Trivia
Goofs / Tidbits
The film features the voices of Trey Parker and Matt Stone, the creators of South Park.
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