Review of South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut (1999) by Dan D — 27 May 2011

It's terribly vulgar, it's over-the-top in terms of gross factor, and above all else, it's a witty social commentary on censorship and the importance of not shifting the blame from where it deserves to fall.

'South Park: Bigger, Longer and Uncut' stands out as the first full-length animated feature to challenge our societal views on the most taboo of subjects, including vulgar language, crude humor, sexuality, and violence.

Trey Parker and Matt Stone deliver with what they do best, poking fun at the masses and bringing to a point the importance of free speech, placing blame where blame deserves to be, and of course, making the rest of the population's jaws drop.

The film follows the lives of Stan, Kyle, Cartman, and Kenny, four boys from South Park, a quaint town in Colorado. The boys sneak into an R-rated movie, starring their favorite foul-mouthed Canadians, Terrence and Phillip.

The four are immediately blurting out obscenities after leaving the movie theater, spreading their vulgar dialect to their friends at the elementary school. Parents and school faculty are disturbed by the language of the children, and a movement against Terrence and Phillip soon ensues.

The boys are forced to work together in order to save the comedic duo from the vengeful parents, to avoid war with Canada, and the rise of Satan and Saddam Hussein, who had been previously trampled to death by a pack of wild boars.

'South Park: Bigger, Longer and Uncut' delivers where the show is unable to, with harsh language and graphic animated violence that will make you double over and hold your sides from the laughter that inevitably will follow.

The film not only works as a musical number, but as a backhanded social commentary, as well. It's a witty, satirical entry into the film world by Parker and Stone, who prove above all else, the importance of free speech isn't easily diluted down by over-the-top humor and jokes, but merely empowered by it.