Team America: World Police

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Team America: World Police

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2004

1h 38m

Comedy

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Adventure

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When North Korean ruler Kim Jong-il (Trey Parker) orchestrates a global terrorist plot, it's up to the heavily armed marionettes of the highly specialized Team America unit to stop his dastardly scheme. The group, which includes the thespian-averse technology expert Chris (Matt Stone), not only has to face off against Jong-il, but they must also contend with F.A.G., the Film Actors Guild, a cadre of Hollywood liberals at odds with Team America's "policing the world" tactics.

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Critics Consensus

Team America will either offend you or leave you in stitches. It'll probably do both.

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Mark Kermode

New Statesman

03/27/2015

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.

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Nell Minow

Common Sense Media

08/24/2010

2/5

Raunchy action comedy from South Park team isn't for kids.

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J. R. Jones

Chicago Reader

10/22/2004

2/4

Juvenile in the worst sense: confused and frightened by the adult world, and begging to be protected.

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Matt Brunson

Film Frenzy

Mar 12

2/4

Once the novelty of the marionettes wears off, the movie has trouble sustaining its length, its laughs, and even its level of outrageousness.

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Aaron Neuwirth

Why So Blu

06/27/2024

7/10

Whatever the case, at just over 90 minutes, with rarely any time to slow down, Team America is the sort of bold experiment that delivers plenty of laughs and a clear level of ambition on display. The craft alone is enough to warrant a look.

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Craig D. Lindsey

News & Observer (Raleigh, NC)

03/21/2023

3/4

Team America: World Police has South Park evil geniuses Trey Parker and Matt Stone doing what they do best: savagely making fun of big-game targets while burning every bridge around them

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Joel H

@786Joel Jun 11

Matt Damon! There is something so delightfully absurd about Team America: World Police. Trey Parker and Matt Stone created something really unique here. The puppetry is both amazingly intricate and obviously ridiculous. The songs are funny and catchy. And the humor takes wild swings at everything and anyone. Also, while some of the jokes are dated now, a lot of the comedy still holds up decades later. It does cross the line of good taste multiple times, which is why I’m grateful I saw an edited version, but Team America still offered plenty of laughs without the crass. Oh, and Pearl Harbor sucks.

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Jacob D

@RT33207151 May 28

You can feel the south park DNA coursing through this. Absolutely hilarious.

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Tom F

@RT55173143 May 8

A watchable mess, endearing as an earnest satire running upstream against post-911 "patriotism" but frustrating with so many misses.

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Leon O

@Gr00mer Mar 8

This is peak comedy and anybody who thinks otherwise is named Rylan and is gay

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Madam D

@Madam1948 Jan 9

This is too much like the real world in 2025. Unless you are offended by their raunchy plot, this will make you laugh the entire time. Hadn't watched it in a very long time. Perfect timing with trump 2.0

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Dena H

@RT04387163 Dec 12

Amazing movie! You will never stop laughing.

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Synopsis

When North Korean ruler Kim Jong-il (Trey Parker) orchestrates a global terrorist plot, it's up to the heavily armed marionettes of the highly specialized Team America unit to stop his dastardly scheme. The group, which includes the thespian-averse technology expert Chris (Matt Stone), not only has to face off against Jong-il, but they must also contend with F.A.G., the Film Actors Guild, a cadre of Hollywood liberals at odds with Team America's "policing the world" tactics.

Director: Trey Parker, Matt Stone
Producer: Trey Parker, Scott Rudin, Matt Stone
Screenwriter: Trey Parker, Pam Brady, Matt Stone
Distributor: Paramount Pictures
Production Co: Scott Rudin Productions
Rating: R (Graphic, Crude & Sexual Humor|All Involving Puppets|Strong Language|Violent Images)
Genre: Comedy, Action, Adventure
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Oct 15, 2004, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Aug 1, 2013
Box Office (Gross USA): $32.8M
Runtime: 1h 38m
Sound Mix: Surround, DTS, Dolby SRD, SDDS
Aspect Ratio: Scope (2.35:1)