Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Satire, Terrorism, Political, Surreal, Gore, Gay/Lesbian, Animals, Martial Arts, Campy, Spoof, Black Comedy, Hollywood
Tagline: Putting the "F" back in Freedom.
Plot: Team America, an international police force dedicated to maintaining global stability, learns that a power hungry dictator is brokering weapons of mass destruction to terrorists. The heroes embark upon a harrowing mission to save the world.To infiltrate the terrorist network, Team America recruits Gary Johnson, a rising star on Broadway, to go undercover. Although initially reluctant to sacrifice his promising career, Gary realizes that his acting gift is needed for a higher cause. With the help of Team America leader Spottswoode and fellow members Christ, Sarah, Lisa and Joe, Gary slips into an arms dealer's high-out where he discovers that the terrorists' plot has already begun to unfold. From the pyramids of Cairo to the Panama Canal and finally to the palace of power-mad dictator Kim Jong II, Team America crisscrosses the globe on a desperate mission to preserve the very fabric of
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 Yet, after sitting through all 100 minutes of Team America, I felt let down. I didn't laugh enough. When the movie ended, I shifted into an intellectual mode, thinking about the filmmakers' "courage" and "willingness not to compromise" as ways to blunt my disappointment. Compared to the South Park movie, this was a significant step down.  --James Berardinelli (ReelViews)
The new film by "South Park" creators Matt Stone and Trey Parker starts off strong, but then resorts to lame anti-left jokes that could have been written by Ann Coulter.--Charles Taylor (Salon)
An outrageously funny film that uses all the Bruckheimerisms, over the top action sequences, elaborate musical scores, and combines them with mean spirited shots at Hollywood liberals. A--Craig Younkin (Lee's Movie Info)
Most people wouldn't think of making a Jerry Bruckheimer parody with political overtones, and then shoot the whole thing using marionettes. B+--Rob Vaux (Flipsidemovies.com)
So, beware, this may not be the movie for you. But it is typical Trey Parker. If you can appreciate his sense of humor, Team America will be very rewarding. 9/10--'Cinema Guru Boy' (JackassCritics.com)
In spite of the somewhat limited nature of the medium – it’s no easy task getting puppets to do one’s bidding and look good doing it (the fight sequences are hysterical) - the puppets manage to display more emotion than many a Hollywood star.  --Greg Ursic (Movie-Gurus.com)
The absurdity of the ratings battle is matched by the absurdity of the film itself, an over-the-top actioner straight out of Bruckheimer's playbook made funny by the combination of clever writing and the sheer fact that it involves puppets.--Ed Owens (CineScene)
Although it is a satire, many on the left will feel the film is anti-war, while those on the right will champion it as pro-America, anti-liberal. Yes, it is both at once, but make no mistake, the men behind the film are mostly out to make fun of all factions -- whatever will produce the biggest laughs is their target.  --Vince Leo (Qwipster.net)
It’s this balance of total commitment and self-deprecation that allows Team America: World Police to tinker with a decidedly grave subject, skewer everyone involved and still manage to be off-the-charts funny. Not bad for a couple of chuckle heads from the Mountain Time zone and their puppet friends. --Aaron Lazenby (FilmCritic.com)
Add satirical wit from Trey Parker and Matt Stone, stir in some puppets, celebrities and terrorists and what you get is a s**tload of entertainment. This is by far the funniest movie of the year!  --Brian Gallagher (MovieWeb)
The honest appraisal of where we are is astounding. And there is more "creativity" in every frame of Team America than in all the CGI effects of bigger budget Hollywood efforts with real stars and real "meaning." Team America. --Blake Snyder (MovieWeb)
A very funny comedy with solid social commentary. --Gareth Von Kallenbach (MovieWeb)
Only marginally less mishandled than the international boondoggles it's meant to parody.  --Rick Kisonak (MovieWeb)
Make no mistake, I’m not saying that there are any major truths in Team America: World Police, but it did make me think of some of its outspoken targets’ real priorities. F-Words and puppet sex and nudity included, Team America is one hell of a trip, both hilarious and wise, to one degree or another.  --Danny Baldwin (BucketReviews.com)
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Trey Parker
South Park: Bigger Longer & Uncut, BASEketball, Orgazmo |
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Trey Parker
South Park: Bigger Longer & Uncut, BASEketball, Orgazmo |
| Matt Stone
Your Studio and You, South Park: Bigger Longer & Uncut, BASEketball |
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| Cast |
Trey Parker
South Park: Bigger Longer & Uncut, BASEketball, Orgazmo |
| Matt Stone
South Park: Bigger Longer & Uncut, BASEketball, Orgazmo |
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Kingdom Come, Call Me Claus, Full Clip | Daran Norris
The Cat in the Hat, Comic Book: The Movie, Aa! Megamisama! The Movie | | Maurice LaMarche
Cool World, Hey Arnold! The Movie, Tiny Toon Adventures: How I Spent My Vacation | |
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Harry Gregson-Williams
Shrek 2, The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, Kingdom of Heaven |
 | Marc Shaiman
A Few Good Men, When Harry Met Sally..., Sleepless in Seattle |
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TEAM AMERICA: WORLD POLICE is a one-joke flick that wears thin after five minutes. For some reason, Stone and Parker were so enamored of that one joke that they didn't think needed more than just those puppets bouncing along uncertainly to keep it afloat. On the other hand, at least it makes me appreciate the tightly focused satire of South Park all the more.  --Andrea Chase (Killer Movie Reviews)
Overall “Team America” never quite hits the hilarity highs that “Bigger, Longer and Uncut” did. Instead it’s just the funniest movie I’ve seen in a few years. And the most politically dead on. After all any film that has puppets doing half a dozen Karma Sutra positions can’t be all bad. How about a sequel fellas? --Paul Zimmerman (eFilmCritic.com)
Team America: World Police is hardly a perfect movie; it crisscrosses the line between "campy, but amusingly so" and "campy, but annoyingly so" roughly four dozen times. It does deliver some fairly big laughs, though, and seeing as that's it's job, good for it. --Jay Seaver (eFilmCritic.com)
Team America is, most of the time, a pretty funny film with some decent commentary on the action genre and a surprising amount of wit. However, it steps into the political arena and punches around blindly, not caring what targets it hits or whether it has anything to say itself, which it doesn’t.  --Robert Flaxman (eFilmCritic.com)
Maybe Team America is genius, I can't say for sure....it's far from being as good as many episodes of South Park. But the sheer irreverance and hilarious send-ups of self-important celebrities like Sean Penn and Matt Damon is as entertaining as it is childish and naughty. A pure Andy Kaufmanesque trainwreck. --'the Grinch' (eFilmCritic.com)
About 75 percent of the laughs in "Team America: World Police" would have remained intact even if the film were shot with live actors, because it's a funny script. The other 25 percent are there because the film was shot with marionettes, and anything a marionette does is funny. Even walking, even fighting, and especially having sex or vomiting. When a marionette has sex or vomits, you are watching comedy gold, my friends. A---Eric D. Snider (EricDSnider.com)
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