South Park creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone bring you comedy puppetry on a global scale, in the style of Gerry Anderson's...
South Park creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone bring you comedy puppetry on a global scale, in the style of Gerry Anderson's string-operated Thunderbirds. A satire on blockbuster actioners, it follows Team America as they face off with North Korean dictator Kim Jong-il and, worse still, Hollywood do-gooders Samuel L Jackson, Sean Penn, Michael Moore, and Matt Damon - the puppets, not the people.
Actors parodied in the film were for the most ok with it, except Sean Penn. Penn (portrayed as an anti-American) sent Parker and Stone an angry letter with a sign-off of "F**k you".
Team America sparked a few controversies in America for its divisive subject matter (America's role in the war on terror), its profanity, and its perceived right-wing politics.
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77 %197 reviewsRotten Tomatoes® rating
80 %403,163 reviewsAudience score rating
"All told, the clever visual bits and hilarious songs don't entirely compensate for the many flat or beyond-over- the-top spells."
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Variety
Variety"More satisfying as a straight-ahead blow 'em up than as a satire."
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The New York Times
The New York Times"Like a cocky teenager who's had a couple of drinks before the party, [Parker and Stone] don't have a plan for who they want to offend, only an intention to be as offensive as possible."
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Roger Ebert
Roger Ebert"Entertaining as it is at the start, Team America ends up falling back on the kind of foul language that feels more forced than exuberant."
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Los Angeles Times
Los Angeles Times"The film is only intermittently funny and truly does raise a question of how often can one resort to the same foul words for laughs without becoming tiresome."
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Hollywood Reporter
Hollywood ReporterTeam America: World Police | Details
- Rating
- MA15+, Sexual references
- Runtime
- 98
- Genre
- Comedy
- Country of origin
- USA, Germany
