Film

South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut

Name: South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut
Genre: Animation, Comedy
Released: 1999
Cast: Trey Parker, Matt Stone, Mary Kay Bergman, Isaac Hayes, Jesse Brant Howell

Comedy

A Broadway-style musical wrapped around a foul-mouthed cartoon riot, this is South Park doing everything the show couldn't get away with weekly — songs about hell, war with Canada, and a moral panic over a bad word. It's gleefully profane, genuinely clever about censorship and hysteria, and funnier than something this vulgar has any right to be. For people who like their satire filthy and their showtunes filthier.

TMDb rating

3.6

Should you watch it?

Watch it if you enjoy songs that are filthy on purpose and satire that goes after every side of a shouting match, with the crude jokes landing as sharp political commentary.

Skip it if you find constant profanity wearing rather than funny, since the crude cut-out animation and gag rhythm stay the same for all eighty-one minutes.

What it asks of you: Roughly eighty-one minutes of brisk, sung-and-shouted musical, with jokes arriving fast and the satire expecting you to keep up with its argument.

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Cast

Trey ParkerStan Marsh / Eric Cartman / Gregory / Satan / Mr. Garrison / Mr. Hat / Phillip Niles Argyle / Randy Marsh / Clyde Donovan / Tom - News Reporter / Midget In A Bikini / Canadian Ambassador / Bombardiers / Mr. Mackey / Army General / Ned Gerblanski / Christophe - Ze Mole (or The Mole) / Big Gay Al (singing) / Adolf Hitler / Additional Voices (voice)
Matt StoneKyle Broflovski / Kenny McCormick / Saddam Hussein / Terrance Henry Stoot / Big Gay Al / Ticket Taker / Stuart McCormick / Jimbo Kearn / Gerald Broflovski / Butters Stotch / Additional Voices (voice)
Mary Kay BergmanLiane Cartman / Sheila Broflovski / Sharon Marsh / Carol McCormick / Wendy Testaburger / Clitoris / Additional Voices (voice)
Isaac HayesChef (voice)
Jesse Brant HowellIke Broflovski (voice)
Anthony Cross-ThomasIke Broflovski (voice)
Franchesca CliffordIke Broflovski (voice)
Bruce HowellMan in Theater (voice)
Deb AdairWoman in Theater (voice)
Jennifer HowellBebe Stevens (voice)
George ClooneyDr. Gouache (voice)
Brent SpinerConan O'Brien (voice)