Team America: World Police 2004

Critics score:
77 / 100

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Terry Lawson, Detroit Free Press: Team America is a hoot, and a technical achievement. Read more

Rene Rodriguez, Miami Herald: It may not tell you who you should vote for, but Team America: World Police conclusively proves everything is funnier when it's done by marionettes. Read more

Robert K. Elder, Chicago Tribune: There's a guilty, infantile fun to Team America. Read more

John Hartl, Seattle Times: Parker-Stone fans are likely to have a grand time. Read more

Mick LaSalle, San Francisco Chronicle: As puppetry, Team America is stilted. As satire, it's gutless and lazy. And as comedy, it barely delivers laughs. Read more

Richard Roeper, Ebert & Roeper: I thought it was pretty clever. Read more

Bob Longino, Atlanta Journal-Constitution: The funniest thing at the movies since There's Something About Mary. Read more

Bill Muller, Arizona Republic: Given the content of this movie, I can't officially recommend it to anyone. But go anyway. Read more

Wesley Morris, Boston Globe: A smart movie trapped in the body of a dead-end action flick. Read more

Kenneth Turan, Los Angeles Times: 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. Read more

J. R. Jones, Chicago Reader: Juvenile in the worst sense: confused and frightened by the adult world, and begging to be protected. Read more

Bruce Westbrook, Houston Chronicle: Though Team America has knee-slapping moments, too much mirth has too little on its mind. Read more

Michael Booth, Denver Post: The South Park team's sendup of Hollywood action epics and the war on terror is at once admirably furious and sophomorically infuriating. Read more

Owen Gleiberman, Entertainment Weekly: As a send-up of terrorism, Team America has more mild sizzle than bang. Its real target is the axis of ego, which knows no borders. Read more

Chris Vognar, Dallas Morning News: Profane, violent, and scabrously funny, this Team has something to offend all, from pious Hollywood liberals to knee-jerk nationalists. Read more

Chuck Wilson, L.A. Weekly: There's lots of tastelessly funny stuff here, but too much repetition. Read more

John Anderson, Newsday: Sophomoric, vulgar, obscene and brilliant. Read more

Lisa Rose, Newark Star-Ledger: It may be one of the strangest pieces of entertainment to hit multiplexes in some time, but in terms of its politics, it's one of the sanest. Read more

Jami Bernard, New York Daily News: Caustic fun. Read more

A.O. Scott, New York Times: More satisfying as a straight-ahead blow 'em up than as a satire. Read more

Roger Moore, Orlando Sentinel: It's rude and raunchy, and it has a message -- sort of. You have to wade through an awful lot of obscenity to get to it, though. Read more

James Berardinelli, ReelViews: Good try, some funny and clever ideas, but not really worth the time. Read more

Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-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. Read more

Charles Taylor, Salon.com: The first work from Parker and Stone that I'd describe as a failure of nerve. Read more

David Edelstein, Slate: I laughed all the way through Team America. Read more

Colin Covert, Minneapolis Star Tribune: For its imagination, audacity and willingness to tick off absolutely everyone, Team America is the most memorable comedy you'll see this year -- at least among the ones starring puppets. Read more

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Liam Lacey, Globe and Mail: A technical step forward from South Park. Read more

Christy Lemire, Journal News (Westchester, NY): Read more

Geoff Pevere, Toronto Star: Funny string-driven action satire. Read more

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Claudia Puig, USA Today: Team America is not as funny as the South Park movie, and some of its juvenile humor falls flat. But when Team America works, it falls squarely into the category of guilty pleasure. Read more

Brian Lowry, Variety: All told, the clever visual bits and hilarious songs don't entirely compensate for the many flat or beyond-over- the-top spells. Read more

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J. Hoberman, Village Voice: Team America is at once grandiose and tacky, elaborate and deflationary. Read more

Desson Thomson, Washington Post: Wickedly funny and devilishly subversive. Read more

Hank Stuever, Washington Post: Profane and sometimes bitingly funny. Read more