Team America, World Police (2004)
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77% of critics liked it
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78% of users liked it
(376,979 ratings)
Directed by South Park creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone, Team America: World Police is a tongue-in-cheek but nonetheless politically biting send-up of the CGI-laden, big-budget action movies that have taken an almost exclusive hold over mainstream box offices, particularly during the summer… More Directed by South Park creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone, Team America: World Police is a tongue-in-cheek but nonetheless politically biting send-up of the CGI-laden, big-budget action movies that have taken an almost exclusive hold over mainstream box offices, particularly during the summer months. Inspired by the Thunderbirds, a popular 1960s children's series, Team America: World Police uses similarly styled, but significantly more crass, marionette puppets in lieu of computer-generated images to breath life into an elite group of adventurers known as Team America. Their mission: to travel the world, root out its terrorists, and keep evil at bay. Aside from intentionally employing all of the hallmarks of standard action-adventure blockbuster formulas, from a prototypical hero to his communist arch-rival, the film also boasts the occasional musical number. The puppets were created by Norman Tempia along with Charles and Stephen Chiodo, the brothers behind the cult classic Killer Klowns from Outer Space. Team America: World Police is not based on Team America, a 1980s series from Marvel Comics, which followed a patriotic team of racecar drivers. ~ Tracie Cooper, Rovi
- Directed By
- Matt Stone, Trey Parker
- Written By
- Matt Stone, Trey Parker, Pam Brady
- Genres
- Drama, Comedy
- In Theaters
- Oct 11, 2004 Wide
- Studio
- Paramount Pictures
Critic Reviews
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J. R. Jones, Chicago Reader
Juvenile in the worst sense: confused and frightened by the adult world, and begging to be protected.
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Charles Taylor, Salon.com
The first work from Parker and Stone that I'd describe as a failure of nerve.
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Richard Roeper, Ebert & Roeper
I thought it was pretty clever.
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J. Hoberman, Village Voice
Team America is at once grandiose and tacky, elaborate and deflationary.
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Hank Stuever, Washington Post
Profane and sometimes bitingly funny.
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Cast
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Trey Parker
as Gary, Hans Blix, Joe, Kim Jong II
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Matt Stone
as Chris
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Kristen Miller
as Lisa
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Masasa
as Sarah
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Daran Norris
as Spottswoode
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Phil Hendrie
as I.N.T.E.L.L.I.G.E.N.C.E.
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Maurice LaMarche
as Alec Baldwin
- Dian Bachar
- Chelsea Magritte
- Elle Russ
- Fred Tatasciore
- Jeremy Shada
- Stanley G. Sawicki



