South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut

In this feature film based on the hit animated series, the third graders of South Park sneak into an R-rated film by ultra-vulgar Canadian television personalities Terrance and Phillip, and emerge with expanded vocabularies that leave their parents and teachers scandalized. When outraged Americans try to censor the film, the controversy spirals into a call to wage war on Canada and Terrance and Phillip end up on death row, with the kids their only hope of rescue.

Generally well-received on release, the film won over most critics as a genuinely sharp musical satire of censorship, American hypocrisy, and the ratings system itself — but a notable minority felt the joke wore thin before the credits rolled. The Broadway-pastiche songs were almost universally celebrated; the debate was whether the surrounding film had enough ideas to justify its length.