The defence The Sentimental Softie
“Sincerity is not manipulation.”
The film risks embarrassment to make emotion communal, and that openness is harder than fashionable detachment.
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South Park: Post COVID: The Return of COVID
Animation · Comedy · TV Movie · 2021
If Stan, Kyle and Cartman could just work together, they could go back in time to make sure Covid never happened. But traveling back to the past seems to be the easy answer until they meet Victor Chaos.
Movie details
South Park: Post COVID: The Return of COVID
“What will happen next?”
2021 Animation · Comedy · TV Movie 1h 2m
Critical arithmetic
One number, for now.
Scores change. Arguments endure.
TMDB
7.4 / 10
Community rating
If Stan, Kyle and Cartman could just work together, they could go back in time to make sure Covid never happened. But traveling back to the past seems to be the easy answer until they meet Victor Chaos.
CriticWise case file
What this film says about your taste.
Not a recommendation score. A measure of how closely the film’s taste signals resemble yours.
The archetype split
Who fights over South Park: Post COVID: The Return of COVID?
For the defence
The Sentimental Softie
“You came to feel something, and you will.”
Read their case For the prosecution
The Popcorn Loyalist
“Big screen, big feelings, no apologies.”
Read their objectionThe split comes from the same five-axis model used by the test, not audience ratings or review sentiment.
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Names above the title
The people responsible.
Cast & crew
Directed by
Trey Parker
Written by
Trey Parker
Trey Parker
Various Characters (voice)
Matt Stone
Various Characters (voice)
April Stewart
Wendy Testaburger / Sharon Marsh / Shelley Marsh (voice)
Kimberly Brooks
Margaret Nelson / Laura Tucker (voice)
Mona Marshall
Yentl Cartman (voice)
D
Delilah Kujala
Amazon Alexa (voice)
B
Betty Boogie Parker
Menorah Cartman / Heather Williams (voice)
Court is in session
Put South Park: Post COVID: The Return of COVID on trial.
Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.
The prosecution The Popcorn Loyalist
“The strings are showing.”
Every cue tells you exactly what to feel and when, leaving sentiment to do the work character should have done.