Trey Parker's Orgazmo: A Movie Review

Bad-boy genius Trey Parker is out proselytizing for the Church of Latter Day Saints. Don't let that put you off though. If you know anything about Parker's little endeavors at all, you know the goody-two-shoes guise isn't going to last long here... and it doesn't. It gets crazy early on when he happens to knock on the door of a rather large house in which an action hero/porn movie is being shot: Orgazmo.

After throwin' down some kung fu action on the evil henchmen, Parker is quickly recruited to play the leading role and things sink to the lowest common denominator as quick as you can say: You're gonna make me cum, or I'm gonna kick your butt!

The acting in this one runs the full spectrum from perfection to down-right schlock, and it's all calculated exactly that way for effect. Parker's well-known sidekick Matt Stone probably has the goofiest role in the whole thing as Dave the idiot lighting guy, who starts every sentence off with I don't wanna sound gay or anything, but... It's a bit of a running joke throughout. I'm not entirely sure everyone will get the point of that gag, but rest assured it does have a point. (If I have to 'splain it to ya, then you wouldn't unnerstand. heh.)

Girl at Sushi Bar: The police? Where are you from, Arizona?
Joe Young: No, Utah.
Girl at Sushi Bar: Oh. Sorry.

Besides Stone, Parker of course re-uses his ol' bud Dian Bachar. You will recall him as George 'California' Noon in Parker's "Cannibal! The Musical." Here Bachar is cast Ben Chapleski, who plays Orgazmo's sidekick Choda Boy in the porn flick. Ben is a double PhD but can't seem to get the chicks, so the porn industry becomes his dating mecca. Parker dresses him up in the wildest garb including a tool belt full of dildos with various purposes such as squirting a rope out ala Batman, and tops it all off with a cap topped with a giant dildo. This movie will not sit will with the easily-offended crowd.. heh.

The gags are not limited to the story-line, costumes and dialogue though. Oh no. Listen to the lyrics of those songs being sung in the background too...

What makes a man,
is it the woman in his hands
Just 'cause she's got big titties
Is it the way he fights every day
Naw, it's probably the titties

Parker doesn't miss an opportunity to be crude, lude, and socially unacceptable, and I adore him for it. He was releasing this one at about the same time that his hit cartoon South Park was hitting Comedy Central (1997) and you can see a bit of a voice cross-over here and there. Once in awhile I had to do a double take because I swear Cartman was on-screen...

The DVD doesn't have any special features, unfortunately, but what it does have is both the Theatrical version, and the unrated version. We, of course, chose to watch the unrated version. While Ron Jeremy begs off showing us his dangly bits, you do see plenty of others, along with boobs and other full-frontal anatomy. Well, this surrounds the making of a porn movie, what did you expect?

I have to give Orgazmo 4 stars here. There are a few bits here and there that get a little old, but for the most part we were holding our aching sides from laughing so hard. Go for it.