Overview
A hilarious journey through time as friends attempt to rewrite history and save their own.
Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Brisk
- Intensity
- Strong
- Complexity
- Layered
- Violence
- Mild
- irreverent
- absurdist
- profane
- adult animation night
- south park marathon
What critics said
Critics found the special energetic and emotionally consequential but sometimes stalled by convoluted subplots, while the adult Cartman resolution provoked strong fan reactions.
What sets it apart
May contain story progression spoilers
Stan, Kyle, and Cartman travel into the past to prevent Covid and save Kenny, making alternate consequences central to the story.
The plot directly engages with Covid, its social aftermath, and the bleak adult future created by the pandemic.
Stan, Kyle, and Cartman need to cooperate despite their adult divisions in order to alter the past.
The time-travel mission encounters Victor Chaos, shifting the story from simple reversal fantasy into South Park-style escalation.
Films like South Park: Post COVID: The Return of COVID, and why
South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut
adult animated satire, absurdist humor, and irreverent social commentary
Avengers: Endgame
time-travel comedy, pop-culture parody, and emotionally consequential alternate futures
Bill & Ted Face the Music
darkly comic time travel, timeline revision, and genre satire
Movie Details
- Director
- Trey Parker
- Release Date
- 2021-12-16
- Runtime
- 62 min
- Rating
- 7.4 / 10 (492)
Cast
- Trey Parker
- Matt Stone
- April Stewart
- Kimberly Brooks
- Mona Marshall
- Delilah Kujala
- Betty Boogie Parker
- Adrien Beard
- Nanami Iwasaki
Where to watch in United States
- Streaming
- Paramount Plus Premium, Paramount Plus Essential, Paramount+ Amazon Channel, Paramount+ Roku Premium Channel
- Rent
- Apple TV Store
- Buy
- Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home
Streaming options come from TMDB and change over time.
Common questions
- What is South Park: Post COVID: The Return of COVID about?
- A foul-mouthed animated time-travel reckoning sends South Park’s fractured friends back to undo Covid and reclaim a better future.
- What is South Park: Post COVID: The Return of COVID like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of South Park: Post COVID: The Return of COVID as brisk, its intensity as strong and its storytelling as layered.
- Is South Park: Post COVID: The Return of COVID violent?
- Only mildly. Ember rates the violence in South Park: Post COVID: The Return of COVID as mild.
- What did critics think of South Park: Post COVID: The Return of COVID?
- Critics found the special energetic and emotionally consequential but sometimes stalled by convoluted subplots, while the adult Cartman resolution provoked strong fan reactions.
- Which films are like South Park: Post COVID: The Return of COVID?
- Films with a similar feel include South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut, Avengers: Endgame, and Bill & Ted Face the Music.
- How long is South Park: Post COVID: The Return of COVID?
- South Park: Post COVID: The Return of COVID runs 62 minutes.
- Where can I watch South Park: Post COVID: The Return of COVID?
- In United States, South Park: Post COVID: The Return of COVID streams on Paramount Plus Premium, Paramount Plus Essential, Paramount+ Amazon Channel, Paramount+ Roku Premium Channel.
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