Before “South Park”, the creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone made a little movie named “Orgazmo”. It has some decent laughs in it but ultimately lacks the wit and charm of their later creations.

In “Orgazmo”, a Mormon by the name of Joe Young (Parker) is in L.A. trying to recruit people to his faith but he finds himself being cast in a pornographic film. He reluctantly accepts because he needs the $20,000 so he and his girlfriend can be married in the temple at Salt Lake City. Joe portrays a superhero, named Orgazmo, as he blasts bad guys with a special ray gun that gives people orgasms but the film becomes his success and that’s when the movie we’re watching goes downhill.

Parker is likeable and amusing as Joe Young. You can tell this as the scenes involving him dressed in a ridiculous costume next to some attractive women are very funny because you’re not looking at the girls but Parker’s facial expressions. Most comedies forget that you should be looking at something that’s funny and instead force you to look at the stuff that gets the film its age rating. Parker’s greatness is spoilt by the other characters, even Matt Stone as a homosexual lighting man, named Dave. The film would work better if the other characters were less obnoxious and just generally less gross.

“Orgazmo” works up until a point in the film where its gimmick runs out so this probably would have worked better as a “South Park” episode rather than a feature-length picture. Despite Parker’s efforts, the other characters don’t provide a single second of laughter. “Orgazmo” isn’t as smart of hard-hitting as “South Park” and that really shows here as it ends up being about as witty as the duo’s other mediocre picture “BASEketball”. Had this film shown us a few more things about Mormons and thrown in some more clever gags then this would have been a good film.