The Incredibles (2004) (PG)

The Incredibles (2004) (PG)
Directed by Brad Bird
Starring: Craig T. Nelson, Holly Hunter, Samuel L. Jackson, Jason Lee

Daddy Says:

I'll be the first to admit I didn't care for this movie when it first came out. It came out the year after Finding Nemo, a film which I thought was darn near cinematic perfection, so I think my expectations for The Incredibles might have been just a bit too high. But time has been good to it, and I've seen it twice since; it does grow on you.

The Incredibles is the story of a world where superheroes are accepted as a necessary force for peacekeeping. During the opening newsreel, we meet Mr. Incredible (voiced by Craig T. Nelson), his wife Elastigirl (Holly Hunter), and their friend Frozone (Samuel L. Jackson). Everything's good; the world constantly needs saving so there's plenty of job security. But after an aborted suicide attempt winds up as a successful lawsuit, superheroes are no longer favored by the media and are forced to give up their day jobs to become people with "normal" lives. That is, until the world needs saving again from the new villain Syndrome (Jason Lee).

There is a lot more violence and action in this film than there was in previous Pixar movies. Not that that's a bad thing, but you might not be expecting it. It's also a very funny movie, having a lot of fun with both super hero cliches and even some spy movie cliches. There's the villain's secret remote island lair where he plots world domination surrounded by an army of identical jump-suited minions that could have been straight out of any number of early James Bond films. The Incredibles is a really, fun movie that almost manages to live up to its title.

Rating for The Incredibles: ****3/4

Daughter Says:

I really like Pixar movies, but the Incredibles was not one of those movies I want to watch over and over again. It had its moments for the most part and overall the movie was fine. It just wasn't my idea of the great action movie.

The animation was good. It really helped bring out the characters' personalities. It also was very colorful in the fact that all the super heroes had different colors so you could tell them apart. Plus you could tell who was an incredible.

The voices were good, but I found the story a bit dull. It just seemed like your average super hero story, but instead the heroes aren't wanted. The actors did a good job in giving the characters emotion, but I'm usually impressed by that kind of stuff. It's just so cool how people can make their words match a cartoon's mouth.

So overall I rate this movie a ***1/2.