The Simpsons save the world.

Rating: Null/10 (1 December 2004)

If only Bart or Homer Simpson knew they had super powers, they could solve all problems instead of getting pushed from pillar to post.
There are some philosophical leanings in the film, but either you discover these or they slip past your still-evolving mind. It's not laid on too thick, heavy-handed-fashion like Finding Nemo. We are nudged in a direction by the Good Ship Disney. Admittedly, the action is so fast, you will miss many scene details, but I think it does rival Shrek 2 in inter-weaving pastiches of classic films to appeal to hardened sci-fi fans. Shrek 2 also embarked on a dabble in reworking nursery rhyme characters in bizarre situations. I think you noticed that.
Mr Incredible is like a character from the British comic 'The Dandy' who ate cow pies called Desperate Dan. To say he is chisel-jawed is like saying Shrek is green.
In the showing of the film, in the middle, someone a row or so behind was fast asleep and had started snoring for England.
The humour in the action sequences did remind a bit of Road Runner, and sometimes you expected a little diagram to pop up saying
'ACME Industries - Top Secret, Mk 5 Space Transporter'. Isn't the son Dash another form of Road Runner?
I think if you substituted 'Watching football down the pub' with Bob Parr's nightly eavesdropping of Police radio transmissions, many women would empathise.
The film is about women doing two things at once, under-achieving jobs that do not give you full rein for your talents, annoying kids, husbands who miss the importance of their family, and reaching your true potential. After leaving university, I did a soul-destroying job, and using your talents was a dirty word. Some bosses deliberately subdue their staff to make themselves appear more capable as human beings, when that is the precise opposite.
The animation is the canine's conkers. Superlative artwork. It has the advantage over live-action films in that it can play with the laws of physics much more. I saw the Thunderbirds film a few months ago, and it has similarities with The Incredibles, except that quality and storyline did a nose dive. The bird playing Lady Penelope was a bit of a heart throb, and worth one in the sack.
Pixar are the Rolls Royce of animation films. They understand quality like no one else.