Quite incredible for a very simple reason

Rating: 9/10 (28 November 2005)

THE INCREDIBLES is quite incredible for a very simple reason -- it has an incredible script.
The writing is so tight and intuitive, never wasting a word or detouring towards an irrelevancy. The actions of the characters cleverly reveal mountains of detail and the narrative rarely resorts to exposition. The script is a textbook example of how to wrote a great mainstream movie and still be dark, subversive, original and provocative.
Brad Bird, who directed the excellent THE IRON GIANT, further explores his love of pulp sci-fi concepts and brings the cover art of Amazing Stories to life in this wonderful hundred plus minutes of pure entertainment.