Another Pixar crowd pleaser

Rating: 6/10 (5 December 2004)

Pixar have always had a very adult feel to their movies. The balance has always been quite good between the parts of the film for the kids and the parts of the film for the grown ups. The balance for the incredibles is much more in favour of the adults and I can imagine many kids getting a bit restless especially in the first half of the film.
As for the adults this is excellent fayre and slightly darker than what we are used to from Pixar. The super heroes are retired from duty after having a few bad days at the office and have to live through the problems that everybody copes with such as tedious jobs. One of the real oddities in modern cinema is how many of the best characterisations are animated. We really feel for the incredibles as they eventually get called back to duty.
Whilst it's not a Toy Story it's still very watchable. 7/10