Clearly among the best movies this year

Rating: 9/10 (22 December 2004)

Creative geniuses at Pixar must have nightmares year after year, trying to find ways to trump their own work that are not only box office smashes but also the darlings of critics' circles. So after their enormous success in Finding Nemo (which I personally didn't think outdid its predecessors but most others seemed to think so), they come out with The Incredibles, a grand masterpiece of a movie from start to finish. It is a perfect complement to the wave of superhero movies we have coming out in the last few years, validating the goodness of the virtuous heroes and also poking fun at them (the whole bit about the costumes and what could go wrong with them was absolutely hilarious). It is one of the best of the year and clearly the best animated movie of the year.