It's incredible, all right

Rating: Null/10 (11 December 2004)

Pixar reaches new heights with The Incredibles, which covers the exploits of a superhero brought out of forced retirement, with his family along to boot.
The action scenes are absolutely amazing, especially the scenes involving Dash running from Syndrome's minions--it recalls and actually surpasses the forest scenes from Return Of The Jedi. The scenes where Violet & Dash discover how to harness their powers while running for their lives are very thrilling as well. The voice work is nicely done, and doesn't include the show-offy mega-star stuff that's bringing some of these big animated films down a little (Sarah Vowell is the standout as junior-high age Violet Parr).
The humor is a little more restrained than usual for these Pixar films (Toy Story & Finding Nemo provided more laughter), but the action scenes put this one on a pedestal all its own.