The Pixar animation continues to dazzle you and the scripts are pretty good too

Rating: 10/10 (19 August 2005)

What and idea! What happens when a superhero gets obsolete and becomes domesticated. This is the theme of this Disney/Pixar animated movie and the premise is nothing short of brilliant. Although, there are thousands of people working on this kind of movie, the major credit only goes to one person, the director Brad Bird. Bird was a consultant and sometimes director of the Simpsons but you can't really compare the two.
The voice cast is a little unusual this time. Although Holly Hunter is very famous here in Denmark, Craig T. Nelson is practically unknown to many, at least if you haven't seen the dreadful films like Troop Beverly Hills or Action Jackson. Usually, Disney get the big stars to do voice-overs but I think it was a refreshing change to have a voice that was not immediately recognizable. The children are also great and the voice of the little old lady reminds you a little of Linda Hunt (the weird little dwarf who got an Oscar for playing a man).
But as many Disney films the story could not exist without top-notch animation and this movie delivers in spades. It is the most visual dazzling spectacle to this date and where Dreamworks animation is not at all bad either, there is something spectacular about Disney as it always has been. Maybe it's because Disney and especially Pixar uses screamingly bright colours whereas Dreamworks' are more muted. All this goes at an agonizingly fast pace, the fastest yet and the puns and innuendos come fast and furious. This was by all means a well deserved Oscar-winner and I don't think it will be the last. I have seen the trailer for "Chicken Little" and it looks much more simple but with Disney you can never tell.