Great family fun

Rating: 7/10 (4 January 2005)

Disney Pixar animations have delivered once again. To be honest I often wonder how these animated movies can live up to the hype created during their years of production. Toy Story did it, Shrek did it and, oh yeah, Shrek 2 did it as well. The Incredibles was different to these films. This movie is yet another superhero film, yet in animation style, and hence not only had to compete with previous computer animation films but also the Supermans and Batmans that came before it.
The story begins in a fictional city where superheroes are just that, heroes. Soon the town is unhappy with the heroes efforts, lawsuits are being filed against them, and so superheroes are forced to assume their secret identities. Mr. Incredible along with his wife Elastigirl are forced to live normal lives and bring up 3 children, Violet, Dash and JJ. Mr. Incredible, frustrated with his insurance job seeks to find a challenge, a way to utilize his super strength, and so the trouble begins I must say that I was impressed with the films adult wit and humor, once again in line with that of films such as Shrek, and this heightened my interest during some of the film's duller moments.
In my opinion the movie went for half an hour longer than necessary, dwelling on the "boring" lives of the superheroes and frankly leaving the action until the end of the picture, by which time half of the audience had fallen asleep.
Despite this one drawback (yet not a small one) the film was funny, graphically awesome and all-round entertaining, a fantastic family film that all can enjoy.
Rating 7.5