Pointless and ultimately disappointing movie spin off.

Rating: 5/10 (5 August 2007)

The Simpsons have reached into every medium - but like so many of the corporate spoofs they lampoon have ended up a victim of their own success. Despite the TV show running on fumes for the last few years, bringing the Simpsons to the cineplex could be seen as the final strangulation of money from a tired cash cow.
A once funny, inventive and fresh show has become a weak pale imitation of itself and despite some occasional flashes of comic absurdity, this movie is largely redundant. It recycles the same rehashed story elements and adds absolutely nothing new or imaginative beyond what a TV episode of the show could say in one fifth of the time.
There are some good moments amongst the 86 minute run time, but you can't help but politely smile rather than laugh at loud at the stale TV fare peddled as a big screen extravaganza.
Some fans will see this movie with yellow-tinted spectacles and defend it as 10/10, must see comedy and a triumphant return to form.
Sadly not.