My kids forced me to bring them to this...I laughed harder than they did!

Rating: 9/10 (29 July 2007)

My kids have been wanting to see this since it was first announced, considering they have both watched virtually every episode of the Simpsons ever made. I've watched a lot of them too, but I can't say I'm a huge fan. I do like Groening's irreverent sense of humor though. There was a showing of the movie at 2:30 yesterday at our local theater and I was hoping there would be a showing of Die Harder near the same time; there wasn't, so I went with them to this one. I was planning to take a nap, but I didn't have a chance...when Homer turned to look at the audience and said, "Who would be dumb enough to pay for a cartoon you can see at home for free?" I had a feeling we were in for a fun ride. Matt and company are at their prime in this, and surprisingly didn't rely on dozens of celebrity cameos for cheap laughs either (and I'm sure he could have gotten half of Hollywood to participate if asked too!) This is the funniest laugh-out-loud comedy I've seen on the big screen in years. And I loved the little "inside" jokes that my kids didn't even get...like the head of the EPA being named "Cargill" (one of the country's biggest corporate polluters..fined several times for polluting air and waterways.) This is a great movie and we WILL buy the DVD when it comes out.