Upholds legacy of America's funniest animated family

Rating: 8/10 (7 December 2007)

Undoubtedly the most hilariously consistent laugher of the year, The Simpsons Movie might not be an absolute slice of cinematic perfection fans have been waiting twenty years for, but, all things considered, comes pretty darn close. I suppose one of the only true downsides to this quick-running 90 minute big screen incarnation lies in the fact that so many scenarios have been written inside Springfield over the past two decades that the movie sometimes cannot help touching on these same themes and situations. With it's breakneck slapstick pace and fun doomsday scenario though, only the most hardened of Simpson fans will even begin to notice any overlaps as the fading relevance these writer's once dominated comes out in full force, at least one last time.