Very funny, back to the Basics...

Rating: 10/10 (28 July 2007)

When I started to watch the Simpsons in 1990, I saluted this series by its exaggerated caricature of the North American Society. Luckily, the series touched so much the heart of French Canadians we did a special dubbing here adapted to Quebecquers.
However, these past few years, even with the excellent dubbing, most episodes fell flat and I miss the first seasons which were real classics (sort of what happened to the Flintstones before their children and the Great Gazoo arrived, a thing I forgave to Hanna-Barbera since because the original series was great cartoon) This time, Matt Groening and his team thought it over, put some new perspective and voilà ! The movie is well told, very funny moments, some clever wisecracks, and Homer Simpson trying to be a hero here after his downfall (and almost hung by a lynch mob).
I won't tell more. I haven't seen the English version, but I believe the cast is again on the top of things, especially that I praise the work of Harry Shearer, who takes so many voices here...
Here in Quebec, we feared that a version from France would have spoiled our fun (no offense to French fans, they do deserve a version of their own) but it is the same cast and crew of the French Canadian version we hear here and they do a wonderful job (I still remember Hubert Gagnon learning us French on TV in the 70s, dressed as a super-hero-like extra-terrestrial, and veteran actress Beatrice Picard doing great sitcoms on the TVA Network in the 60-80s)...
Go have some laughs in 90 minutes, you'll have your Simpson faith restored in you...