Funniest movie this year

Rating: 9/10 (27 July 2007)

Well, after 18 years and after 400+ episodes, we finally get a Simpsons movie. It's been suggested that the series has been on a downward spiral for awhile, and it's not as funny as it used to be.
Well the reason for that is obvious.... they've been keeping the best stuff for the movie!! Simply put, this is not only a movie that can sit alongside the best years of The Simpsons series, it's also the funniest movie this year, and the best animated movie for years!! The plot, not that it's important is as follows : Homer, in his usual style, causes chaos when he gets Springfield sealed in a dome for environmental reasons, and in the end it's up to the family to save the day.
The plot though is not important. What is important, is it funny? and the answer to that is a resounding YES!! The characters are as funny as always, even if some of them are limited to an occasional scene or in the background. This is a movie that focuses on The Simpsons family and they keep the laughs coming through-out, from Bart skateboarding naked through town, Lisa in love, Maggie's face-off with a monkey (funnier than it sounds!) Marge's attempt to keep sane in the chaos, and of course Homer the funniest non-human on the planet. Be it Homer and the bible, Homer and Spider-Pig, Homer trying to not apologise for ruining the town, to.. aw hell! Just go see it and laugh your head off.
Any film that can poke fun at it's watching audience during the opening scenes, to a brilliant pay-off during the end credits can't go wrong. It starts funny, and keeps going right through, and for me that's what a comedy should do.