Wow, 100% worth the 17 year wait!

Rating: 10/10 (26 July 2007)

Went to an advance screening of this yesterday, with a certain amount of trepidation.
I have loved The Simpsons for nearly 17 years, and have passed on the tradition to my kids. There isn't any other cartoon/sit-com that has the same level of humour. As a parent I watch it on a completely different level to my children, and all the risqué content goes over their heads.
My fear was that it wouldn't live up to my expectations, as there had been rumours of a feature length movie for years. Turns out my fears were wholly unjustified! The laughs start with the opening credits, and are still going on when the final credits roll.
Everything I'd wanted to see in a Simpsons movie was there, and more. The quality of animation was top notch, and there was plenty of rude jokes to satisfy my now adult sense of humour. The clever thing is though, my kids don't pick up on these and therefore I don't have to restrict their viewing.
The producers of The Simpsons could have jumped on the movie bandwagon a long time ago, and cashed-in, but what they have given us shows they have waited, built up ideas and fan bases for individual characters and produced a gem for us to repay our many years of dedicated viewing! I was also pleased to see plenty of other adults there of a similar age to me, all laughing out loud.
This is an all time must-see movie, and one I will be seeing again without a doubt.