Oh dear....

Rating: 3/10 (25 July 2007)

Have you ever seen an episode of The Simpsons and thought 'I wish I hadn't seen that one, it kinda brings The Simpsons down in my estimation'? Well imagine seeing four of those in a row and you have The Simpsons Movie. I wish I could unsee it.
Yes, it was extremely funny in places (but most of these are in the trailers) and there were gags and wit throughout but not enough humour to keep me interested. The plot(?) is extremely loose and makes little sense. I know a lot of the episodes are like this but the movie just doesn't work as the episodes do. It seems as though they have tried to give a line to every Simpsons character ever even though a lot of them are not relevant to the storyline.
This movie had a lot to live up to but I cant help but think if I had never heard of the Simpsons before and went to see the movie it would be just as bad. In fact, it may be worse as most of the laughs came from what you already know of the characters through years of watching them on TV. If you love The Simpsons, I would suggest just watching all the trailers and allow your imagination to fill in the rest. If you go see the movie, chances are you will be sorely disappointed.