The best they could do? *SPOILERS*

Rating: 6/10 (8 September 2007)

Comparable to an "average" Simpsons episode at best. Really only one part of the movie made me laugh, which was already shown in the previews long before the movie came out... which is the scene with Homer holding the pig to the ceiling and singing "Spider pig". Now, you know it's bad when the funniest thing in the movie is an asinine minor new side character. The whole "Marge can't live with Homer anymore" and "Homer doesn't know how to be a father" themes have been covered by tons of episodes already. The movie was a rehash of tired old ideas. I have to admit that I didn't expect much going into this... and not much is exactly what I got. It wasn't great and it wasn't bad. It was just plain average. There was the infamous shocking scene where we see Bart's privates... but it just wasn't funny. It didn't feel like it belonged in a Simpsons movie. Now that they've gotten the tired old themes out of their system, maybe the sequel will be better. Involve more of the tried and true old characters... they're the ones fans want to see!