Bravo to the Simpsons. This was a hilariously brilliant movie!

Rating: 9/10 (27 July 2007)

The Simpsons is without a doubt my favorite television show, and because of this, the movie obviously had to be perfect...and it was pretty darn close. It seems having 11 writers from the show helped. All the jokes used were the best jokes, and they were mostly new ones, not seen on the show. I was laughing through the entire movie because of this. The direction, by longtime Simpsons director David Silverman looks better than ever, and made the movie even better to watch. The emotion that many fans have said is missing from recent episodes was quite plentiful here, making it not just an 80 minute long joke, but it layered the film, making it a movie and not just an average Simpsons episode. Though the plot itself is pretty thin, it's still obviously there. The movie deals with Springfield deciding to clean up Lake Springfield because of Lisa, and Homer dumps a silo of pig excrement into the lake, causing the Environmental Protection Agency to go nuts and lock Springfield in a dome. Once head of the EPA Russ Cargill (Voiced by A. Brooks) decides to blow up Springfield, it's up to the Simpsons to save the day, and Homer to grow up. A gripe I've heard by many people, is the movie didn't have enough of the side characters. Where it is true that the Simpsons were in much more of the film than any other characters, most of the other characters had many funny lines, like Moe, Chief Wiggum, Milhouse, Nelson, Lenny and Carl, Barney, Flanders, Reverend Lovejoy, Grampa and dozens of more classic characters. So, in the end, in no way was this movie a disappointment, and this is coming from a huge fan of the early Simpsons, who has remained a fan over the years. Long live the Simpsons!!!!
My rating: *** 1/2 out of ****. 79 mins. Rated PG-13 for crudities.