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Incredibles, The
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Universal acclaim
Based on 41 critic reviews
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Movie Info
Genre(s): Action | Adventure | Animation | Comedy | Family/Kids
Written by: Brad Bird
Directed by: Brad Bird
Release Date:
Theatrical: November 5, 2004
DVD: March 15, 2005
Running Time: 115 minutes, Color
Origin: USA
Summary
RATING: PG for action violence
Starring Craig T. Nelson, Holly Hunter, Samuel L. Jackson, Jason Lee, Spencer Fox, Sarah Vowell, Elizabeth Peña, John Ratzenberger, and Wallace Shawn
From the creators of "Toy Story," "Monsters, Inc." and "Finding Nemo," comes this hilarious action-packed animated adventure about superheroes. (Disney Enterprises, Inc./Pixar Animation Studios)
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FILM: A Bug's Life Finding Nemo Monsters, Inc. The Iron Giant Toy Story Toy Story 2
GAMES: The Incredibles (Xbox)
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What The Critics Said
All critic scores are converted to a 100-point scale. If a critic does not indicate a score, we assign a score based on the general impression given by the text of the review. Learn more...
The Hollywood Reporter Kirk Honeycutt
Pixar again hitches top-notch storytelling to the very best in CG animation.
Read Full Review >New York Magazine Ken Tucker
The sleek beauty, crafty wit, family warmth, and impeccable slapstick suffusing The Incredibles immediately vaults it to a new, higher level of entertainment.
Read Full Review >Variety Todd McCarthy
As deliriously smart escapist fare, The Incredibles is practically nonpareil.
Read Full Review >Entertainment Weekly Lisa Schwarzbaum
Dazzlingly beautiful, funny, and meaningful.
Read Full Review >LA Weekly David Chute
The Incredibles creates so seamless a mood of exhilaration that we resent being pulled out of it.
Read Full Review >Philadelphia Inquirer Carrie Rickey
A movie with the sweet soul of "Toy Story" and the boisterous spirit of "Spy Kids."
Read Full Review >Los Angeles Times Kenneth Turan
Bird has created the unprecedented film that is not just a grand feature-length cartoon but a grand feature, period, a piece of animation that's involving across a spectrum of comedy, action, even drama.
Read Full Review >Washington Post Desson Thomson
It's easily the best and brightest family-friendly movie of the year.
Read Full Review >New York Post Lou Lumenick
A spectacularly rendered tale of a family of superheroes, takes the art form to a whole new level.
Read Full Review >Wall Street Journal Joe Morgenstern
A work of huge, if unobtrusive, ambition -- a vision of modern life, appropriate for sophisticated adults as well as for kids, that is both satirical and, of all things, inspirational. It's a great film about the possibility of greatness.
Baltimore Sun Chris Kaltenbach
True-blue Incredibles is a super tribute to the power of family and the might of imagination.
Read Full Review >Portland Oregonian M. E. Russell
It's hilarious, thrilling and filled with "life-truth" -- but it also conceals its effort under a layer of great writing and subtle craftsmanship.
Read Full Review >Salon.com Stephanie Zacharek
The Incredibles has that rare quality of feeling modern and classic at the same time.
Read Full Review >Seattle Post-Intelligencer William Arnold
In a movie era when brand names mean very little, it shows once again that Pixar is a stamp of quality.
Read Full Review >Washington Post Jennifer Frey
The movie is full of wonderful little touches: Syndrome, the bad guy, is drawn to remind viewers of "Heat Miser" from the classic Christmas cartoon "The Year Without a Santa Claus."
Read Full Review >Slate David Edelstein
For all its wizardry, The Incredibles isn't among my favorite animated movies. Weirdly enough, I think of it, instead, as one of my favorite live-action superhero pictures.
Read Full Review >Dallas Observer Robert Wilonsky
Yes, yes--The Incredibles is beautiful to look at, but even more lovely beneath the computer-generated surfaces.
Read Full Review >Newsweek Jeff Giles
The vocal performances are a blast, Hunter's and Lee's in particular. The animation of the villain's tropical isle is stunning.
Read Full Review >Film Threat Pete Vonder Haar
The smart dialogue doesn't hurt, of course, and perhaps the best work is done by Bird himself, who provides the voice of Edna "E" Mode, superhero fashion designer.
Read Full Review >Austin Chronicle Marc Savlov
An order-of-magnitude leap forward in animated storytelling.
Read Full Review >Charlotte Observer Lawrence Toppman
Among the handsome explosions, wacky effects, slapstick comedy and zooming action sequences of The Incredibles, writer-director Brad Bird is attempting to start a revolution.
Read Full Review >Chicago Tribune Robert K. Elder
Delivers the perfect union - a vivid, sublime parody and valentine to the superhero genre.
Read Full Review >Rolling Stone Peter Travers
Bird has crafted a film -- one of the year's best -- that doesn't ring cartoonish, it rings true.
Read Full Review >Premiere Aaron Hillis
Preaches post-9/11 family values to conservatives while appeasing liberals with ideas of tolerance and social activism.
Read Full Review >ReelViews James Berardinelli
Isn't just fine family entertainment, it's superior family entertainment.
Read Full Review >Boston Globe Ty Burr
Such smart, whiz-bang fun that you may not realize what it's about until you're safely home.
Read Full Review >Chicago Sun-Times Roger Ebert
Grown-ups are likely to be surprised by how smart the movie is, and how sneakily perceptive.
Read Full Review >The New York Times Dana Stevens
Because it is so visually splendid and ethically serious, the movie raises hopes it cannot quite satisfy. It comes tantalizingly close to greatness, but seems content, in the end, to fight mediocrity to a draw.
Read Full Review >The Onion (A.V. Club) Scott Tobias
The action sequences are choreographed with the crackerjack timing expected from Pixar, but the film's funniest and most affecting moments exploit the tension between a special family and a world that insists on dulling them down.
Read Full Review >The New Yorker Anthony Lane
Imagine my relief when Bob, Helen, and the kids, for all the nicety of their emotions, turned out to be--if I can risk a word that may be taboo in Pixar land--cartoons. Long may it stay that way.
Read Full Review >Empire Colin Kennedy
Looks like 2004 has given birth to a new superhero franchise after all.
USA Today Claudia Puig
One of the year's most clever and visually arresting computer-animated films, enlivened by a well-developed and credible cast of characters who just happen to be superheroes.
Read Full Review >Christian Science Monitor David Sterritt
Sharper and smarter than any animation since "Shrek 2," making it one of the season's supermovies.
Read Full Review >The Globe and Mail (Toronto) Leah McLaren
The smarter script and stronger range of performances than most high-budget blockbusters clogging theatres these days make you wonder why the live-action feature isn't already obsolete.
Read Full Review >San Francisco Chronicle Carla Meyer
The visual and emotional hues are darker [than previous Pixar films], and the focus rests more on middle age than coming of age. The adventures of a family of superheroes are likely to thrill and amuse children, but the film's more grown-up themes might go over their heads.
Read Full Review >TV Guide Maitland McDonagh
The result is truly a family film, not a kiddie time-waster that throws the occasional sop to adults; whether you like or love it is a function of how vividly the material reflects your own childhood fantasies.
Read Full Review >Village Voice Jessica Winter
Unfortunately, the delicious snatches of reflexive wit function as mere intermissions between the distended action sequences and Michael Baystyle megatonnage, which have earned Pixar its first ever PG rating.
Read Full Review >Chicago Reader J.R. Jones
The fun hardens into Fun after he's (Mr. Incredible) lured out of retirement and imprisoned in a remote island compound, though the sleek computer animation is spellbinding as usual.
Read Full Review >What Our Users Said
The average user rating for this movie is 8.7 (out of 10) based on 212 User Votes
Note: User votes are NOT included in the Metascore calculation.
Ikarus14 gave it a9:
Just when Pixar where in danger of repeating themselves, Brad Bird ('Iron Giant' and 'Ratatouille') came and took them elsewhere for the best.
John gave it a10:
If we're all special, none of us are. Let the best of us shine.
Dre H. gave it a10:
Easily one of the best movies ever made, and probably one of the best CGI movies ever made, with special features to make it last.
Francisco M gave it a4:
Not original, not funny, but enjoyable.
anonymous gave it a10:
can I just say "best new animated film ever!!!" its a classic superhero movie I really don't see how anyone could watch this movie and not enjoy it
J H gave it a10:
Another great film by Brad Bird. This was a digital achievement for Pixar. It is one of the animated films along with Spirited Away, Kiki's Delivery Service, Ratatouille, Totoro, and The Iron Giant that delivered a fantasy for fans that are a geek of heart.
Zee M gave it a10:
My Favorite Animation Movie Ever! From Start To Finish, It Was Completely INCREDIBLE!
