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Incredibles, The
Buena Vista Pictures


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The Incredibles (Xbox)

MPAA 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)

GENRE(S):	Action \| Adventure \| Animation \| Comedy \| Family/Kids
WRITTEN BY:	Brad Bird
DIRECTED BY:	Brad Bird
RELEASE DATE:	DVD: March 15, 2005 Video: March 15, 2005 Theatrical: November 5, 2004
RUNNING TIME:	115 minutes, Color
ORIGIN:	USA

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...

100

The Hollywood Reporter Kirk Honeycutt

Pixar again hitches top-notch storytelling to the very best in CG animation.

100

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.

100

Variety Todd McCarthy

As deliriously smart escapist fare, The Incredibles is practically nonpareil.

100

Entertainment Weekly Lisa Schwarzbaum

Dazzlingly beautiful, funny, and meaningful.

100

LA Weekly David Chute

The Incredibles creates so seamless a mood of exhilaration that we resent being pulled out of it.

100

Miami Herald Rene Rodriguez

A visually thrilling experience.

100

Philadelphia Inquirer Carrie Rickey

A movie with the sweet soul of "Toy Story" and the boisterous spirit of "Spy Kids."

100

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.

100

Washington Post Desson Thomson

It's easily the best and brightest family-friendly movie of the year.

100

New York Post Lou Lumenick

A spectacularly rendered tale of a family of superheroes, takes the art form to a whole new level.

100

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.

100

Baltimore Sun Chris Kaltenbach

True-blue Incredibles is a super tribute to the power of family and the might of imagination.

100

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.

100

Salon.com Stephanie Zacharek

The Incredibles has that rare quality of feeling modern and classic at the same time.

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.

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."

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.

Dallas Observer Robert Wilonsky

Yes, yes--The Incredibles is beautiful to look at, but even more lovely beneath the computer-generated surfaces.

Time Richard Corliss

The Incredibles has those characters, that heart.

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.

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.

Austin Chronicle Marc Savlov

An order-of-magnitude leap forward in animated storytelling.

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.

Chicago Tribune Robert K. Elder

Delivers the perfect union - a vivid, sublime parody and valentine to the superhero genre.

Rolling Stone Peter Travers

Bird has crafted a film -- one of the year's best -- that doesn't ring cartoonish, it rings true.

Premiere Aaron Hillis

Preaches post-9/11 family values to conservatives while appeasing liberals with ideas of tolerance and social activism.

ReelViews James Berardinelli

Isn't just fine family entertainment, it's superior family entertainment.

Boston Globe Ty Burr

Such smart, whiz-bang fun that you may not realize what it's about until you're safely home.

New York Daily News Jami Bernard

Clever, buoyant and surprisingly human.

Chicago Sun-Times Roger Ebert

Grown-ups are likely to be surprised by how smart the movie is, and how sneakily perceptive.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Christian Science Monitor David Sterritt

Sharper and smarter than any animation since "Shrek 2," making it one of the season's supermovies.

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.

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.

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.

Village Voice Jessica Winter

Unfortunately, the delicious snatches of reflexive wit function as mere intermissions between the distended action sequences and Michael Bay–style megatonnage, which have earned Pixar its first ever PG rating.

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.

The average user rating for this movie is 8.7 (out of 10) based on 202 User Votes
Note: User votes are NOT included in the Metascore calculation.

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!

Jack Balder gave it a9:
One of the best Pixar movies that is very enjoyable, funny, but not as good as "A Bug's life, Toy Story, Toy Story 2, or Monsters inc."

dave z gave it a10:
Great Fun!!! Surprisingly dramatic for an animated film with lots of comedy. A standard by which all future animated films will be compared. the dvd is better than the movie (I loved the extra interviews of superheroes not shown in the movie.) All emotions are evoked. Ratatouille cannot compare.

Christopher J. gave it a5:
Good animation, and semi-interesting blend of superhero/nuclear-family. The cliches bored me by the end, though. It would have been better as a 30 minute film.

Mr. L gave it a10:
I thought this was a fantastic movie with a great story (even for a cartoon).

Incredibles, The Buena Vista Pictures

Incredibles, The
Buena Vista Pictures