Summary14 years after the original, everyone’s favorite family of superheroes is back in Incredibles 2 – but this time Helen (Holly Hunter) is in the spotlight, leaving Bob (Craig T. Nelson) at home with Violet (Sarah Vowell) and Dash (Huck Milner) to navigate the day-to-day heroics of “normal” life. It’s a tough transition for everyone, made t...
Summary14 years after the original, everyone’s favorite family of superheroes is back in Incredibles 2 – but this time Helen (Holly Hunter) is in the spotlight, leaving Bob (Craig T. Nelson) at home with Violet (Sarah Vowell) and Dash (Huck Milner) to navigate the day-to-day heroics of “normal” life. It’s a tough transition for everyone, made t...
Incredibles 2 hardly shakes the foundations of what a superhero movie should be, but it’s a raucous crowd-pleaser that serves up enough mouthwateringly beautiful eye candy to delight kids and grownups alike.
LAST TIME AND LAST AND FINAL 3 ACCOUNT 2 ON MY PHONE AND MY IPAD ! GOOD GOOD GOOD GOOD GOOD GOOD GOOD GOOD GOOD GOOD GOOD GOOD GOOD GOOD GOOD GOOD GOOD GOOD GOOD GOOD GOOD GOOD GOOD GOOD GOOD GOOD GOOD GOOD GOOD GOOD GOOD GOOD GOOD GOOD GOOD GOOD GOOD GOOD GOOD GOOD GOOD GOOD good
This follow-up is every bit the start-to-finish sensation as the original, and you'll be happy to know that Bird's subversive spirit is alive and thriving.
Constrained by expectations and established character/plot limitations, Incredibles 2 lacks the freshness and ingenuity displayed by its predecessor. It’s good, fun family entertainment but it’s not incredible.
The action sequences in Incredibles 2, which was edited by Stephen Schaffer, are elegantly conceived and fluidly executed, as good as anything we’re likely to see on screen this year, in animation or live action, which only makes the rest of the movie seem that much clunkier by comparison.
“The Incredibles 2” is a decent sequel film that plays more of a side-kick roll to its predecessor when compared side by side. The overall presentation has difficulty landing, which can be attributed to a combination of muddled plot-lines, middling character development, and a scattered focus throughout the majority of the run time. While the narrative still succeeds in providing a reasonable level of entertainment, the film can best be described as a lukewarm experience when compared to the Parr family’s first outing.
Concerning the plot, the story’s focus feels like a game of “red-light, green-light” due in part to the awkward pacing between static scenes and moments of relevance. While it attempts to follow Helen Parr’s campaign to bring back Super’s after the family falls on hard times, it also tries to balance time with her husband Bob “Mr. Incredible” and their kids as they deal with awkwardly mundane, everyday issues. Unfortunately, this lack of cohesive focus in the overarching narrative makes the film feel more long and drawn out than it should be; dwelling on side-stories and rehashed character development that was covered reasonably in the first movie. Though the plot throws in a number of new faces, such as the mildly-eccentric Deavor’s and a small group of outcast Super’s, most are glossed over and exist solely for the sake of the scene they appear in. The big twist concerning the main antagonist is clever, albeit somewhat predictable, and offered a villainous master plan that was mixed parts ambitious and ludicrous; particularly the latter in how it was carried out. This led to a climax that felt forced and underwhelming, and was only salvageable by merit of the action sequences highlighting the entire family working together.
As for the characters, the original cast feels about the same as they were depicted in the first film, with a few caveats. Bob still does his best to protect his family, though he is also presented as being uncharacteristically conceited through the first half of film when Helen is chosen for the big P.R. project instead of him. Violet is also more abrasive in general, though it didn’t help matters that she was given the same arc that she already overcame in the first film. While Helen received a little more polish overall thanks to her larger presence in the spotlight, there were moments where her ego felt a bit more grating than was necessary. Similarly, Jack-Jack’s increase in screen time is only justified by the random shenanigans his powers create, which the film utilizes primarily for comedy and plot contrivance. Lastly, though antagonists Underminer and Screenslaver brought a balance of levity and tension, both seemed underutilized in the long run. For example, even though Screenslaver’s backstory is the sole purpose in turning them into the main threat like with Syndrome, there are levels of nuance surrounding the details of the mentioned past events which cheapen the strength of the argument. The most definitive point against the film, however, is its writing which often felt rushed and unfinished. While the first movie also had a number of events taking place simultaneously like this one, the overall focus was grounded and far easier to connect with. Cause and effect were key. In this movie, the family needs the P.R. gig because they can’t afford to move again, which only works because Helen is coincidentally chosen for it. This is already flawed from the first film, since the family was well-off financially thanks to Bob’s new “job”. Additionally, though it made logical sense for Bob to be disqualified from the P.R. project, no reason was given for why Frozone wasn’t selected. Finally, and most egregiously, is the family not knowing Jack-Jack had powers despite being able to clearly see them at the end of the first film. Since several key plot points have to occur from the family not knowing about them, this makes the story fall apart if the events that should have taken place are accounted for.
Altogether, despite the aforementioned negatives, “The Incredibles 2” isn’t a bad movie. A good amount of the humor lands, most of the action sequences are enjoyable, and the story is fairly engaging if no critical lens is applied and is taken with a grain of salt. At the end of the day, however, the film ultimately had the potential for greater praise if only some more care had been given to its overall construction.
I, like everyone else, loved the first movie and couldn't wait for this sequel. After seeing the trailer i was a bit worried that the plot wasn't going to be very interesting, however, the original trailer for incredibles 1 was awful too, so i wasn't too worried. Unfortunately the trailers were correct this time, the plot of this movie is simply terrible. Despite taking place literal seconds after the first film, none of the characters have seemed to have grown or progressed from the beginning of the first. The flaws they all had at the start of incredibles 1, are all still issues in this film. The only real difference is mr incredible and Elastigirl have had their roles reversed for no real reason. The one story line i enjoyed was with bob struggling to look after his children and be "incredible" as he is expected to be. Its just a shame that is never looked into deeper. It would be far more interesting to spend some more time developing his character to come to grips with the fact he cant always fix everything, or solve every problem, but instead its resolved by the next scene. Turning back to the plot, the motivations of the villain make no sense, at all. It doesn't help the villain is also extremely boring and extremely predictable. The character of syndrome in the first film makes this film feel like it was written by a child, and outside of the quality of it's animation, this film really has nothing going for it. 3/10 - Needed a whole plot rewrite to even be worth making :(
It’s insane to be voting this film 10/10! It’s a very average film AT BEST that carries little weight when compared to the first with way to much focus placed on Jack-Jack in a very obvious attempt to sell merchandise and toys! This is shameful and others should be calling these things out! This is just another Finding Dory cash grab people that benefits on the nostalgia of idiots! Furthermore Metacritic is also a joke! This film has a lower average and a lower all around score on RT than other films I’ve checked in the same average score range yet here it’s rated at 80 while other films that have gotten both a higher average and higher percentage on RT have a lower rating here! It’s very clear that Metacritic picks and chooses what reviews it wants for films it wants to promote as can easily be seen with some films having 50+ reviews to cover up a bad one bad review while others have much higher reviews but are limited in the 40’s to keep the average down! Shame on those of you who are running this scam, not everyone is so easily fooled! This how films like Moana who have an all around worse RT score and lower average score are listed as “Universally Acclaimed” while films like Zootopia who won practically every single award, (including a Oscar), has a higher RT score, a higher average score, was among AFI’s top 10 movies of 2016 (the only animated film and a very rare honor) and was hailed as one of the best animated films of all time by multiple critics is rated as just average here! This site is a joke!