movie review
The Simpsons Movie
Should you bring the kids? Best for kids 12 and older. Bart ends up naked and chained to a pole in the first few minutes, which is a tad disturbing. For more info, see “Bringing the Kids” below.
THE STORY: It’s hard to describe this movie in a few short paragraphs, because there’s a lot going on. But here goes:
That loveable oaf Homer Simpson (voiced by Dan Castellaneta) ends up getting a pet pig and filling a giant silo with pig crap, which he then dumps into the lake. In turn, the lake gets horribly polluted and starts producing frogs with 13 eyes. So the EPA steps in and seals off the town of Springfield with a giant glass dome, so as not to infect the rest of the country. No one can go in or out. Townspeople storm the Simpsons’ house with torches and try to hang them.
The Simpsons manage to escape from the dome and head north to Alaska. But Marge (Julie Kavner) can’t live with the fact that Homer created this whole mess. So she takes the kids and heads back to Springfield, determined to help the town out of this mess.
Family disharmony, government conspiracies, love lost and found, cameos by Green Day and Tom Hanks, and a naked Bart all play into the storyline. There are some good laugh-out-loud moments, but you might not be bowled over unless you’re a big fan of the show – which I’m not. But I was pleasantly surprised to laugh my way through most of it – especially the Tom Hanks part.
Note: The TV series, currently airing on the Fox network, is the longest-running animated series in history (18 years) and the longest-running prime-time show ever. And it’s just been renewed for two more years. Not bad for a bunch of mustard-colored people. And politically incorrect mustard-colored people at that. If it’s a really dumb thing to do, you’ll find it on The Simpsons.
BRINGING THE KIDS:
PRESCHOOLERS (ages 2-5): With a PG-13 rating for “irreverent humor,” best to keep the little ones away from this movie—and the TV show, for that matter. A better preschool-centric show about family is Max and Ruby, currently airing on Noggin and Nickelodeon. Despite conflicting agendas, preschool bunny Max and his 7-year-old sister, Ruby, manage to play together, go on camp-outs, and have lots of fun at the same time.
GRADE-SCHOOLERS (ages 6 - 10): Sure, it’s a cartoon, but like Futurama and Family Guy, the humor of The Simpsons is really aimed at older kids and adults. There’s plenty of slapstick cartoon violence, horrible role models, and sexual / drug references. And Bart ends up naked and chained to a pole in the first few minutes of the move, which is a tad disturbing. For all these reasons, I don’t recommend this movie for kids younger than 12.
TWEEN / TEEN (ages 11+): The beauty of The Simpsons is that it makes fun of everything we see in the headlines every day, and the writing is really clever and witty. You either “get” The Simpsons or you don’t. The people who get it will love this movie. The people who don’t will still get a few laughs out of it.
SCORE: 3 out of 4 Reels.
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The simpsons movie is witty,fast paced, touching, hugely entertaining and most importantly: laugh out loud funny.And if your a simpsons fan who’s loved every episode , thats all you’ll need from it.
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i think it doesn’t matter whether u’re a fan or not...i just enjoyed a light-hearted humour movie, so simpsons seems fit me
Posted by michaels craft store on May 17, 2008
for me, the simpons was not just about cartoons..it’s about american reality
Posted by bridal shower games on Jun 08, 2008
i agree with you..simpsons has been america no 1 tv show since 90’s and it will still be no 1
Posted by sabul on Jun 10, 2008
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The Simpsons peaked around the episode 250 mark. I carried on until about 350, and haven’t really bothered that much since. The subtlety has gone, Homer’s character has changed and lost a lot of his endearing loveableness, it’s too Bart-centric and too many of the best bit-part characters - Moe, Lenny, Carl, Principal Skinner - are given too little time, and when they do appear are lazily written. And don’t get me started on the endless procession of celebrity guests. Had it stopped four or five years ago, it would quite rightly be seen as the greatest broadcasting triumph of all time, but now the weak episodes are getting perilously close to outnumbering the classics. And it is, like Friends, suffering from overkill thanks to Sky One and, to a lesser extent, Channel 4 being over-reliant on it to flesh out the schedules.
A classic Family Guy is a long way behind a classic Simpsons but at the moment, regardless of the lack of narrative (it’s a cartoon - its only job is to be funny) Family Guy outdoes the Simpsons on laugh quotas. That hatchet job that South Park did on Family Guy smacked as much of jealousy as it did anything else. And it made Parker and Stone appear like pompous pricks that take themselves way too seriously.
Most of the great American sitcoms have a couple of dodgy series before bowing out gracefully (Cheers, Roseanne, MASH, Frasier, and even, dare I say, Seinfeld) but the Simpsons seems to be determined to flog the dead horse until it dies a painful death. I can only assume this is for financial reasons. And I always thought the Simpsons team were better than that.
Posted by Dubai Web Design Development on Nov 11, 2008
I only saw Simpson series in TV, but never see the movie yet...its seems nice. I might rent a DVD to watch it. Thank .
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The Simpsons manage to escape from the dome and head north to Alaska. But Marge (Julie Kavner) can’t live with the fact that Homer created this whole mess. So she takes the kids and heads back to Springfield, determined to help the town out of this mess.
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Such an interesting film, if you love the serie, you will enjoy it ! Spider Pig forever !
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