A fun-filled foray into animated action, fantasy and adventure.
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11/04/04
The Incredibles (2004)
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Reviews Counted:224
Fresh:217
Rotten:7
Average Rating:8.3/10
Consensus: Even though The Incredibles is more violent than previous Pixar offerings, it still a witty and fun-filled adventure that almost lives up to its name.
Theatrical Release:19-11-2004
Synopsis: Combining a family-oriented superhero adventure with the brilliant animation of Disney's Pixar (the creators of MONSTERS INC. and FINDING NEMO), THE INCREDIBLES charts new territory in the... [More]
Starring: Craig T. Nelson, Holly Hunter, Samuel L. Jackson, Jason Lee
Director: Brad Bird
Reviews for The Incredibles
181 - 200 (sorted by date; UK critics are listed first)
Pixar's new animated action-comedy, about a superhero family stuck in middle-class suburban exile, comes tantalizingly close to greatness.
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Top CriticA computer-generated animated adventure about retired superheroes, blends action, humor and even a touch of earnest emotion into a dazzling visual package.
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A delightful adventure for families.
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Sharper and smarter than any animation since Shrek 2.
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Phenomenal, magnificent, exuberantly entertaining, and just about any other positive adjective you can think of.
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The Incredibles eventually captures all the right emotional beats, thumping superhero action and poignant moments to make the film, well, almost incredible.
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Incredibles has the hip style and flash of '60s action entertainment, complete with a jazzy score.
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It's not as catchy a title, but The Incredibles is more like The Really Goods.
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The expressions on the characters' faces are so nuanced and complex you feel like you're watching actual people.
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Filled with the kind of funny detail that has become a Pixar trademark.
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The studio's best-ever work with humanoid forms.
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Everything works in this movie.
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It is not merely amazing -- it reflects an imagination just as elaborate as the technology it employs.
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The Incredibles creates so seamless a mood of exhilaration that we resent being pulled out of it.
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A vivid, sublime parody and valentine to the superhero genre.
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The brainiacs at Pixar have created human characters as vivid and believable and utterly endearing as any who have ever appeared on film
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Bird and the Pixar whizzes do what they do excellently; you just wish they were doing something else.
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The Incredibles promotes a new moral slogan for our times: The family that fights evil-doers together stays together.
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There is more unexpectedly moving, palpable, identifiable jeopardy and danger for these animated characters than in much of the recent low-rate live-action superhero junk.
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