The Incredibles Critic Reviews

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Los Angeles Times | Kenneth TuranAdd Critic to Favorites

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 the full review

Variety | Todd McCarthyAdd Critic to Favorites

As deliriously smart escapist fare, The Incredibles is practically nonpareil. Read the full review

Washington Post | Desson ThomsonAdd Critic to Favorites

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

The Hollywood Reporter | Kirk HoneycuttAdd Critic to Favorites

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

Wall Street Journal | Joe MorgensternAdd Critic to Favorites

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.Read the full review

Entertainment Weekly | Lisa SchwarzbaumAdd Critic to Favorites

Dazzlingly beautiful, funny, and meaningful. Read the full review

Washington Post | Jennifer FreyAdd Critic to Favorites

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 the full review

Slate | David EdelsteinAdd Critic to Favorites

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 the full review

Boston Globe | Ty BurrAdd Critic to Favorites

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

Chicago Sun-Times | Roger EbertAdd Critic to Favorites

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

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