Grade:  A

Director:  Brad Bird		Released:  November 2004
Writer:  Brad Bird		MPAA Rating:  PG
Players:  Pixar, Craig T. Nelson, Holly Hunter, Samuel L. Jackson		Running time:  121 minutes

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One heck of a movie, I don't remember the last time a film had me feeling so giddy.  The scene when Dash learns to be a superhero.  The scene when Dash races in the track meet.  Heck, just about any scene with Dash is brilliant.  When Mr. Incredible saves the cat and foils the crooks simultaneously.  The little neighbor kid who always seems to be on the sidewalk outside the Incredibles' house.  When Elastigirl gets caught in multiple doors.  Great scenes, all.  The Incredibles is stuffed with great little bits that made me happy.

Structured more like a "real" film than a traditional animated kid-oriented movie, I understand why it was the first Pixar film to earn a PG rating (instead of the usual G).  There's more violence and threatening situations than your typical animated picture.  The worthy villain came complete with back story and evil plan.  I loved the way he tested his robotic creation against super heroes before unleashing it on the public.  As far as super villains go, his plan was as good as any.  Until it all backfired, which is par for the course for super villains, right?

The great achievement of The Incredibles is that it's a film kids can grow with.  When I was young I watched many kid films, but the ones which stuck with me longest, like Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory, were the ones I could grow with.  The ones that offered something I hadn't picked up on before.  The Incredibles is such a film.  The average six year-old won't pick up the jabs at suburbia and mediocrity nor the telltale signs of a mid-life crisis, but after they age and watch the movie again years from now, they will.

- crocoPuffs