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Movie Review for Simpsons Movie, The
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Simpsons Movie, The
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155 Reviews total.
Release date: 7/27/2007
Run length: 85 mins.
Categories:
Comedy
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Animation
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Adaptation
Summary:
Homer Simpson must save the world from a catastrophe he himself created.
Reviews of Simpsons Movie, The
By
Kam Williams
of AALBC.com (7/0)
Brilliant, if belated, but be forewarned that The Simpsons, the movie, is merely The Simpsons, th...
By
Jurgen Fauth
of About.com (7/0)
We knew all along they had it in them to become movie stars.
By
John Wirt
of Advocate (Baton Rouge, LA) (7/0)
For Simpsons fans, seeing Homer, Marge, Bart, Lisa and baby Maggie on a movie screen must be like...
By
Mike McGranaghan
of Aisle Seat (7/0)
The Simpsons Movie has a higher joke-per-minute ratio than any other movie this year, an...
By
Brian Webster
of Apollo Guide (7/0)
It's a winning formula, and maybe that's why the makers of The Simpsons Movie have played it safe...
By
Phil Villarreal
of Arizona Daily Star (7/0)
Homer addresses the audience at the beginning and calls us all suckers. Funny 'cause it's true.
Reviews of Simpsons Movie, The
By
Philip Martin
of Arkansas Democrat-Gazette (7/0)
...an excellent, delightful piece of collaborative comedy, with enough energy and intelligence to...
By
Bob Longino
of Atlanta Journal-Constitution (7/0)
Not as bad as it could be, but certainly not as good as you want.
By
Toddy Burton
of Austin Chronicle (7/0)
Maybe the movie is just reaching out for something that saw its heyday five (or even 10) years ag...
By
Michael Sragow
of Baltimore Sun (7/0)
It retains the farcical belligerence of the TV comedy but also heightens the series' oddball warm...
By
Stella Papamichael
of BBC (7/0)
Thank goodness the world can count on Homer's idiocy for a steady stream of laughs.
By
Wesley Morris
of Boston Globe (7/0)
...very good for the first 30 minutes.
Reviews of Simpsons Movie, The
By
Chad Greene
of Boxoffice Magazine (7/0)
The fictional family that has defined satire on the small screen since 1989 has finally found a '...
By
Lawrence Toppman
of Charlotte Observer (7/0)
The result is two-tiered humor, broad enough to appeal to anybody but overlaid with jokes that wi...
By
Roger Ebert
of Chicago Sun-Times (7/0)
...funny, sassy and intelligent in that moronic Simpsons' way.
By
Michael Phillips
of Chicago Tribune (7/0)
...it's hard not to like it.
By
Peter Rainer
of Christian Science Monitor (7/0)
The movie is best when it just riffs on our compacted memories of the past 18 years of episodes. ...
By
Russ Breimeier
of Christianity Today (7/0)
With its broad range of slapstick and satire, The Simpsons Movie is one of the most successful te...
Reviews of Simpsons Movie, The
By
Joshua Tyler
of CinemaBlend.com (7/0)
While a Simpsons movie made in the mid-90s might have been a bigger box office phenomenon, I don'...
By
Joshua Tyler
of CinemaBlend.com (7/0)
It's hilarious, though probably not to anyone who hasn't already been watching it on television.
By
Erik Davis
of Cinematical (7/0)
If you don't have the urge to stand up and cheer as the end credits begin to roll, then you are n...
By
Scott Weinberg
of Cinematical (7/0)
Instead of trying to make the "be-all end-all ultimate mega-Simpsons episode," they went with the...
By
Karina Montgomery
of Cinerina (7/0)
They are still cunning, still a mile-a-minute and still the standard bearers of good, intelligent...
By
Cole Smithey
of ColeSmithey.com (7/0)
"The Simpsons Movie" lives up to every bit of irreverent satire Simpson fans are accustomed to.
Reviews of Simpsons Movie, The
By
Jeffrey M. Anderson
of Combustible Celluloid (7/0)
The Simpsons Movie is a riot, and still feels fresh and bracing, even if it's also a bit classic ...
By
Harvey S. Karten
of Compuserve (7/0)
A snappy, funny animated picture with much of the dialogue suited for adults in the audience. To...
By
Mary F. Pols
of Contra Costa Times (4/3)
It lives up to its own fine standards -- but it doesn't exceed them.
By
Sheila Johnston
of Daily Telegraph (7/0)
The overall momentum flags at times and, even though the film runs for a crisp 87 minutes, it fee...
By
Chris Vognar
of Dallas Morning News (7/0)
You didn't think The Simpsons would sprain its funny bone on the way to the multiplex did you?
By
Jeff Vice
of Deseret News, Salt Lake City (7/0)
This is the one summer movie so far this year that really delivers in a big way. It's got bigger ...
Reviews of Simpsons Movie, The
By
Alex Markerson
of E! Online (7/0)
Homer and his family's big-screen odyssey is slicker and funnier than any episode of the show in ...
By
Brian Orndorf
of eFilmCritic.com (7/0)
The Simpsons Movie proudly marches into theaters with widescreen glory worthy of such an iconic p...
By
Brian Orndorf
of eFilmCritic.com (7/0)
Their War, Our Calories: The Simpsons Attack 7-Eleven - Brian Orndorf eats his weight in Simpsons...
By
Erik Childress
of eFilmCritic.com (7/0)
The Simpsons remain the archetypal all-ages animated banquet for the mischievous kid in all of us...
By
Peter Sobczynski
of eFilmCritic.com (7/0)
Even the naysayers, the ones who claim that the show hasn't been worth watching since Clinton wa...
By
Emanuel Levy
of EmanuelLevy.Com (7/0)
Inspired by the seminal TV series and making a smooth transition from the small to the big screen...
Reviews of Simpsons Movie, The
By
Ian Nathan
of Empire Magazine (7/0)
You chuckle here and there, you enjoy the animation (given a bit more pep and computery dimension...
By
Nicolas Lacroix
of EnPrimeur.ca (7/0)
C'est avec grand bonheur que j'ai trouvé le plus long des épisodes des Simpson le plus drôle depu...
By
Janos Gereben
of Entertainment Insiders (7/0)
For Simpsons fans, the movie is nirvana; for the unfortunate rest of humanity, at least a therape...
By
Lisa Schwarzbaum
of Entertainment Weekly (7/0)
Turns out what they've done is make everything bigger, longer, and uncut, but let Homer be Homer,...
By
Eric D. Snider
of EricDSnider.com (7/0)
It has the same anarchic spirit of the TV series, the lightning-fast sight gags, the clever self-...
By
Walter Chaw
of Film Freak Central (7/0)
The flipside of the Bush Admin. being a boon to comics and satirists is that things are so absurd...
Reviews of Simpsons Movie, The
By
Kevin Lally
of Film Journal International (7/0)
No one should go expecting the Best Episode Ever, just a smart and consistently funny extended st...
By
Pete Vonder Haar
of Film Threat (7/0)
The Simpsons Movie is everything it has no right to be, based on the past several seasons: it's f...
By
Sean O'Connell
of filmcritic.com (7/0)
The humor stays irreverent without making the still-running sitcom irrelevant.
By
MaryAnn Johanson
of Flick Filosopher (7/0)
I laughed a lot. Out loud. Which isn't something I tend to do a lot at the movies...
By
Rob Vaux
of Flipside Movie Emporium (7/0)
A bit past its prime, but still delivering some very funny class-clown iconoclasm.
By
Donald Munro
of Fresno Bee (7/0)
After nearly 20 years on TV and as a brightly burning star in this nation's pop-culture constella...
Reviews of Simpsons Movie, The
By
Jeffrey Lyles
of Gazette (MD) (7/0)
much like Bart anticipating the Itchy and Scratchy movie, fans won’t be disappointed.
By
Peter Canavese
of Groucho Reviews (7/0)
A good movie, but also one that betrays the strain of great expectations, a four-episode length, ...
By
Peter Bradshaw
of Guardian [UK] (7/0)
At last, Matt Groening's brilliant creation has arrived in cinemas, dated only in the sense that ...
By
Ross Anthony
of Hollywood Report Card (7/0)
Why PAY for something you can see on TV for FREE? Homer asks. As one of the dolts who shelled out...
By
Kirk Honeycutt
of Hollywood Reporter (7/0)
A clever and spirited big-screen version of its better-known small-screen cousin.
By
Guylaine Cadorette
of Hollywood.com (7/0)
Doesn’t live up to the hype.
Reviews of Simpsons Movie, The
By
Stax
of IGN Movies (7/0)
The movie does at least broaden the canvas the story is played out on, but fans expecting to see ...
By
Steve Rhodes
of Internet Reviews (7/0)
Sure, the film is silly -- really silly, but it's a whole lot of fun. Most of all, the character...
By
Jim Slotek
of Jam! Movies (7/0)
If you're a fan, you know you're going to go see The Simpsons Movie. And you'll be happy to know ...
By
James Sanford
of Kalamazoo Gazette (7/0)
a full-speed-ahead laugh riot for its first 45 minutes, although it loses some of its gusto in t...
By
Andrea Chase
of Killer Movie Reviews (7/0)
Popular culture has never come in for a more thorough, more righteous, pummeling
By
Scott Foundas
of L.A. Weekly (7/0)
...what The Simpsons Movie does -- and does well -- is to revisit the series’ most enduring situa...
Reviews of Simpsons Movie, The
By
Robert Roten
of Laramie Movie Scope (7/0)
About what you'd expect, pretty funny.
By
Josh Bell
of Las Vegas Weekly (7/0)
A feature-length version of the show that has some snazzier animation but otherwise amounts to a ...
By
Prairie Miller
of Long Island Press (7/0)
A delectable antidote to family values dictum ad nauseam imposed on contemporary audiences, the b...
By
Bob Strauss
of Los Angeles Daily News (7/0)
It's fun and funny.
By
Mark Dujsik
of Mark Reviews Movies (7/0)
There is so much gusto, such a willingness to go for broke and not look back [in the first act], ...
By
Pete Hammond
of Maxim (7/0)
It had to happen. The Simpsons have finally become bona fide movie stars and this hilarious, clev...
Reviews of Simpsons Movie, The
By
Randy Shulman
of Metro Weekly (Washington, DC) (7/0)
The vocal work is so finely honed by the cast of regulars, that the acting conveys a timing and s...
By
Matt Pais
of Metromix.com (7/0)
Yes, The Simpsons Movie is funny enough to make you get off the couch and put down the Duff.
By
Duane Dudek
of Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (7/0)
It is little more than a reminder, as if one was needed, that Homer is still crazy after all thes...
By
Kurt Loder
of MTV (7/0)
I won't blow any of the jokes in "The Simpsons Movie." They're too fresh and funny to give away. ...
By
Stuart Klawans
of Nation (7/0)
Is The Simpsons Movie funny? ...Yes -- but not as funny as it is wide.
By
Elizabeth Weitzman
of New York Daily News (7/0)
A very funny, solidly entertaining movie that, despite its unshakable obsesion with undergarments...
Reviews of Simpsons Movie, The
By
David Edelstein
of New York Magazine (7/0)
Doesn’t make the existential leap to the big screen, and it doesn’t have the density of gags or t...
By
Kyle Smith
of New York Post (7/0)
The Simpsons Movie is just like the TV show, whereas the bad news is, it’s just like the TV show.
By
Armond White
of New York Press (7/0)
The best prospect of The Simpsons Movie is that it will return communal intelligence to moviegoin...
By
A. O. Scott
of New York Times (7/0)
...full of the anarchic, generous, good-natured humor that is the show's enduring signature.
By
A. O. Scott
of New York Times (7/0)
The Simpsons Movie is full of the anarchic, generous, good-natured humor that is the show's endur...
By
Jan Stuart
of Newsday (7/0)
...may be less potty-mouthed than South Park: Bigger, Longer and Uncut, but it takes aim at its m...
Reviews of Simpsons Movie, The
By
Michael A. Smith
of Nolan's Pop Culture Review (7/0)
While I won't go as far as Comic Book Guy to proclaim it best...film...ever, I will give it my hi...
By
Jeffrey Westhoff
of Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL) (6/1)
It cannot compete with the series that inspired it, but it can compete with everything else in th...
By
Frank Swietek
of One Guy's Opinion (7/0)
Certainly smart enough to please fans hungry--as Homer always is--for a super-sized helping of th...
By
Nathan Rabin
of Onion AV Club (7/0)
It isn't the best movie ever, nor will it make fans forget the show's early-'90s golden years, bu...
By
Shawn Levy
of Oregonian (7/0)
There are laughs and pleasures to be had throughout The Simpsons Movie -- but they are familiar l...
By
Steve Schneider
of Orlando Weekly (7/0)
The plot is as hilariously bombastic as the ones boob-tube producers used to spin off onto the bi...
Reviews of Simpsons Movie, The
By
Jay Antani
of Perihelion Journal (7/0)
though Homer himself chastises us, near the start of the movie, for paying for something we can w...
By
Gary Thompson
of Philadelphia Daily News (7/0)
Fans will enjoy it, but it will likely be a footnote in the larger story of the show's phenomenal...
By
Jon Popick
of Planet Sick-Boy (7/0)
Given a choice between seeing this movie and watching three new episodes of the show, I'll take t...
By
Bill Gibron
of PopMatters (7/0)
On par with South Park: Bigger, Longer and Uncut in the way in which a beloved TV series can be b...
By
Cynthia Fuchs
of PopMatters (7/0)
Marge's stalwart strength and Lisa's usual good sense aren't nearly so spectacular as Bart and Ho...
By
Glenn Kenny
of Premiere Magazine (7/0)
As refreshing a summer tonic as one could hope for.
Reviews of Simpsons Movie, The
By
Rob Humanick
of Projection Booth (7/0)
The Simpsons Movie is perhaps most brilliant in finding that fine line between new and old, curre...
By
James Kendrick
of Q Network Film Desk (7/0)
I can't help but feel that sometimes bigger isn't better.
By
Linda Cook
of Quad City Times (Davenport, IA) (7/0)
D'oh-n't miss this one, Simpsons fans.
By
David Nusair
of Reel Film Reviews (7/0)
...generally manages to capture the energy and charm of the show's best moments...
By
Pam Grady
of Reel.com (7/0)
The movie is never dull and like the best episodes of the series, it is frequently hilarious, ric...
By
Laura Clifford
of Reeling Reviews (7/0)
It's a fun time, if not exactly the be all and end all of the pop culture phenomenon known as The...
Reviews of Simpsons Movie, The
By
Robin Clifford
of Reeling Reviews (7/0)
...what I expected and hoped for and, while it does not strike me as brilliant, it does have bril...
By
Jeffrey Chen
of ReelTalk Movie Reviews (7/0)
The outside package can be done up as much as anyone would like it -- bigger, more, shinier -- bu...
By
James Berardinelli
of ReelViews (7/0)
...wittier and more energetic than anything that has appeared on FOX in quite a few years.
By
Michael Black
of ReviewExpress.com (7/0)
The plot isn't the main reason to see this movie; it's the constant jokes and gags churned out fr...
By
Peter Travers
of Rolling Stone (7/0)
This one feels incomplete, an underachiever still searching for a real reason to exist beyond enr...
By
Fred Topel
of Rotten Tomatoes (7/0)
Full Frontal Bart in The Simpsons Movie
Reviews of Simpsons Movie, The
By
Scott Weinberg
of Rotten Tomatoes (7/0)
(Yet) Another "Simpsons Movie" Teaser!
By
Scott Weinberg
of Rotten Tomatoes (7/0)
Bart to Get Naked in "The Simpsons Movie"?
By
Scott Weinberg
of Rotten Tomatoes (7/0)
Has Your Local 7-11 Become a Kwik-E-Mart??
By
James O'Ehley
of SA Movie & DVD Magazine (7/0)
Sure, watching The Simpsons Movie is like watching a longer-than-average episode of The Simpsons....
By
Carla Meyer
of Sacramento Bee (7/0)
Essentially an episode of the long-running Fox hit, just extended and writ larger.
By
Jim Lane
of Sacramento News & Review (7/0)
...like a good episode of the show...
Reviews of Simpsons Movie, The
By
Stephanie Zacharek
of Salon.com (7/0)
The picture works because, despite the fact that it took nearly six years for the filmmakers to b...
By
Sean Means
of Salt Lake Tribune (7/0)
As usual, the humor ranges from the blissfully sophomoric (such as Homer's rendition of a "Spider...
By
Larry Ratliff
of San Antonio Express-News (7/0)
Lucky for us, the verbiage sparkles with wit and preposterousness just close enough to reality to...
By
David Wiegand
of San Francisco Chronicle (7/0)
No one will be bored with the feature film, but everyone who knows the show well will have a nagg...
By
David Wiegand
of San Francisco Chronicle (7/0)
...pretty funny.
By
Stefan Birgir Stefansson
of sbs.is (7/0)
A grand entrance into widescreen for the greatest television show... ever.
Reviews of Simpsons Movie, The
By
Eric Melin
of Scene-Stealers.com (7/0)
[It is] in the unique and unfair position of having a lot to live up to, and The Simpsons Movie i...
By
Jim Judy
of Screen It! (7/0)
Not close to the insanely imaginative material from the show's heyday but still funny its own rig...
By
Gina Carbone
of Seacoast Newspapers (NH/Maine) (7/0)
All a fan ever asks is for the powers-that-be to take good care of the baby. The Simpsons Movie d...
By
Sean McBride
of Sean the Movie Guy (7/0)
very entertaining, featuring a delicious mix of visual gags, cultural satire, straight-out pratfa...
By
William Arnold
of Seattle Post-Intelligencer (7/0)
You have to admire all the effort that has gone into trying to make this movie the all-time-super...
By
Mark Rahner
of Seattle Times (7/0)
The long-awaited Simpsons feature film does not eat my shorts. Doesn't set 'em on fire, either.
Reviews of Simpsons Movie, The
By
Rich Cline
of Shadows on the Wall (7/0)
TV's most enduring sitcom family finally gets their own movie, with an expansive visual style tha...
By
Ed Gonzalez
of Slant Magazine (7/0)
These bold yellow characters continue to verify our strength as people, families, and a nation, a...
By
Dana Stevens
of Slate (7/0)
The Simpsons Movie is as hard to critique as it is to resist.
By
Dan Goldwasser
of SoundtrackNet (7/0)
Zimmer has created a very enjoyable album which covers not only the devilish and manic nature of ...
By
Nick Rogers
of State Journal-Register (Springfield, IL) (7/0)
Somewhat oversold as a story suitable only for the big screen and lacking a raised-stakes mindset...
By
Andrew Wright
of The Stranger (Seattle, WA) (7/0)
Manages to feel like a pretty good extended episode from somewhere around the show's golden era ....
Reviews of Simpsons Movie, The
By
Dustin Putman
of TheMovieBoy.com (7/0)
Feels like yesterday's news. For fans of the television show, wait a few months for the DVD. For...
By
Cherryl Dawson and Leigh Ann Palone
of TheMovieChicks.com (6/1)
I wanted to like this, but I felt like one of the suckers Homer talks about for paying for someth...
By
Ben Walters
of Time Out (7/0)
The Simpsons Movie does not feel at sea on the big screen and, crucially, it is very funny.
By
Ben Kenigsberg
of Time Out New York (7/0)
If The Simpsons Movie won’t define the show’s legacy, it’s certainly the frosting on the doughnut...
By
Kevin Maher
of Times [UK] (7/0)
Funny, clever and at times even hilarious... But sadly, it’s also a minor movie and never more in...
By
Maitland McDonagh
of TV Guide's Movie Guide (7/0)
The movie occasionally drags, even at a modest 86 minutes, and after 400 episodes it's hard to re...
Reviews of Simpsons Movie, The
By
Brian Tallerico
of UGO (7/0)
The first ten minutes are funnier than 95% of the comedies released this year. Everything else is...
By
Urban Cinefile Critics
of Urban Cinefile (7/0)
Clever, cutting and irrepressible, The Simpsons Movie hits the big screen with all the humour and...
By
Enrique Buchichio
of Uruguay Total (7/0)
La primera película de Los Simpson luce como un episodio extendido de hora y media, con todo lo q...
By
Claudia Puig
of USA Today (7/0)
...the laughs come fast and furious on the big screen.
By
Matthew Turner
of ViewLondon (7/0)
The big screen version is as good as three better-than-average episodes of the TV show, even if i...
By
Brian Gibson
of Vue Weekly (Edmonton, Canada) (7/0)
The pace is brisk, the jokes are sharp, and there are sight-gags and zingers that rank up there w...
Reviews of Simpsons Movie, The
By
Willie Waffle
of WaffleMovies.com (7/0)
Could this adventure be as great as jumping Springfield Gorge? Those visits from Sideshow Bob? ...
By
Susan Granger
of www.susangranger.com (7/0)
Cleverly conceived and subversive, it's certainly the best Simpsons Movie - so far.
By
Steven Snyder
of Zertinet Movies (7/0)
Is it as good as the television show? Yes. Does it have some of the sharp writing from the series...
By
John Beifuss
of Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN) (3/5) Login Required (Login Required)
When Homer tells his wife and kids, 'I've really come to like you guys,' we can't help but agree.
By
Jake Coyle
of Associated Press (6/1) No reference
While The Simpsons Movie is -- like the TV show has become -- too much a caricature of itself, it...
By
Christopher Smith
of Bangor Daily News (Maine) (6/1) No reference
It's all just enough--just enough for most fans and just enough for the casually curious, who now...
Reviews of Simpsons Movie, The
By
Bill Clark
of FromTheBalcony (6/1) No reference
A bewildering number of jokes are crammed into this feature, and it will take repeat viewings to ...
By
Ethan Alter
of Giant Magazine (6/1) No reference
Let's be honest, though: there's no way a Simpsons Movie was going to be perfect. But is this th...
By
David Frese
of Kansas City Star (6/1) No reference
The Simpsons Movie was expected to raise the bar for animated film -- especially 2-D animation. U...
By
Rene Rodriguez
of Miami Herald (6/1) No reference
In a way, the film is more of a Simpsons celebration than anything else -- the mother of all anni...
By
Michael Elliott
of Movie Parables (3/4) No reference
There's really nothing here that we haven't seen before (unless you want to count Bart's genitali...
By
Stephen Whitty
of Newark Star-Ledger (6/1) No reference
The movie's ultimate message is about family, and its most basic promise -- to make us laugh -- i...
Reviews of Simpsons Movie, The
By
Mike Sage
of Peterborough This Week (6/1) No reference
Doh! What a colossal disappointment. The Simpsons Movie has its funny bits but so does the averag...
By
John P. McCarthy
of ReelTalk Movie Reviews (6/1) No reference
'The Simpsons Movie' has a slightly sharper edge than the series and the animation is brighter an...
By
Angela Baldassarre
of Sympatico.ca (6/1) No reference
David Silverman's film is pretty much just a long episode of "The Simpsons" television show. And ...
By
Andy Klein
of Los Angeles CityBeat (6/1) Not Reachable
... it's hard to imagine fans being disappointed -- or anyone else for that matter.
By
Chris Hewitt (St. Paul)
of St. Paul Pioneer Press (3/4) Not Reachable
Since The Simpsons Movie took longer to build than the Taj Mahal, you want it to be a comic maste...
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