The Simpsons Movie

Like "Hairspray," it's not just a spinoff but a wised-up family comedy that's spirited and inventive. It retains the farcical belligerence of the TV comedy but also heightens the series' oddball warmth and expands on its Hellzapoppin' slapstick.

A 90-minute, years-in-the-making comic wind-up machine that begins by mocking its own audience for paying good money to see what it can watch at home for free and proceeds from there through the most wickedly funny arsenal of assaults on big government, organized religion and corporate America this side of "Borat."

Nearly all of the show's minor supporting characters--Moe Szyslak, Cletus the Slack-Jawed Yokel, Hans Moleman--get to make at least an appearance, though it would have been nice to see larger speaking roles for favorites like Apu and Mr. Smithers.

It's caustic, irreverent, constantly amusing and a tiny bit rude. Not a lot, though. This isn't the "Beavis and Butt-Head" or "South Park" movie. It's almost -- dare I say it -- charming.

The most ingenious thing about the movie is how it plays to diehards and neophytes alike. Every Simpsons character gets at least a fleeting appearance (and occasionally, director David Silverstein uses the widescreen format to cram in as many of them into one shot as he can).

It's hard not to like it. And in both senses of the phrase, America keeps asking for it.

The message is just as clear with Simpsonian antics -- if it ain't broke, don't make a movie…

"I would be willing to watch it 20 or 30 more times" ______________________

After eighteen years of televised ups and downs, the Simpson family has finally met an adventure that's too big for the small screen. At the time, I can remember, this felt like a decent spot for one last, big hurrah. Who could've imagined the series would still be running today, a decade and a half later? But that's another topic for another time. Back in the bygone days of 2007, it seemed the franchise was winding down and there was some concern that a full ninety-minute story might be more than this dysfunctional, small town American family could handle. The good news: it's an almost effortless transition, delivering somewhat greater consequences without betraying the light, sarcastic nature that's made the show so well-loved. The bad: well, it's a little bland. We get a couple naughty words, one inspired skateboard chase that never would've seen the light of day on Fox and a whole lot of fan service, but the bulk of the writing is sterile and by-the-numbers. Despite the presence of something like three-hundred ancillary characters, maybe a dozen have meaningful roles and several of those are wholly original to the movie. It has laughs, but they're easy and homogenized. Scraps of power, like Marge's video recording when she finally reaches the end of her rope, derive their punch from the preceding 7,000 hours of TV coverage and not the film's self-contained story. It visits new locales, but the show already did that six times a season. To its credit, The Simpsons Movie does feel like The Simpsons, but not prime-era The Simpsons. Acceptable, not an embarrassment, with some good bits for long-term fans and fresh faces alike, but far from essential. There's something to be said for refusing to reinvent the wheel, but also for going back to the same old well. This is an accent piece, not a focus.

Es una película bastante entretenida, pero no ha envejecido muy bien, pudo ser mejor ya que la historia es como un simple capítulo de larga duración y no captura la mejor escensia de la serie y sus personajes.

Al igual que las nuevas temporadas, la película destruye todo lo bueno que tenian los personajes y lo transforman en unas versiones corrompidas de estas, transformando a un tonto pero noble y (en su forma) empático Homero en un descerebrado odiable que le importa una mierda si su ciudad muere o su familia lo odia. Soy fan de los simpsons pero este y los nuevos episodios me rompen el corazón. Diría que Rick y Morty los supera ahora, pero practicamente HASTA PADRE DE FAMILIA es mejor que esta bazofia. #RIPSimpsons

Epic fail this should have been 2 an half hours long filled with satirical humor and critical insights about humanity but nope we get spider pig . It should have had a R rating since they did not have to deal with TV censorship but nope they went for quick money of pg13 . What a complete waste just think of all the hard critique of society failure got thrown out for profit. This movie marks when they completely sold-out. The show itself has lost it's sense of fun and commentary because of Al Jean. They could have crammed more jokes in a lot more. Had I been in charge I would have used the actors to help get this movie to be 3 hours long.