The Incredibles
Buena Vista Pictures | Release Date: November 5, 2004 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
90
METASCORE
Universal acclaim based on 41 Critic Reviews
Positive:
40
Mixed:
1
Negative:
0
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Critic scorePublicationBy date
100
The Hollywood ReporterKirk Honeycutt
Pixar again hitches top-notch storytelling to the very best in CG animation. Read full review
100
New York Magazine (Vulture)Ken Tucker
The sleek beauty, crafty wit, family warmth, and impeccable slapstick suffusing The Incredibles immediately vaults it to a new, higher level of entertainment. Read full review
100
VarietyTodd McCarthy
As deliriously smart escapist fare, The Incredibles is practically nonpareil. Read full review
100
Entertainment WeeklyLisa Schwarzbaum
Dazzlingly beautiful, funny, and meaningful. Read full review
100
L.A. WeeklyDavid Chute
The Incredibles creates so seamless a mood of exhilaration that we resent being pulled out of it. Read full review
100
Miami HeraldRene Rodriguez
A visually thrilling experience. Read full review
100
Philadelphia InquirerCarrie Rickey
A movie with the sweet soul of "Toy Story" and the boisterous spirit of "Spy Kids." Read full review
100
Los Angeles TimesKenneth Turan
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 full review
100
Washington PostDesson Thomson
It's easily the best and brightest family-friendly movie of the year. Read full review
100
New York PostLou Lumenick
A spectacularly rendered tale of a family of superheroes, takes the art form to a whole new level. Read full review
100
Wall Street JournalJoe Morgenstern
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.
100
Baltimore SunChris Kaltenbach
True-blue Incredibles is a super tribute to the power of family and the might of imagination. Read full review
100
Portland OregonianM. E. Russell
It's hilarious, thrilling and filled with "life-truth" -- but it also conceals its effort under a layer of great writing and subtle craftsmanship. Read full review
100
SalonStephanie Zacharek
The Incredibles has that rare quality of feeling modern and classic at the same time. Read full review
91
Seattle Post-IntelligencerWilliam Arnold
In a movie era when brand names mean very little, it shows once again that Pixar is a stamp of quality. Read full review
90
TimeRichard Corliss
The Incredibles has those characters, that heart. Read full review
90
NewsweekJeff Giles
The vocal performances are a blast, Hunter's and Lee's in particular. The animation of the villain's tropical isle is stunning. Read full review
90
Dallas ObserverRobert Wilonsky
Yes, yes--The Incredibles is beautiful to look at, but even more lovely beneath the computer-generated surfaces. Read full review
90
SlateDavid Edelstein
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 full review
90
Film ThreatPete Vonder Haar
The smart dialogue doesn't hurt, of course, and perhaps the best work is done by Bird himself, who provides the voice of Edna "E" Mode, superhero fashion designer. Read full review
90
Washington PostJennifer Frey
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 full review
89
Austin ChronicleMarc Savlov
An order-of-magnitude leap forward in animated storytelling. Read full review
88
Chicago TribuneRobert K. Elder
Delivers the perfect union - a vivid, sublime parody and valentine to the superhero genre. Read full review
88
Rolling StonePeter Travers
Bird has crafted a film -- one of the year's best -- that doesn't ring cartoonish, it rings true. Read full review
88
Charlotte ObserverLawrence Toppman
Among the handsome explosions, wacky effects, slapstick comedy and zooming action sequences of The Incredibles, writer-director Brad Bird is attempting to start a revolution. Read full review
88
New York Daily NewsJami Bernard
Clever, buoyant and surprisingly human. Read full review
88
Chicago Sun-TimesRoger Ebert
Grown-ups are likely to be surprised by how smart the movie is, and how sneakily perceptive. Read full review
88
Boston GlobeTy Burr
Such smart, whiz-bang fun that you may not realize what it's about until you're safely home. Read full review
88
PremiereAaron Hillis
Preaches post-9/11 family values to conservatives while appeasing liberals with ideas of tolerance and social activism. Read full review
88
ReelViewsJames Berardinelli
Isn't just fine family entertainment, it's superior family entertainment. Read full review
80
The A.V. ClubScott Tobias
The action sequences are choreographed with the crackerjack timing expected from Pixar, but the film's funniest and most affecting moments exploit the tension between a special family and a world that insists on dulling them down. Read full review
80
The New York TimesDana Stevens
Because it is so visually splendid and ethically serious, the movie raises hopes it cannot quite satisfy. It comes tantalizingly close to greatness, but seems content, in the end, to fight mediocrity to a draw. Read full review
80
The New YorkerAnthony Lane
Imagine my relief when Bob, Helen, and the kids, for all the nicety of their emotions, turned out to be--if I can risk a word that may be taboo in Pixar land--cartoons. Long may it stay that way. Read full review
80
EmpireColin Kennedy
Looks like 2004 has given birth to a new superhero franchise after all.
75
Christian Science MonitorDavid Sterritt
Sharper and smarter than any animation since "Shrek 2," making it one of the season's supermovies. Read full review
75
USA TodayClaudia Puig
One of the year's most clever and visually arresting computer-animated films, enlivened by a well-developed and credible cast of characters who just happen to be superheroes. Read full review
75
The Globe and Mail (Toronto)Leah McLaren
The smarter script and stronger range of performances than most high-budget blockbusters clogging theatres these days make you wonder why the live-action feature isn't already obsolete. Read full review
75
San Francisco ChronicleCarla Meyer
The visual and emotional hues are darker [than previous Pixar films], and the focus rests more on middle age than coming of age. The adventures of a family of superheroes are likely to thrill and amuse children, but the film's more grown-up themes might go over their heads. Read full review
70
Village VoiceJessica Winter
Unfortunately, the delicious snatches of reflexive wit function as mere intermissions between the distended action sequences and Michael Bay–style megatonnage, which have earned Pixar its first ever PG rating. Read full review
70
TV Guide MagazineMaitland McDonagh
The result is truly a family film, not a kiddie time-waster that throws the occasional sop to adults; whether you like or love it is a function of how vividly the material reflects your own childhood fantasies. Read full review
60
Chicago ReaderJ.R. Jones
The fun hardens into Fun after he's (Mr. Incredible) lured out of retirement and imprisoned in a remote island compound, though the sleek computer animation is spellbinding as usual. Read full review
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