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INCREDIBLES follows the adventures of a family of former superheroes
rediscovering the true source of their powers -- in one another. Now,
with the fate of the world hanging in the balance, the family must
come together and once again find the fantastic in their family life. |
(2004) Film Review |
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—Overview
—Review,
Comment and Blog by Mike Furches
—Review,
Comment, Blog by Whitewave
—Trailers, Photos
—About this Film
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—Spiritual Connections
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| CREDITS |
| Directed
by Brad Bird
Screenplay
by Brad Bird
Cast
(in credits order)
Craig T. Nelson .... Bob Parr/Mr. Incredible (voice)
Holly Hunter .... Helen Parr/Elastigirl (voice)
Samuel L. Jackson .... Lucius Best/Frozone (voice)
Jason Lee .... Buddy Pine/Syndrome (voice)
Dominique Louis .... Bomb Voyage (voice)
Teddy Newton .... Newsreel Narrator (voice)
Jean Sincere .... Mrs. Hogenson (voice)
Eli Fucile .... Jack Jack Parr (voice)
Maeve Andrews .... Jack Jack Parr (voice)
Wallace Shawn .... Gilbert Huph (voice)
Spencer Fox .... Dashiell 'Dash' Parr (voice)
Lou Romano .... Bernie Kropp (voice)
Wayne Canney .... Principal (voice)
Sarah Vowell .... Violet Parr (voice)
Michael Bird .... Tony Rydinger (voice)
Elizabeth Peña .... Mirage (voice)
Bud Luckey .... Rick Dicker (voice)
Brad Bird .... Edna 'E' Mode (voice)
Bret 'Brook' Parker .... Kari (voice)
Kimberly Adair Clark .... Honey (voice)
Produced
by
John Lasseter .... executive producer
Kori Rae .... associate producer
Katherine Sarafian .... assistant producer
John Walker .... producer
Original Music by Michael Giacchino
Cinematography by Andrew Jimenez and Janet Lucroy
Film Editing by Stephen Schaffer
MPAA: Rated PG for action violence.
Runtime: 115 min / UK:121 min
For rating reasons, go to FILMRATINGS.COM,
and MPAA.ORG.
Parents, please refer to PARENTALGUIDE.ORG
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The
Incredibles (Score)
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| BOOK |
The
Art of the Incredibles
by Mark Cotta Vaz, Brad Bird, John Lasseter
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| SYNOPSIS
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the Academy Award winning team behind “Toy Story,” “Monsters,
Inc.” and “Finding Nemo” comes a story of an American
family that takes the animated motion picture into realms of drama
and design never seen before. With THE INCREDIBLES, writer-director
Brad Bird and Pixar Animation Studios pioneer the creation of a computer-generated
world so rich, complex and inventively “alive” that the
motion picture experience it creates is altogether human. THE
INCREDIBLES follows the adventures of a family of former superheroes
rediscovering the true source of their powers -- in one another.
Once one of the world’s top masked crimefighters, Bob Parr
(AKA Mr. Incredible) fought evil and saved lives on a daily basis.
But fifteen years later, he and his wife Helen (a famous former
superhero in her own right) have been forced to take on civilian
identities and retreat to the suburbs. Today they live as mere mortals
and lead all-too-ordinary lives with their children -- who go out
of their way to appear “normal.” As a clock-punching
insurance man, the only thing Bob fights these days is boredom and
a bulging waistline. Itching for action, the sidelined superhero
gets his chance when a mysterious communication summons him to a
remote island for a top-secret assignment.
Now,
with the fate of the world hanging in the balance, the family must
come together and once again find the fantastic in their family
life.
At
the heart of THE INCREDIBLES’ unprecedented mix of filmmaking
innovation and heartfelt storytelling lies the far-reaching artistic
vision of director Brad Bird (“The Iron Giant,” “The
Simpsons”), who also wrote the original screenplay. Joining
Bird is an accomplished ensemble of actors who bring to life the
comedy, drama and emotional inner worlds of these larger-than-life
characters -- including Craig T. Nelson, Academy Award winner Holly
Hunter, Academy Award nominee Samuel L. Jackson, Jason Lee, Wallace
Shawn, Sarah Vowell, Spencer Fox and Brad Bird himself in the role
of the deadpan diva “Edna Mode.”
The
most complex computer-animated entertainment yet created, THE INCREDIBLES
nevertheless relies on the same traditional elements as all compelling
motion picture stories -- character development, production design,
cinematography, costumes, effects, music and overall vision -- pushing
each of these to new levels within the genre to create a film unlike
any other.
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 Review
by WHITEWAVE
How
I identify:  At
first I was disappointed that Elastigirl got married. I wanted her
to be Super-single Elastigirl! But that’s my problem. As it
turned out, she did a pretty good job of giving me someone to look
up to. I know that many women have a hard time with heroines who are
too “Super.” It puts too much pressure on us when we’re
already spread too thin. I understand this. But what makes Helen’s
story rock is that she gets to recover the Super Identity that she
had to sacrifice in order to compensate for her husband’s inability
to loosen his death-grip on his own. She’s not all about her
own accomplishments, but neither is she completely other-centered
and without a self -like the “Christian” ideal that I
often feel pressured to be. She had a good foundation from which to
build a safe place to nurture the growing Identities of her children,
and she did it pretty much on her own because hubby was too self-absorbed
by his loss.
[Since I am a woman relating this hero’s story, I offer a note
in defense of the men]
While
Helen’s journey was articulated very clearly, Bob’s
story of loss was shown only in still pictures, while his recovery
got tacked on near the end like a yellow sticky note. I realize
that much of what Hollywood turns out centers on the male journey,
and that this could be seen as a hushing of their voice so that
a woman’s story can be given some well-deserved prominence,
but I still feel shame when a man has his Power to do good taken
from him and his voice is silenced. Cartoon or no, I want to see
Bob vindicated in a more concrete manner.
—Review
Continued Here
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 Review
by MIKE FURCHES
 One
of the most powerful mediums in Hollywood recently has been animation.
Starting awhile back, from Titan
AE to The Iron Giant,
animation has been used to tell powerful stories that are filled
with spiritual and moral themes. We have seen the medium cross
over from children to adults with these films and the likes of
the Shrek
films. Now, new from one of the founders in the style, is The
Incredibles, and to say the least, this movie is
simply INCREDIBLE!
 I
don’t recall the last time I have had so much fun at the
movies as I did at my screening of The Incredibles.
The concept blends computer animation and comic-book-hero scenarios
to come up with a wonderful, thought-provoking story. The
Incredibles takes on the political correctness
of today and slams it through the door with the velocity that
some of us have been yearning for, for quite some time.
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