Film Forum

U.S., 2004
Directed by Brad Bird
With Craig T. Nelson, Holly Hunter, Samuel L. Jackson, Wallace Shawn, Sarah Vowell,
Spencer Fox, Elizabeth Peña
WINNER Academy Awards® – Best Animated Feature, Sound Editing, 2005
Approx. 115 min. DCP.

“A family of superheroes now live in a witness-protection program and have to suppress their superpowers... until a mysterious source calls on Mr. Incredible for help. Starts out as sharp comedy, then morphs into a comic-book-style action film. Writer-director Bird brilliantly provides the voice of costume designer Edna Mode, and includes a cameo by (and tribute to) legendary Disney animators Frank Thomas and Ollie Johnston. Oscar® winner for Best Animated Feature and Sound Editing.” – Leonard Maltin

Reviews

“An all-conqueringly funny and blastingly energized family comedy.”
– Peter Bradshaw, The Guardian

“Seamlessly blending comic-book caper, domestic comedy, and sci-fi spy fantasy, the film is a triumph of design, wit, and zip”
– Time Out

“Has that rare quality of feeling modern and classic at the same time… it’s a movie about the way spectacular gifts often lurk beneath conventional-looking surfaces. It celebrates not ordinariness and conformity, but eccentricity and individuality. And while it recognizes the importance of working together, its more powerful assertion is that smoothing ourselves into a homogenous, unthinking whole only weakens us.”
– Stephanie Zacharek, Salon