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The Simpsons Movie

The Simpsons Movie (2007)

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Average Rating: 7.5/10
Reviews Counted: 194
Fresh: 174 | Rotten: 20

The Simpsons Movie contains the hearty laughs, biting satire, and honest portrayal of an American family that makes the show so popular. And it boasts slicker animation and polished writing that hearkens back to the show's glory days.

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Average Rating: 7.3/10
Critic Reviews: 40
Fresh: 33 | Rotten: 7

The Simpsons Movie contains the hearty laughs, biting satire, and honest portrayal of an American family that makes the show so popular. And it boasts slicker animation and polished writing that hearkens back to the show's glory days.

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Movie Info

They've kept television viewers laughing for nearly 20 years, and now the most popular animated family on the small screen makes the leap into theaters as Homer, Marge, Lisa, Bart, ad Maggie embark on their first-ever feature-length adventure. Directed by David Silverman and written by a whole host of Simpsons veterans including Matt Groening and James L. Brooks, The Simpsons Movie also features special guest appearances by Albert Brooks among others. ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi

Dec 18, 2007

$183.0M

20th Century Fox

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All Critics (194) | Top Critics (40) | Fresh (181) | Rotten (20) | DVD (25)

Doesn't make the existential leap to the big screen, and it doesn't have the density of gags or the lunatic free-association of the best episodes.

August 6, 2007 Full Review Source: New York Magazine | Comments (3)
New York Magazine
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Nobody should have a cow. Bigger and longer don't always mean better, but The Simpsons Movie is still a cut above.

August 3, 2007 Full Review Source: CNN.com | Comment
CNN.com
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Definitely worth your money.

July 31, 2007 Comment
Ebert & Roeper
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Some 10 years after expected, The Simpsons Movie couldn't give a doodle in a doughnut hole about expectations anyway. It may deliver what we've already got, but it leaves no doubt why we got it in the first place.

July 27, 2007 Full Review Source: Toronto Star | Comment
Toronto Star
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The Simpsons Movie is as hard to critique as it is to resist.

July 27, 2007 Full Review Source: Slate | Comment
Slate
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This one feels incomplete, an underachiever still searching for a real reason to exist beyond enriching a fat franchise.

July 27, 2007 Comments (9)
Rolling Stone
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It's just a shame that it's just a pretty good effort rather than a fantastic one from writers who just could have done that little bit better.

July 14, 2011 Full Review Source: Digital Spy | Comment
Digital Spy

The Simpsons Movie doesn't ever reach its real potential, but there's enough good material at the start to mostly make up for a draggy second half. Still, if you like the Simpsons on television, you'll like them on the big screen just as well.

April 1, 2011 Full Review Source: ComingSoon.net | Comment
ComingSoon.net

though Homer himself chastises us, near the start of the movie, for paying for something we can watch on TV for free, I consider the money I put down my contribution to Groening's good cause.

August 17, 2010 Full Review Source: Cinema Writer | Comment (1)
Cinema Writer

Scarcely exploring the liberties of cinema the way the South Park movie did, The Simpsons Movie still showcases deeper and truer colors

August 27, 2009 Full Review Source: CinePassion | Comment
CinePassion

It could be I'm missing a lot of the inside humor and subtext. But I think the movie, too, is missing a lot of subtext.

April 23, 2009 Full Review Source: Boston Phoenix | Comments (5)
Boston Phoenix

the writing of the episodes are so brilliant that the big-screen version simply lives up to the show's name

August 17, 2008 Full Review Source: 7M Pictures | Comment
7M Pictures

From its very first frame the movie is through and through The Simpsons and its creators have taken the time and care to make this worth a trip to the theater rather than waiting for another syndicated rerun to come on.

July 31, 2008 Full Review Source: Paste Magazine | Comment
Paste Magazine

Hysterically funny, genuinely cinematic -- and you get to see Bart's doodle, too.

May 20, 2008 Full Review Source: Film4 | Comment

'The Simpsons Movie' only sporadically harnesses the boundless creative energy and satirical edge that earned Groening's series its reputation as one of the most sophisticated comedies in TV history. For fans, however, it is a gift long overdue.

April 10, 2008 Comment
San Francisco Examiner

We barely get a line from Mr. Burns, Moe, Lou and the rest of the bunch, but following Homer J. Simpson is not a bad way to spend an hour and a half of your summer.

March 3, 2008 Full Review Source: The Scorecard Review | Comments (2)
The Scorecard Review

Hardly calls for the emphasis of a feature presentation except that it's a powerful form of market engineering.

January 23, 2008 Full Review Source: Cinema Signals | Comment
Cinema Signals

You'll be laughing the whole way through to the style of gags and set-ups the series is famous for.

January 15, 2008 Full Review Source: Dark Horizons | Comment
Dark Horizons

One of the year's funniest theatrical releases, [but] it's also tough to shake a feeling of mild disappointment.

January 8, 2008 Full Review Source: Lessons of Darkness | Comment
Lessons of Darkness

The disc's extras start with a pair of audio commentaries.

January 2, 2008 Full Review Source: Apollo Guide | Comment
Apollo Guide

Thankfully, the cinematic adaptation bears a strong resemblance to the great early Simpsons episodes, with a consistent script, nonstop jokes, and lots & lots of Homer.

December 29, 2007 Full Review Source: Film and Felt | Comment
Film and Felt

The big-screen debut of America's favorite yellow-skinned family plays like a supersized episode with gags crammed into every verbal and visual nook and cranny ...

December 20, 2007 Full Review Source: MSN.com | Comment
MSN.com

Be forewarned that The Simpsons, the movie, is merely The Simpsons, the television show, only in an extended format. You want more, you got more.

December 16, 2007 Full Review Source: Mount Desert Islander | Comment
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Audience Reviews for The Simpsons Movie

God bless the Simpsons even if this is not their shiniest moment.If we're talking spin-offs, I have to give the nod to the the Hit & Run video game.

July 27, 2007
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The Simpsons Movie is an extended unrated version of one of the older episodes, which to be honest were the best episodes of the show.

October 16, 2011
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