The story has a nice hook right when it opens as Mr. Incredible appears to be in smug competition with Elastigirl, and then it's revealed they're really married. I thought that was a cool way to introduce the principal characters. I got a big kick out of Edna Mode, even though she wasn't in the picture all that much. Writer and director Brad Bird got into the act himself by voicing Edna, and he did a splendid job. It wasn't till I started writing this that I picked up on the reference to one of TV's first talk show hosts, Jack Paar. That would have been the littlest member of The Incredibles Family, Jack-Jack Parr. Spelled different but it's still a cool in joke. I'm more of a super-hero movie fan than I am of animated flicks, but it was a pretty good idea to combine the two genres here for a fun and entertaining movie. And in the tradition of modern day super-hero flicks, there's even a set up for a sequel with a villain called The Underminer. Pretty cool.
Review of The Incredibles
