The Incredibles (2004)

User Rating:

8.1/10   

Director:

Brad Bird

Writer:

Brad Bird (written by)

Release Date:

5 November 2004 (USA)

Genre:

Animation | Action | Adventure | Comedy | Family | Fantasy

Tagline:

Do hero, ek awaaz!! (Hindi-language version)

Plot:

A family of undercover superheroes, while trying to live the quiet suburban life, are forced into action to save the world.

Plot Keywords:

Superhero | Secret | Lawsuit | Hero | Island

Awards:

Won 2 Oscars. Another 39 wins & 32 nominations

Cast

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) (as Bret Parker)
Kimberly Adair Clark	...	Honey (voice)
John Ratzenberger	...	Underminer (voice)
Mark Andrews	...	Additional Voices (voice)
Nicholas Bird	...	Additional Voices (voice)
Louis Martin Braga III	...	Additional Voices (voice) (as Louis Braga III)
Mary Elizabeth Clark	...	Additional Voices (voice)
Pete Docter	...	Additional Voices (voice)
Louis Gonzalez	...	Additional Voices (voice)
Elizabeth Greenberg	...	Additional Voices (voice)
Juliet Greenberg	...	Additional Voices (voice)
Billy Guardino	...	Additional Voices (voice)
Dennis 'D.J.' Jennings	...	Additional Voices (voice)
Ollie Johnston	...	Additional Voices (voice)
Brad Lewis	...	Additional Voices (voice)
Ted Mathot	...	Additional Voices (voice)
Jazzie Mahannah	...	Additional Voices (voice) (as Jazzy Mahannah)
Randy Nelson	...	Additional Voices (voice)
Bob Peterson	...	Additional Voices (voice)
Jeff Pidgeon	...	Additional Voices (voice)
Juliet Pokorny	...	Additional Voices (voice)
Joe Ranft	...	Additional Voices (voice)
Lori Richardson	...	Additional Voices (voice)
A.J. Riebli	...	Additional Voices (voice)
Katherine Ringgold	...	Additional Voices (voice)
Stephen Schaffer	...	Additional Voices (voice)
Bob Scott	...	Additional Voices (voice)
Peter Sohn	...	Additional Voices (voice)
Andrew Stanton	...	Additional Voices (voice)
Frank Thomas	...	Additional Voices (voice)
Pamela Gaye Walker	...	Additional Voices (voice)
Patrick Walker	...	Additional Voices (voice)
Deirdre Warin	...	Additional Voices (voice)
Philip Wong	...	Additional Voices (voice)

Directed by
Brad Bird

Writing credits
Brad Bird		(written by)

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		(director of photography)
Patrick Lin		(director of photography)
Janet Lucroy		(director of photography)

Film Editing by
Stephen Schaffer

Casting by
Matthew Jon Beck
Mary Hidalgo
Kevin Reher
Jen Rudin

Production Design by
Lou Romano

Art Direction by
Ralph Eggleston

Production Management
Katherine Sarafian	....	production manager

Art Department
Bert Berry	....	art department coordinator
Ted Blackman	....	visual designer
Mike Cachuela	....	storyboard artist
Scott Caple	....	environment designer
Anthony B. Christov	....	production artist (as Anthony Christov)
Ricardo F. Delgado	....	visual development
Mark Cordell Holmes	....	production artist
Bryn Imagire	....	art director: shading
Glenn Kim	....	production artist
Ellen Moon Lee	....	production artist
Albert Lozano	....	production artist
Ted Mathot	....	production artist
Kevin O'Brien	....	storyboard artist
Esther Pearl	....	art department manager
Don Shank	....	visual development
Peter Sohn	....	production artist
Doug Sweetland	....	storyboard artist
Gina Trbovich	....	art department manager (as Gina Trbovich-Malewicz)

Sound Department
David Acord	....	assistant supervising sound editor
Steven J. Berger	....	assistant sound
Vince Caro	....	adr recordist
Derek Casari	....	adr engineer
Kyrsten Mate Comoglio	....	sound effects editor (as Kyrsten Mate)
Teresa Eckton	....	sound effects editor (as Terry Eckton)
Sean England	....	digital archivist
Will Files	....	assistant sound designer
Sue Fox	....	foley editor
Jan Hessens	....	sound recordist
Ellen Heuer	....	foley artist
E.J. Holowicki	....	additional dialogue recordist
Doc Kane	....	adr mixer
Frank 'Pepe' Merel	....	foley mixer
Al Nelson	....	foley editor
Juan Peralta	....	sound mix technician
George Peterson Jr.	....	foley recordist
Charleen Richards	....	additional dialogue recordist
Mark Rinaldi	....	dialogue recording assistant
Gary Rizzo	....	sound re-recording mixer
Ronald G. Roumas	....	sound re-recordist
Jurgen Scharpf	....	sound mix technician
Dee Selby	....	assistant sound effects editor
Michael Silvers	....	supervising sound editor
Steve Slanec	....	adr editor
David Slusser	....	additional dialogue recordist
Randy Thom	....	sound designer
Randy Thom	....	supervising mixer
Dennie Thorpe	....	foley artist
Jana Vance	....	foley artist
John Countryman	....	digital sound transferer (uncredited)
Brian Magerkurth	....	sound re-recordist (uncredited)

Special Effects by
Courtney Booker	....	story animation and effects
Michel Gagné	....	special effects consultant
Sandra Ford Karpman	....	special effects supervisor

Visual Effects by
Jessica Abroms	....	technical director
Mari Aizawa	....	simulation coordinator
Benjamin Andersen	....	visual effects artist
Robert Anderson	....	lead layout artist
Carlos Baena	....	animator
Negin Bairami	....	digital painter
Negin Bairami	....	texture painter
James Bancroft	....	character set up
David Barksdale	....	technical director
Byron Bashforth	....	character shading artist
Dana Batali	....	lead RenderMan developer
David Batte	....	shading artist
Jennifer Becker	....	technical director: rendering
Chad Belteau	....	technical director
Lloyd Bernberg	....	lighting artist
Randy Berrett	....	digital painter
Tim Best	....	master lighting artist
Tim Best	....	sequence lighting lead
Jeremy Birn	....	lighting artist
Samuel Lord Black	....	rendering software engineer
Neil Blevins	....	digital effects artist
Geefwee Boedoe	....	visual development
Brian Boyd	....	master lighting artist
Gary Bruins	....	effects artist
Bruce D. Buckley	....	digital character sculptor
Stephan Vladimir Bugaj	....	technical director
Gordon D.B. Cameron	....	animation software development
Jay Carina	....	technical director
Per Christensen	....	renderman team
Brian Christian	....	modeling artist
Claudia Chung	....	technical director
Marc Cooper	....	technical director
Phaedra Craig	....	digital painter
Kate Cronin	....	render wrangler
Ray Davis	....	renderman team
Andrew Dayton	....	technical director
Simon Dunsdon	....	CG artist: pre-visualisation/layout
Kevin Edwards	....	lighting artist
Danielle Feinberg	....	lead lighting artist
Susan Fisher	....	rendering software engineer
Ziah Sarah Fogel	....	lighting artist
Julian Fong	....	RenderMan developer
Jamie Frye	....	digital painter
Nicole Paradis Grindle	....	simulation manager
Patrick Guenette	....	shading artist
Christina Haaser	....	technical director
Nigel Hardwidge	....	set sequence supervisor
Jamie Hecker	....	renderman team
Mark Thomas Henne	....	hair & cloth simulation supervisor
Yvonne Herbst	....	digital painter
Joshua Hollander	....	visual effects producer
Ian Hsieh	....	renderman team
Courtland Idstrom	....	technical director
Lucas Ives	....	modeling software engineer
Andrew Jimenez	....	digital artist
Jason Johnston	....	technical director
Ben Jordan	....	sequence shading lead
Thomas Jordan	....	technical director
Jeffrey Kember	....	technical director
Michael R. King	....	technical pre-production (as Mike King)
Stephen King	....	technical director
Keith Daniel Klohn	....	technical director
Mach Tony Kobayashi	....	visual effects
Mitch Kopelman	....	technical director
Todd Krish	....	technical director
Ken Lao	....	master lighting artist
Ken Lao	....	sequence lighting lead
David M. Laur	....	renderman team
William Austin Lee	....	character rigger (as Austin Lee)
Mark Leone	....	rendering software engineer
Holly Lloyd	....	digital artist
Michael Lorenzen	....	technical director
David MacCarthy	....	technical director
Dale McBeath	....	character animator
Daniel McCoy	....	illumination engineer
Meg McWhinney	....	shading artist
Kamal Mistry	....	character artist
Kamal Mistry	....	visual effects artist
Amy Moran	....	technical director
David Munier	....	character shading lead
David Richard Nelson	....	character technical director
Ernesto Nemesio	....	digital painter
George Nguyen	....	technical director
Martin Nguyen	....	digital effects artist
Doug Nichols	....	lighting and effects manager
Mirjana Nikolic	....	technical director
Gregg Olsson	....	layout artist
John Paine	....	digital character sculptor (as Jonathan Paine)
Jack Paulus	....	technical director
Katrin Petersen	....	renderman team
Lena Petrovic	....	technical director
Jonathan Pytko	....	lighting artist
Laura Leganza Reynolds	....	character manager
Laura Leganza Reynolds	....	rendering and technical development manager
Jacob Richards	....	technical pre-production
Chris Rock	....	technical director
Christopher Sanchez	....	digital effects artist
Mark Sanford	....	additional set dressing
Mark Sanford	....	layout artist
Brian K. Saunders	....	renderman team
Rick Sayre	....	supervising technical director
Ferdi Scheepers	....	digital effects artist
Don Schreiter	....	rendering supervisor
Jonathan Ward Shade	....	renderman team
Yun Shin	....	layout artist
Dylan Sisson	....	renderman team
Suzanne Slatcher	....	digital artist
Arun Somasundarum	....	technical director
David Sotnick	....	senior systems administrator
Michael L. Stein	....	simulation lead
Ian Steplowski	....	technical director
Keith Stichweh	....	technical director
Dan Sukiennik	....	technical director: modeler
Ken Sullivan	....	lighting artist
Kenneth Sullivan	....	lighting artist
Erdem Taylan	....	effects artist
Thomas Lance Thornton	....	technical director
Erin Tomson	....	technical director
Paul Topolos	....	matte painter
Belinda van Valkenburg	....	CG painter
Jeremy Vickery	....	digital artist
Kiril Vidimce	....	rendering software engineer
John Warren	....	lead lighting artist
Matthew Webb	....	technical director
Andy Whittock	....	digital effects artist
Raymond Wong	....	technical director
Raymond Wong	....	visual effects: second unit
Sylvia Wong	....	layout artist
Wayne Wooten	....	rendering software engineer

Camera and Electrical Department
Shawn Brennan	....	senior camera operator
Sungyeon Joh	....	lighting technician

Animation Department
Cortney Armitage	....	layout artist
Alan Barillaro	....	supervising animator
Andrew Beall	....	fix animator
Bobby Beck	....	animator
Michael Berenstein	....	animator
Rodrigo Blaas	....	animator
Bolhem Bouchiba	....	animator
Maxwell Brace IV	....	story artist (as Max Brace)
Dylan Brown	....	animator
Adam Burke	....	animator
Daniel Campbell	....	animation and layout technical support
Scott Clark	....	animator
Brett Coderre	....	animator
Tim Crawfurd	....	animator
Ricardo Curtis	....	story artist
David DeVan	....	animator
Chris DiGiovanni	....	animation manager
Doug Dooley	....	animator
Greg Dykstra	....	character sculptor
Arik Ehle	....	fix animator
Ike Feldman	....	animator
Doug Frankel	....	animator
Tony Fucile	....	character designer
Tony Fucile	....	supervising animator
Andrew Gordon	....	animator
Stephen Gregory	....	animator
Travis Hathaway	....	animator
Kearsley Higgins	....	animation technical coordinator
Timothy Hittle	....	animator
Daniel Holland	....	animator
Mark Cordell Holmes	....	production artist
Steven Clay Hunter	....	additional character design
Steven Clay Hunter	....	supervising animator
Patrick James	....	additional layout artist
Ewan Johnson	....	layout artist
Sungyeon Joh	....	layout artist
John Kahrs	....	animation character developer
John Kahrs	....	animator
Liz Kapinski	....	additional layout artist (as Liz Kupinski Carter)
Nancy Kato	....	animator
Karen Kiser	....	animator
Shawn Krause	....	animator
Wendell Lee	....	animator
William Austin Lee	....	additional animator (as Austin Lee)
Albert Lozano	....	additional character design
Angus MacLane	....	animation character developer
Angus MacLane	....	animator
Matt Majers	....	animator
Michal Makarewicz	....	animator
Daniel Mason	....	animator
Ted Mathot	....	production artist
Ted Mathot	....	story artist
Dale McBeath	....	animator
Amy McNamara	....	animator
Jon Mead	....	animator
Kent Melton	....	character sculptor
Paul Mendoza	....	animator
Billy Merritt	....	animator
Cameron Miyasaki	....	animator
Dave Mullins	....	animation character developer
Dave Mullins	....	animator
James Ford Murphy	....	animator
Victor Navone	....	animator
Teddy Newton	....	character designer
Dan Nguyen	....	animator
Alex Orrelle	....	animator
Bret 'Brook' Parker	....	animator (as as Bret Parker)
Michael Parks	....	animator
Sanjay Patel	....	animator
Sanjay Patel	....	story artist
Bobby Podesta	....	animator
Brett Pulliam	....	animator
Rich Quade	....	animator
Kathleen Relyea	....	animation department coordinator
Robert H. Russ	....	animation character developer
Robert H. Russ	....	animator
Gini Cruz Santos	....	animator
Gabriel Schlumberger	....	additional layout artist
Andy Schmidt	....	animator (as Andrew L. Schmidt)
Bob Scott	....	animator
Bob Scott	....	story artist
Doug Sheppeck	....	animator
David Earl Smith	....	animator
Peter Sohn	....	animator
Peter Sohn	....	story artist
Patty Kihm Stevenson	....	animator
Ross Stevenson	....	animator
Michael Stocker	....	animator
Doug Sweetland	....	animator
J. Warren Trezevant	....	animator
Michael Venturini	....	animator
Mark A. Walsh	....	animator
Derek Williams	....	layout artist
Michael Wu	....	animator
Kureha Yokoo	....	animator
Ron Zorman	....	animator

Editorial Department
Terry Claborn	....	color timer
Robert Grahamjones	....	second film editor
Anthony Greenberg	....	second assistant editor (as Anthony J. Greenberg)
John Hazelton	....	projection
Jason Hudak	....	second assistant editor
Bill Kinder	....	director of editorial and post-production
David Lortsher	....	digital color grading
Juliet Pokorny	....	editorial manager
Renee Steen	....	second assistant editor
Mark Yeager	....	first assistant editor
Glenn Kasprzycki	....	editorial services team (uncredited)
Jamie Mitchell	....	video post-production editor (uncredited)

Music Department
Bryan Clements	....	scoring crew
Adam Cohen	....	additional orchestrator
Stephen M. Davis	....	music editor
Mark Eshelman	....	scoring crew
Matthew Ferraro	....	co-orchestrator
Jack Hayes	....	additional orchestrator
Alex Levy	....	assistant music editor
Greg Loskorn	....	scoring technician
Tom MacDougall	....	music production supervisor
Adam Michalak	....	score recordist
Lydia Paweski	....	music production assistant
Chad Seiter	....	score assistant
Tim Simonec	....	conductor
Tim Simonec	....	orchestrator
Chris Tilton	....	orchestrator
Dan Wallin	....	music scoring mixer
Booker White	....	music preparation
Jason Arnold	....	music editor (uncredited)
Tom Hardisty	....	music mix assistant (uncredited)

Other crew
Renee Adams	....	project manager
Kirsten Ames Staubli	....	assistant production accountant
Brad Andalman	....	software lead
John R. Anderson	....	software engineering
Mark Andrews	....	head of story
Josh Anon	....	software engineering
Jim Atkinson	....	software lead
Sanjay Bakshi	....	software engineering
David Baraff	....	software engineering
Zachariah Baum	....	software engineering
Jennifer Becker	....	systems administrator
Gabriel Benveniste	....	systems administrator
Bryan Bird	....	systems administrator
Samuel Lord Black	....	software engineering
Malcolm Blanchard	....	software engineering
Colin Bohrer	....	development
Brian Boyd	....	additional modeler
Stephan Vladimir Bugaj	....	technical development
Gordon D.B. Cameron	....	software engineering
Loren Carpenter	....	software engineering
Michael Chann	....	software engineering
Christopher Colby	....	software engineering
Bena Currin	....	software engineering
Lars R. Damerow	....	systems administrator
James G. Dashe	....	systems administrator
Marco da Silva	....	software engineering
Gareth Davis	....	software lead
Pete Demoreuille	....	software engineering
Tony DeRose	....	software lead
Ross Dickinson	....	systems administrator
David DiFrancesco	....	color scientist
Brendan Donohoe	....	software engineering
Max Drukman	....	software engineering
Tom Duff	....	software engineering
Kurt Fleischer	....	software engineering
Erik Forman	....	information systems manager
Grant Gatzke	....	media systems engineer
Pascal Grapard	....	assistant to vice president of production
F. Sebastian Grassia	....	software engineering
John V. Graziano	....	software engineer (as John Graziano)
Eric Gregory	....	software lead
Susan Boylan Griffin	....	technical documentation
Thomas Hahn	....	software lead
Bethany Jane Hanson	....	systems administrator (as Bethany LaRoy Hanson)
Mark Harrison	....	software engineering
Ralph Hill	....	software engineering
Jerremy Holland	....	software lead
Bahram Hooshmand	....	production coordinator
Ling Hsu	....	systems administrator
Jason 'Jayfish' Hull	....	systems administrator
Jessica Hutchison	....	production coordinator
Jose Ignacio	....	systems administrator
Lucas Ives	....	software engineering
Oren Jacob	....	software engineering
Rob Jensen	....	software engineering
Michael B. Johnson	....	software lead
Ben Jordan	....	simulation developer
Michael Kass	....	software engineering
Michael Kilgore	....	simulation developer
Jae Hong Kim	....	technical director
Chris King	....	software engineering
Kristifir Klein	....	hair and cloth artist
Kristifir Klein	....	sequence modeling lead
Cory Knox	....	systems administrator
Sabine Magdelena Koch	....	story coordinator
Manuel Kraemer	....	technical development
Chris Lasell	....	systems administrator
Eric Lebel	....	software engineering
Camille Leganza	....	script supervisor
Mark Leone	....	software engineering
Brett Levin	....	software engineering
Matthew Lindahl	....	systems administrator
Tom Lokovic	....	software engineering
Mark Meyer	....	software engineering
Josh Minor	....	software engineering team leader
Josh Minor	....	software lead
Alex Mohr	....	software engineering
Gary Monheit	....	software engineering
BoB 'Naked BoB' Morgan	....	systems administrator
Terry Lee Moseley	....	systems administrator
Kiel Murray	....	development
Peter Nye	....	software engineering
Michael O'Brien	....	software engineering
Adrian Ochoa	....	additional production support
Keith Olenick	....	software engineering
Sheri Patterson	....	production coordinator
Esther Pearl	....	story manager
Fabio Pellacini	....	software engineering
Mitch Prater	....	software engineering
Josh Qualtieri	....	technical director
Guido Quaroni	....	software lead
Sudeep Rangaswamy	....	software engineering
Arun Rao	....	software engineering
Martin Reddy	....	software lead
Lori Richardson	....	assistant to producers
Eric Rosales	....	rendering coordinator
Brian M. Rosen	....	software engineering
David Ryu	....	software engineering
Rudrajit Samanta	....	software engineering
Babak Sanii	....	color science engineer: lead R&D engineer
Ferdi Scheepers	....	technical development
Chris Schoeneman	....	software engineering
Michael Shantzis	....	software engineering
Sarah Shen	....	software engineering
Nelson Siu	....	unix systems administrator
Brian Smits	....	software lead
Heidi Stettner	....	software engineering
Paul Strauss	....	software engineering
Elle Yoko Suzuki	....	systems administrator
Robert Taylor	....	director of production finance
Andy Thomas	....	systems administrator
Michael Todd	....	technical director
Jason Topolski	....	audio visual engineer (as Jason 'JTOP' Topolski)
Mark T. VandeWettering	....	technical development
Dirk Van Gelder	....	software engineering
Kiril Vidimce	....	software engineering
Christopher C. Walker	....	technical lead
Karon Weber	....	software lead
Jay Weiland	....	systems administrator
Brad West	....	software engineering
Ian Westcott	....	systems administrator
Andy Witkin	....	software lead
Audrey Wong	....	software engineering
Adam Woodbury	....	software engineering
Jane Yen	....	software engineering
David Yu	....	software engineering
Rebecca Edelson	....	script clearance administrator (uncredited)
Mike Lane	....	client services (uncredited)

Thanks
Ollie Johnston	....	special thanks
Meagan Miller	....	special thanks

Production Companies

• Walt Disney Pictures
• Pixar Animation Studios

Distributors

• Buena Vista Pictures (2004) (USA) (theatrical)
• Buena Vista International Finland (2004) (Finland) (theatrical)
• Buena Vista International Italia (2004) (Italy) (theatrical)
• Buena Vista International (2004) (Argentina) (theatrical)
• Buena Vista International (2004) (Switzerland) (theatrical)
• Buena Vista International (2004) (Germany) (theatrical)
• Buena Vista International (2004) (France) (theatrical)
• Buena Vista International (2004) (UK) (theatrical)
• Buena Vista International (2004) (Japan) (theatrical)
• Buena Vista International (2004) (Netherlands) (theatrical)
• Buena Vista International (2004) (Singapore) (theatrical)
• Columbia Pictures (2004) (Philippines) (theatrical)
• Falcon (2004) (Czech Republic) (theatrical)
• Buena Vista Home Entertainment (BVHE) (2005) (Germany) (DVD)
• Buena Vista Home Entertainment (2005) (UK) (DVD)
• Buena Vista Home Entertainment (2005) (Netherlands) (DVD)
• Buena Vista Home Entertainment (2005) (Ireland) (DVD)
• Gativideo (2005) (Argentina) (DVD)
• Gativideo (2005) (Argentina) (VHS)
• National Broadcasting Company (NBC) (2007) (USA) (TV) (broadcast premiere)
• RTL (2009) (Germany) (TV)
• Walt Disney Home Entertainment (2005) (USA) (DVD)

Other Companies

• Absolute Rentals  post-production rentals
• Buena Vista Negative Cutting  negative cutting
• Dolby Laboratories  sound post-production
• FFS Film & Fernseh-Synchron GmbH  german dubbing
• Marshall/Plumb Research Associates  script research
• Signet Soundelux Studios  music recorded and mixed at (as Signet Sound Studios)
• Skywalker Sound  post-production sound services
• Sonoton Musik-Verlag  music
• Sony Pictures Studios  music recorded and mixed at
• Walt Disney Records  soundtrack published by

Also Known As:

The Fantastics (USA) (working title)
The Invincibles (USA) (working title)
Untitled Brad Bird Pixar Project (USA) (working title)

MPAA:

Rated PG for action violence.

Runtime:

115 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English | Spanish | French

Colour:

Colour

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

DTS-ES | Dolby Digital EX | SDDS

Certification:

Thailand:G | India:U | Malaysia:U | Iceland:L | France:U | South Africa:PG | Sweden:7 | Argentina:Atp | Australia:PG | Brazil:Livre | Canada:G (Alberta/British Columbia/Manitoba/Québec) | Canada:PG (Nova Scotia/Ontario) | Chile:TE | Finland:K-7 | Germany:6 | Hong Kong:I | Ireland:PG | Japan:U | Netherlands:MG6 | New Zealand:PG | Peru:PT | Philippines:G | Portugal:M/6 | Singapore:PG | South Korea:All | Spain:T | Switzerland:10 (canton of Zurich) | Switzerland:7 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:7 (canton of Vaud) | Taiwan:GP | UK:U | USA:PG | Norway:7 | Greece:K

Company:

Walt Disney Pictures

Trivia:

In the scene where Edna talks to Helen on the phone, a closer look at the fish in Edna's tank shows them to be clown fish, the same type of fish which appeared in Pixar's previous feature, Finding Nemo (2003).

Goofs:

Continuity: After Helen catches Bob coming home late from the fire and jewelry store incident, there is a figurine laying on the ground next to the blocks beside Helen's chair. The figurine disappears in the next shot.

Quotes:

[first lines]
Mr. Incredible: Is this on? I mean, can break through walls, I just can't... can't get this on...

Movie Connections:

References Goldfinger (1964)

Dahling, dahling, dahling.... this movie is incredible

I hope that this movie does really well because this has to be one of the best animated movies I have ever seen. The story is really cool and it's obvious that there is a lot of respect here for the source of superheroes, whether it be comic books, serial flicks or Saturday morning cartoons.

The movie has an undeniably cool retro feel to it and it shows not only in the design of the picture but also in the music, which definitely sounds like something out of a 60's 007 flick. It is also unusually dark, especially for a Pixar flick. I'm not saying it's dark where people are getting their heads delivered to someone in a box or family members are sleeping with each other or anything like that but there were moments where I found myself wondering if a little kid might be able to deal with the intensity of what was going on on screen. Maybe it was the fact that the heroes were in very real danger most of the time. The bad guys weren't out to catch them as much as they were out to kill them. When you discover who the film's villain is, you can literally feel his anger coming off the screen. I may be over-exaggerating a bit but then again, it really is to the film's credit that it deals with human emotions in the way that it does.

Even though you are watching a film that is populated by CGI characters, the emotions they convey in what they say and do come across as purely believable. Whether watching Bob Parr interact with people at his job or just sitting at his desk was something that rang true to me, just in the feeling of it. Everything about this movie has a very concrete feel to it, even while looking like something you'd see in a comic book. The computer graphics in general were absolutely amazing and the voice acting is excellent across the board, so good in fact, that I really can't pick a favorite from the entire cast. I have to say that Craig T. Nelson and Holly Hunter were very good as Mr. Incredible and Elastigirl respectively. They had a moment near the end of the film that actually touched me but you can see that for yourselves. Samuel L. Jackson was hilarious and thankfully, he wasn't overused. Dash and Violet were realized so well that every time they came up on screen, I loved every minute of it. Dash, in particular was one of the funniest characters in the movie. Jason Lee made for a formidable villain as Syndrome. I loved the fact that he was your typical antagonist but was also aware of the conventions surrounding such a role, like when he chides himself for 'monologuing'. He was also one ruthless bastard, I'll give him that. Even the bit part characters were hilarious. There was a kid on a tricycle in this movie who comes out twice and made me laugh out loud both times.

In fact, this movie reminds me of why I like Finding Nemo over Monsters, Inc. In Finding Nemo, not only are the main characters great but every other character they run into makes some kind of impression on you. Remember all the characters that Marlin and Dory ran into on their adventures together? Of course you do. Whether it was that crazy pelican with the Australian accent, Willem Dafoe as Gill, leader of the fishtank crew, or Bruce the Shark, you remember them after all is said and done and it makes the viewing experience that much richer. That's exactly how The Incredibles is. Every character that appears will make you laugh or intrigue you in some way. I have to admit that I was laughing myself throughout the entire movie, especially with the character of Edna Mode who almost steals the movie. Man, even the end credits are awesome! I have to give the director Brad Bird a big thumbs up for this one. He pulled it off and hopefully this will attract attention to his other animated film, "The Iron Giant", which was sadly overlooked when it was released and is also a really great film.

All in all, I can't recommend this movie enough. I left very satisfied and felt no need to compare this to the rest of Pixar's movies. This one is just as good if not better than any other animated movie released this year and rightfully deserves its place among the best animated movies of all time.

RATING: ***** out of *****.