| THE SIMPSONS MOVIE |
 2007 - USADirector: David Silverman
- Reviewed by Linda
When I proposed to my pal that we spontaneously hop in the car and see The Simpsons Movie on Saturday night, I proclaimed, "I don't know about you, but I have an inkling to see a BIG, YELLOW MOVIE!" And yellow it is. The world of Springfield (which, we finally learn, lies in a state bordered by Maine, Nevada, Ohio, and Kentucky!) still so simply drawn (yes, hand-drawn) is unchanged: from Marge's towering blue hair, to the yellow corncobs on the kitchen curtains. And luckily, the humor of the long-running show is sharply intact as well. I haven't watched the show in many years, and some say the quality of laffs has been wobbly the last few seasons. But I'd guess the writers (and there are a basketful of them) knew full well they'd have tomatoes hurled in their general direction if they didn't give it their all. The verdict? For me, The Simpsons Movie is this year's only summer comedy that had me chuckling literally from the opening credits to the final screen. If you demand a story synopsis, here goes.... Lake Springfield has become a festering reservoir of sewage from the town residents using it as their community dump. A toothy, multi-eyed squirrel and a not-so-well-received door-to-door environmental canvassing by Lisa Simpson later, the town finally decides to clean up their act. However, it just takes the promise of a free donut for Homer to screw up everything. Since the delight of any Simpsons story lies in the random tangents and the biting jokes, I don't want to give any more away. Lets just say that The Simpsons has always been so brilliantly funny at not only poking fun at America and its government, but also affectionately and ultimately trumpeting the values of the good ol' U-S-of-A through the vacant eyes of one of its dumbest, yet most well-meaning citizens, Homer Simpson. Fans of the show will not be disappointed in this feature-film venture. It may not stand out as a specifically cinematic masterpiece, but it will take a special place in the two-decade-old Simpsons pantheon as a classic three-part episode (if there ever were one). When all is said and done, Simpsons' family values, in their own twisted way, never fail to triumph in the end. |
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There is nothing ground-breaking about the cinematic debut of the stupendously long-running beloved TV show The Simpsons. The movie doesn't really push the envelope, going where the show has, heretofore, been unable to go. Some jokes are maybe a teensy bit more risqué—and you do get to see Bart's "doodle" in a streaking-on-a-skateboard scene. But, all-in-all, The Simpsons manages to jump to the big screen effortlessly—comfy and super-sized like a triple-threat episode... big belly-laughs intact.
