The Simpsons Movie

Pros: Tom Hanks, a few funny moments
Cons: Too many serious ones, including the performance of Albert Brooks

Some time in the course of the last few years, Homer Simpson went from being a comically clueless man to simply being stupid. It's not Homer's fault. For two decades, he and his family have been a part of the small screen, beginning in short animated ...

Pros: Non-stop hilarity from beginning to end and even a sentimentality thrown in
Cons: None

All too often, a movie based on a successful television series doesn't live up to expectations. Think "Mission Impossible", "The X-Files", and "Bewitched." I wasn't really too worried that this would happen to one of the most successful franchises in ...

Pros: Lots of typical Simpsons Humor
Cons: Its tough to get new material for a show thats been on so long.

At first, I wasn't sure what I thought of a Simpsons movie coming out, the first trailers didn't seem too entertaining. Then I saw the trailer showing Homer with his new pet pig happily singing Spider pig, spider pig, does whatever a spider pig does, ...

Pros: topical, inventive, makes fun of the idea of making movies out of TV cartoons
Cons: not as funny as the first few seasons, left with little to develop

There's a great scene, early in this film, when Homer Simpson questions the intelligence of anybody who would pay to see a movie when they could watch it on TV for free. It's one of the smartest things Homer Simpson has ever said. The problem in making ...

Pros: Focused on Homer, Marge and family; clear plot, incredibly funny moments...
Cons: The fat could have been trimmed a bit.

I'm not a huge "Simpsons" fan. I don't think I've seen a full episode on television in three or four years, I don't own any of the seasons on DVD, and I'm not one of those complainers that say the heyday of the Simpsons was "Season 4, and since then ...

Pros: hilarious, thought-provoking, lots of Flanders and Spider-Pig
Cons: a bit of off-color humor

Back when The Simpsons began airing on Fox, I was a tot in early elementary school, and while my friends quoted the show and talked of its greatness, I scoffed, sanctimoniously declaring that I would never watch something so tasteless. I ...

Pros: 87 minutes of pure Simpsons, laugh-out-loud moments, a few cool animated scenes
Cons: you can wait until it's on DVD/TV

My husband and I have been Simpsons fans since its inception when it aired during The Tracy Ullman Show back in the day. No, we can’t quote every episode, but we do have our favorites and have probably seen most episodes at least twice. ...

Pros: Funny, original plot, there's a moral
Cons: Not long enough

So I sort of forced my wife into going to see The Simpsons Movie with me. I’m personally in love with the show - it’s arrogant, it’s rude, it’s stupid, and it’s funny. I thought those four characteristics would be relayed in the movie as well - and they ...

Pros: It starts off well...
Cons: ...then loses momentum!

I am a big Simpsons fan. Not a huge Simpsons fan but I am a big fan. Out of the hundreds of episodes that have been shown on free-to-air TV, I have probably had the pleasure of seeing about 85-90% of the episodes and have enjoyed 90% of those episodes ...

Pros: funny
Cons: not too original

The movie starts off with a particularly hilarious Itchy & Scratchy bit and it turns out that the Simpson family is watching I&S on the big screen. Homer says something like, "Why would you pay to see something you can watch at home for free on TV? All ...

Pros: Extremely funny, well scripted
Cons: Way too short

Since the Simpsons are my favorite animated show of all time I had been anticipating this movie for a long time. Ever since the idea of a film showed up around fourteen years ago this film has been in production. Then yesterday hit and the Simpsons were ...

Pros: Great script, constantly funny, good characterization, and decent animation
Cons: I want to see it again right away!

I'm one of those Simpsons purists who believes that new episodes of the show are not capable of being even half as funny as it was back in the day of seasons 3-6, when The Simpsons was quite possibly the best television program of all time. For ...

Pros: Some good lines. You get to see every Simpson's character.
Cons: Not enough big laughs to sustain the movie, not as good as some TV episodes.

That's a good question (my title, that is). But the wife and I (and one of the daughters in "dad-daughters") did. Am I glad I did? Sort of. At the opening, Homer turns to the audience and asks that very question, then tells us we are all suckers. I ...

Pros: Brilliant gags, true to the spirit of the series
Cons: Fat Tony and his gang (sorry, bad joke)

Simpsons fans, it doesn’t get any better than this. Yes, it took 18 years to finally get the dysfunctional clan on the big screen, but overall it was well worth the wait. I know from reading many of the Internet posting boards that some viewers are ...

Pros: 75% funny.
Cons: 25% not.

Is The Simpsons Movie better reviewed by a series fan, a non-fan, or a non-TV-viewer? Your humble (very humble, indeed. And modest) reviewer is personally of the latter-latter category, so he'll pretend that such a film is best witnessed by a very ...