There’s so much about this movie that I love, but most of all its focus on a husband and wife who, yeah, do have some problems, but who help each other get past them. Bob and Helen Parr are both great superheroes, and they need each other (with a little help from their friends) to see that.
Rating: ★★★★½ (with a ♥)
I have a lot of trepidation about the sequel coming later this year. It’s hard to follow up adequately (and a decade-and-a-half later) to something so good on its own.
Definitely one of my desert island flicks.
A ★★★★½ review of The Incredibles (2004)
A fine family movie (about a family!) to watch on a wedding anniversary, and one that’s definitely on my desert island list. What I appreciate more and more each time is how Bob and Helen do (and don’t) work together as a couple, how both of them get opportunities to shine, to be right, to be wrong. This is not a film about a guy whose shrewish wife is holding him back. It’s not a film about a woman who struggles to keep her family together in th…
Looking forward to the (long awaited) sequel!