{"id":136085,"date":"2018-04-09T08:38:02","date_gmt":"2018-04-09T14:38:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/?p=136085"},"modified":"2018-04-12T07:18:13","modified_gmt":"2018-04-12T13:18:13","slug":"movie-re-review-the-incredibles-2004","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2018\/04\/09\/movie-re-review-the-incredibles-2004.html","title":{"rendered":"Movie Re-Review: “The Incredibles” (2004)"},"content":{"rendered":"

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<\/i> 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.<\/p>\n

Full review<\/a><\/p>\n

Rating: \u2605\u2605\u2605\u2605\u00bd (with a \u2665)<\/p>\n

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.<\/p>\n

Definitely one of my desert island flicks.<\/p>\n


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\nA \u2605\u2605\u2605\u2605\u00bd review of The Incredibles (2004)<\/a><\/span>
\nA 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…<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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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. 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