2004 · animation · action · family
The Incredibles
Directed by Brad Bird1h 55m2004
Bob Parr has given up his superhero days to log in time as an insurance adjuster and raise his three children with his formerly heroic wife in suburbia. But when he receives a mysterious assignment, it's time to get back into costume.
Our read: The Incredibles (2004) reads as a cosy, breathless, grounded animation · action · family entry — gentle in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, tender in temperature, redemptive in outlook.
Cosy, breathless, gentle animation / action, grounded in texture. Redemptive, mid-stakes, tender.
- cosy
- kinetic
- redemptive
- tender
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How The Incredibles feels to watch.
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“You want a clever funny superhero family story with sharp writing and great action.”
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