The Simpsons Movie (DVD)

(Also appears at ShaunMunro.co.uk) Director: David Silverman Cast: Hank Azaria, Nancy Cartwright, Dan Castellaneta, Julie Kavner, Harry Shearer, Yeardley Smith Release Date: July 25th, 2007 (UK), July 27th, 2007 (US) Certificate: PG-13 (US), PG (UK) Upon hearing that a film based on The Simpsons was in production, I really was curious as to whether, after 18 years and 400 episodes under their aging belts, the brilliant minds behind the Simpsons had the bottle to knock out a film that retained the hilarity of the earlier seasons (as the last five years of the show have been a notable decline), whilst also adhering to that unbeatable ...  Read the complete review

Okay, so we all know who The Simpsons are. Even if you're not an avid viewer, you'll have been subjected to it at one point or another through various repeats, giggling nephews, or that terrible song they had out at the peak of their success. With various spin off DVD's and games under its belt, the big screen debut of America's most dysfunctional family is probably long overdue. Hot on the heals of Al Gore's campaign against global destruction, the story is scaled down for this often funny, but sometimes limp adventure. Lisa Simpson kickstarts a campaign in Springfield to protect the environment, engaging all the usual suspects to fight to save the lake. ...  Read the complete review

It’s Sunday and most of Springfield’s residents are at church, the minister is giving his sermon when all of a sudden grandpa starts writhing around, speaking in tongues, apparently possessed by some higher being. He warns of an apocalypse in Springfield’s near future and gives everything some signs to look for. Meanwhile Lisa, with a renewed passion in environmental issues, demands that the community forges together to clean up the local lake which has fallen into disrepair. Whilst sitting in Krusty’s, Homer notices a pig that Krusty is using to advertise his new food line. He is instantly enthralled by the little pig and saves him from being slaughtered, however he ...  Read the complete review

It’s been a long wait for the Simpson’s Movie. Ever since the show became mega-successful in the 90s, it’s been much mooted. Now the wait is over! After such a long wait, it’s slightly disappointing to report that it is probably one of those films that will divide people. Hard-core fans of the TV show will probably be delighted and frustrated by it in equal measure. Casual fans will find plenty to amuse, but find it much over-hyped. People who have never watched the cartoon will probably wonder what all the fuss is about and perhaps even be a little confused by it. You see, the film does assume that you have watched the show, at least on a ...  Read the complete review

My partner and I went to the cinema intending to see Harry Potter and the Order of the phoenix, but when we got there, it was unfortunately sold out. So instead of wasting a journey, we decided that we would go to see The Simpsons Movie instead, as we are both fans of the Simpsons TV Show, we thought this would be a film we would both enjoy. The basic storyline of the movie is that Homer does something bad, nothing unusual there then, which has bad consequences for Springfield and all of its inhabitants. Homer then has to try and save Springfield whilst trying to win bck his wife and family at the same time. Sounds like any normal day in the life of the ...  Read the complete review