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Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1 Audience Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested) Binding: DVD Brand: TWENTIETH CENTURY FOX HOME ENT EAN: 0024543484387 Format: AC-3, Animated, Color, Dolby, DTS Surround Sound, Dubbed, DVD-Video, Subtitled, NTSC Label: 20th Century Fox Manufacturer: 20th Century Fox Number Of Items: 1 Publisher: 20th Century Fox Region Code: 1 Release Date: December 18, 2007 Running Time: 87 minutes Sales Rank: 3040 Studio: 20th Century Fox Theatrical Release Date: July 27, 2007
Product Description: Homer accidentally causes an environmental catastrophe which could doom Springfield forever. Homer now must save the city and rescue his family. Springfield's usual characters and new favorites all turn up in the first ever movie length version of the hit TV show 18 years in the making.System Requirements:Run time: 87 MinutesFormat: DVD MOVIE Genre: COMEDY/TEEN Rating: PG-13 UPC: 024543484387 Manufacturer No: 2248438
Amazon.com: The Simpsons had already ruled TV land for many years by the time they finally attempted to conquer the movie world as well. It was never any big secret that a Simpsons movie was in the works: Fox registered the domain name "Simpsonsmovie.com" in 1997, a full nine years before the film was finally greenlighted. When creator/producer Matt Groening’s creation finally made it to the big screen in 2007, it only turned out to be the biggest hit of the summer, raking in over $100 million gross in box-office receipts in its first week, before heading on to do over $500 million worldwide, proving that the best joke in the movie was actually played on the audience: "Why pay for something when you can see it for free?" asks Homer at the movie’s start. Naturally, all the trouble starts with him. When he adopts a pig ("Sir Oinks-A-Lot") destined for Krusty’s slaughterhouse, it triggers an environmental catastrophe, forcing the government to seal Springfield into a dome and destroy the city. While the family manages to escape and flee to Alaska, they eventually decide to return and help save the city in more-or-less classic Simpson fashion. As Homer’s joke about the audience shows, Groening and producer Al Jean are keenly aware that their franchise is first and foremost a TV show. Maybe a little too aware, as the movie fails to ever rise above anything more than an extended episode, and not even one of its best episodes at that. True, there are plenty of good jokes; the animation has been kicked up a notch to be particularly sharp and detailed; and there are some truly memorable moments such as Bart’s nude skateboard ride and the "Spider-Pig" song. But when the film finally materialized, the payoff for long years of anticipation turned out to be small as the movie failed to live up to its potential; it’s amusing but not truly funny. The Simpsons Movie leaves the impression that maybe the show’s writers and producers had already spent their best ideas on the best years of the TV show. Had it been made years earlier… well, we can only wonder what could have been. --Daniel Vancini
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Customer Reviews
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Rating: - Worth a Second Look
I saw this movie in the summer of 2007 when it first came out. Like many, I found it amusing but because of the anticipation and the hype it seemed a little flat. Recently, I acquired a copy of the DVD and my impression changed dramatically when seeing it again, at home. This is a great movie.
The Simpsons TV show has always satirized the heartwarming family saga that is the mainstay of American television while paradoxically being the best heartwarming American family saga on TV. ... Read More
Rating: - Just not perfect...
The Simpson's Movie
Any who has watched the long-standing television show are in for a real treat. Finally, The Simpson's have a movie made about them. This is a great movie too. All the great comedy of the television show is slam packed into this great movie.
Much like many of the Simpson's shows, the story is slowly crept into. You think the plot will be about other things until you finally realize what the show is about. What this one comes down to is Homer Simpson throwing ... Read More
Rating: - Meet the Simpsons.
When I first heard this film was in production the first thoughts that came to mind were bomb. After all, the Simpsons has been on television for almost twenty years and in all that time there wasn't even so much as a whisper suggesting a box-office production. So in 2007 when the announcement was made that the Simpsons would finally make an appearance on the big screen, what else could one assume? I'm glad to say that my first impression was wrong. The movie begins, where else? Springfield! The ... Read More
Rating: - oh my gosssssssssssssssssssssssshhhhhhhhhhhh...................i have this
my brother has just bought me the simpsons' movie last year i think last year! i never thought the simpsons' would have made it into the big screen! so cheers for the simpsons.
Rating: - 90-minute Simpsons episode
What to say, what to say... Basically, it's a 90-minute Simpsons episode. And it's done exactly the way a movie of a TV show should be done: take everything that's good about the show and make it more. There's no attempt to change it into something it's not, and no additions to try to grab a new audience. It stays true to its TV roots and audience.
The Simpsons Movie is just plain fun. And basically, if you like the show, you'll like the movie. If you don't, you won't.