The Incredibles is a 2004 computer-animated feature film produced by Pixar Animation Studios and distributed by Walt Disney Pictures, centering on a family of superheroes.
It was written and directed by Brad Bird, a former director and executive consultant of The Simpsons and the screenwriter/director of the critically-acclaimed 1999 animated movie The Iron Giant. The Incredibles was originally developed as a traditionally-animated film for Warner Bros., but after the studio shut down its division for fully animated theatrical features, Bird took the story with him to Pixar, where he reunited with John Lasseter. The two had been close friends since their days at CalArts.
Plot: Mr. Incredible is a superhero; or he used to be, until a surge of lawsuits against superheroes submitted by the people they’ve saved forced the government to hide them in witness protection programs so they could lead normal, anonymous lives. Now known exclusively by his secret identity, Bob Parr, he lives with his wife Helen, formerly Elastigirl, and their three children Violet, Dash, and Jack Jack. He works as an insurance claims specialist, and he’s fed up with his pushy boss and his immoral profession, but his wife’s worked too hard to build a normal life for her family to abide his nostalgia for heroism. When Mr. Incredible’s offered the chance to play the role of hero again by a mysterious informant, he jumps at the opportunity, but when it turns out to be a trap set by an old nemesis he had a hand in corrupting, the whole family must reveal themselves to save Mr. Incredible and countless innocents.
Top ten lists
The film appeared on many critics’ top ten lists of the best films of 2004.
* 1st – Joe Morgenstern, The Wall Street Journal
* 2nd – Chris Kaltenbach, Baltimore Sun
* 2nd – Kenneth Turan, Los Angeles Times
* 2nd – Ken Tucker, New York Magazine
* 2nd – Desson Thomson, Washington Post
* 3rd – Lisa Schwarzbaum, Entertainment Weekly
* 3rd – Owen Gleiberman, Entertainment Weekly
* 3rd – All critics, Film Threat
* 3rd – Jack Mathews, New York Daily News
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