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| Craig T. Nelson | ... | Bob Parr / Mr. Incredible (voice) | |
| Holly Hunter | ... | Helen Parr / Elastigirl (voice) | |
| Samuel L. Jackson | ... | Lucius Best / Frozone (voice) | |
| Jason Lee | ... | Buddy Pine / Syndrome (voice) | |
| Dominique Louis | ... | Bomb Voyage (voice) | |
| Teddy Newton | ... | Newsreel Narrator (voice) | |
| Jean Sincere | ... | Mrs. Hogenson (voice) | |
| Eli Fucile | ... | Jack Jack Parr (voice) | |
| Maeve Andrews | ... | Jack Jack Parr (voice) | |
| Wallace Shawn | ... | Gilbert Huph (voice) | |
| Spencer Fox | ... | Dashiell 'Dash' Parr (voice) | |
| Lou Romano | ... | Bernie Kropp (voice) | |
| Wayne Canney | ... | Principal (voice) | |
| Sarah Vowell | ... | Violet Parr (voice) | |
| Michael Bird | ... | Tony Rydinger (voice) | |
| Elizabeth Peña | ... | Mirage (voice) | |
| Bud Luckey | ... | Rick Dicker (voice) | |
| Brad Bird | ... | Edna 'E' Mode (voice) | |
| Bret 'Brook' Parker | ... | Kari (voice) (as Bret Parker) | |
| Kimberly Adair Clark | ... | Honey (voice) | |
| John Ratzenberger | ... | Underminer (voice) | |
| Mark Andrews | ... | Additional Voices (voice) | |
| Nicholas Bird | ... | Additional Voices (voice) | |
| Louis Martin Braga III | ... | Additional Voices (voice) (as Louis Braga III) | |
| Mary Elizabeth Clark | ... | Additional Voices (voice) | |
| Pete Docter | ... | Additional Voices (voice) | |
| Christopher Leyva | ... | Additional Voices (voice) (as Louis Gonzalez) | |
| Elizabeth Greenberg | ... | Additional Voices (voice) | |
| Juliet Greenberg | ... | Additional Voices (voice) | |
| Billy Guardino | ... | Additional Voices (voice) | |
| Dennis 'D.J.' Jennings | ... | Additional Voices (voice) | |
| Ollie Johnston | ... | Additional Voices (voice) | |
| Brad Lewis | ... | Additional Voices (voice) | |
| Ted Mathot | ... | Additional Voices (voice) | |
| Jazzie Mahannah | ... | Additional Voices (voice) (as Jazzy Mahannah) | |
| Randy Nelson | ... | Additional Voices (voice) | |
| Bob Peterson | ... | Additional Voices (voice) | |
| Jeff Pidgeon | ... | Additional Voices (voice) | |
| Juliet Pokorny | ... | Additional Voices (voice) | |
| Joe Ranft | ... | Additional Voices (voice) | |
| Lori Richardson | ... | Additional Voices (voice) | |
| A.J. Riebli | ... | Additional Voices (voice) | |
| Katherine Ringgold | ... | Additional Voices (voice) | |
| Stephen Schaffer | ... | Additional Voices (voice) | |
| Bob Scott | ... | Additional Voices (voice) | |
| Peter Sohn | ... | Additional Voices (voice) | |
| Andrew Stanton | ... | Additional Voices (voice) | |
| Frank Thomas | ... | Additional Voices (voice) | |
| Pamela Gaye Walker | ... | Additional Voices (voice) | |
| Patrick Walker | ... | Additional Voices (voice) | |
| Deirdre Warin | ... | Additional Voices (voice) | |
| rest of cast listed alphabetically: | |||
| Philip Wong | ... | Additional Voices (voice) (uncredited) | |
Directed by | |||
| Brad Bird | |||
Writing credits | ||
| Brad Bird | (written by) | |
Produced by | |||
| John Lasseter | .... | executive producer | |
| Kori Rae | .... | associate producer | |
| Katherine Sarafian | .... | assistant producer | |
| John Walker | .... | producer | |
Original Music by | |||
| Michael Giacchino | |||
Cinematography by | |||
| Andrew Jimenez | (director of photography) | ||
| Patrick Lin | (director of photography) | ||
| Janet Lucroy | (director of photography) | ||
Film Editing by | |||
| Stephen Schaffer | |||
Casting by | |||
| Matthew Jon Beck | |||
| Mary Hidalgo | |||
| Kevin Reher | |||
| Jen Rudin | |||
Production Design by | |||
| Lou Romano | |||
Art Direction by | |||
| Ralph Eggleston | |||
Production Management | |||
| Katherine Sarafian | .... | production manager | |
Art Department | |||
| Bert Berry | .... | art department coordinator | |
| Ted Blackman | .... | visual designer | |
| Nelson 'Rey' Bohol | .... | set designer | |
| Mike Cachuela | .... | storyboard artist | |
| Scott Caple | .... | environment designer | |
| Anthony Christov | .... | production artist | |
| Ricardo F. Delgado | .... | visual development | |
| Mark Cordell Holmes | .... | production artist | |
| Bryn Imagire | .... | art director: shading | |
| Glenn Kim | .... | production artist | |
| Ellen Moon Lee | .... | production artist | |
| Albert Lozano | .... | production artist | |
| Ted Mathot | .... | production artist | |
| Kevin O'Brien | .... | storyboard artist | |
| Esther Pearl | .... | art department manager | |
| Don Shank | .... | visual development | |
| Peter Sohn | .... | production artist | |
| Doug Sweetland | .... | storyboard artist | |
| Gina Trbovich | .... | art department manager (as Gina Trbovich-Malewicz) | |
| Josh Cooley | .... | storyboard artist (uncredited) | |
Sound Department | |||
| David Acord | .... | assistant supervising sound editor | |
| Steven J. Berger | .... | assistant sound | |
| Vince Caro | .... | adr recordist | |
| Derek Casari | .... | adr engineer | |
| Teresa Eckton | .... | sound effects editor (as Terry Eckton) | |
| Sean England | .... | digital archivist | |
| Will Files | .... | assistant sound designer | |
| Sue Fox | .... | foley editor | |
| Jan Hessens | .... | sound recordist | |
| Ellen Heuer | .... | foley artist | |
| E.J. Holowicki | .... | additional dialogue recordist | |
| Doc Kane | .... | adr mixer | |
| Kyrsten Mate | .... | sound effects editor | |
| Frank 'Pepe' Merel | .... | foley mixer | |
| Al Nelson | .... | foley editor | |
| Juan Peralta | .... | sound mix technician | |
| George Peterson Jr. | .... | foley recordist | |
| Charleen Richards | .... | additional dialogue recordist | |
| Mark Rinaldi | .... | dialogue recording assistant | |
| Gary Rizzo | .... | sound re-recording mixer | |
| Ronald G. Roumas | .... | sound re-recordist | |
| Jurgen Scharpf | .... | sound mix technician | |
| Dee Selby | .... | assistant sound effects editor | |
| Michael Silvers | .... | supervising sound editor | |
| Steve Slanec | .... | adr editor | |
| David Slusser | .... | additional dialogue recordist | |
| Randy Thom | .... | sound designer | |
| Randy Thom | .... | sound re-recording mixer | |
| Randy Thom | .... | supervising mixer | |
| Dennie Thorpe | .... | foley artist | |
| Jana Vance | .... | foley artist | |
| Jordan Wilby | .... | intern | |
| John Countryman | .... | digital sound transferer (uncredited) | |
| Brian Magerkurth | .... | sound re-recordist (uncredited) | |
Special Effects by | |||
| Courtney Booker | .... | story animation and effects | |
| Michel Gagné | .... | special effects consultant | |
| Sandra Ford Karpman | .... | special effects supervisor | |
Visual Effects by | |||
| Jessica Abroms | .... | technical director | |
| Mari Aizawa | .... | simulation coordinator | |
| Benjamin Andersen | .... | visual effects artist | |
| Robert Anderson | .... | lead layout artist | |
| Carlos Baena | .... | animator | |
| Negin Bairami | .... | digital painter | |
| Negin Bairami | .... | texture painter | |
| James Bancroft | .... | character set up | |
| David Barksdale | .... | technical director | |
| Byron Bashforth | .... | character shading artist | |
| Dana Batali | .... | lead RenderMan developer | |
| David Batte | .... | shading artist | |
| Jennifer Becker | .... | technical director: rendering | |
| Chad Belteau | .... | technical director | |
| Lloyd Bernberg | .... | lighting artist | |
| Randy Berrett | .... | digital painter | |
| Tim Best | .... | master lighting artist | |
| Tim Best | .... | sequence lighting lead | |
| Jeremy Birn | .... | lighting artist | |
| Samuel Lord Black | .... | rendering software engineer | |
| Neil Blevins | .... | digital effects artist | |
| Geefwee Boedoe | .... | visual development | |
| Brian Boyd | .... | master lighting artist | |
| Katrin Bratland | .... | renderman team (as Katrin Petersen) | |
| Gary Bruins | .... | effects artist | |
| Bruce D. Buckley | .... | digital character sculptor | |
| Stephan Vladimir Bugaj | .... | technical director | |
| Gordon D.B. Cameron | .... | animation software development | |
| Jay Carina | .... | technical director | |
| Per Christensen | .... | renderman team | |
| Brian Christian | .... | modeling artist | |
| Claudia Chung | .... | technical director | |
| Marc Cooper | .... | technical director | |
| Phaedra Craig | .... | digital painter | |
| Kate Cronin | .... | render wrangler | |
| Ray Davis | .... | renderman team | |
| Andrew Dayton | .... | technical director | |
| Simon Dunsdon | .... | CG artist: pre-visualisation/layout | |
| Kevin Edwards | .... | lighting artist | |
| Danielle Feinberg | .... | lead lighting artist | |
| Susan Fisher | .... | rendering software engineer | |
| Ziah Sarah Fogel | .... | lighting artist | |
| Julian Fong | .... | RenderMan developer | |
| Jamie Frye | .... | digital painter | |
| Nicole Paradis Grindle | .... | simulation manager | |
| Patrick Guenette | .... | shading artist | |
| Christina Haaser | .... | technical director | |
| Nigel Hardwidge | .... | set sequence supervisor | |
| Jamie Hecker | .... | renderman team | |
| Mark Thomas Henne | .... | hair & cloth simulation supervisor | |
| Yvonne Herbst | .... | digital painter | |
| Joshua Hollander | .... | visual effects producer | |
| Ian Hsieh | .... | renderman team | |
| Courtland Idstrom | .... | technical director | |
| Lucas Ives | .... | modeling software engineer | |
| Andrew Jimenez | .... | digital artist | |
| Jason Johnston | .... | technical director | |
| Ben Jordan | .... | sequence shading lead | |
| Thomas Jordan | .... | technical director | |
| Jeffrey Kember | .... | technical director | |
| Michael R. King | .... | technical pre-production (as Mike King) | |
| Stephen King | .... | technical director | |
| Keith Daniel Klohn | .... | technical director | |
| Mach Tony Kobayashi | .... | visual effects | |
| Mitch Kopelman | .... | technical director | |
| Todd Krish | .... | technical director | |
| Ken Lao | .... | master lighting artist | |
| Ken Lao | .... | sequence lighting lead | |
| David M. Laur | .... | renderman team | |
| William Austin Lee | .... | character rigger (as Austin Lee) | |
| Mark Leone | .... | rendering software engineer | |
| Holly Lloyd | .... | digital artist | |
| Michael Lorenzen | .... | technical director | |
| David MacCarthy | .... | technical director | |
| Dale McBeath | .... | character animator | |
| Daniel McCoy | .... | illumination engineer | |
| Meg McWhinney | .... | shading artist | |
| Kamal Mistry | .... | character artist | |
| Kamal Mistry | .... | visual effects artist | |
| Amy Moran | .... | technical director | |
| David Munier | .... | character shading lead | |
| David Richard Nelson | .... | character technical director | |
| Ernesto Nemesio | .... | digital painter | |
| George Nguyen | .... | simulation technical director | |
| Martin Nguyen | .... | digital effects artist | |
| Doug Nichols | .... | lighting and effects manager | |
| Mirjana Nikolic | .... | technical director | |
| Gregg Olsson | .... | layout artist | |
| Brandon Onstott | .... | digital artist | |
| John Paine | .... | digital character sculptor (as Jonathan Paine) | |
| Jack Paulus | .... | technical director | |
| Lena Petrovic | .... | technical director | |
| Andrew Pienaar | .... | lighting artist | |
| Andrew Pienaar | .... | shading artist | |
| Jonathan Pytko | .... | lighting artist | |
| Laura Leganza Reynolds | .... | character manager | |
| Laura Leganza Reynolds | .... | rendering and technical development manager | |
| Jacob Richards | .... | technical pre-production | |
| Chris Rock | .... | technical director | |
| Christopher Sanchez | .... | digital effects artist | |
| Mark Sanford | .... | additional set dressing | |
| Mark Sanford | .... | layout artist | |
| Brian K. Saunders | .... | renderman team | |
| Rick Sayre | .... | supervising technical director | |
| Ferdi Scheepers | .... | digital effects artist | |
| Don Schreiter | .... | rendering supervisor | |
| Alex Seiden | .... | technical director | |
| Jonathan Ward Shade | .... | renderman team | |
| Yun Shin | .... | layout artist | |
| Dylan Sisson | .... | renderman team | |
| Suzanne Slatcher | .... | digital artist | |
| Arun Somasundarum | .... | technical director | |
| David Sotnick | .... | senior systems administrator | |
| Michael L. Stein | .... | simulation lead | |
| Ian Steplowski | .... | technical director | |
| Keith Stichweh | .... | technical director | |
| Sonja Struben | .... | lighting technical director | |
| Dan Sukiennik | .... | technical director: modeler | |
| Ken Sullivan | .... | lighting artist | |
| Kenneth Sullivan | .... | lighting artist | |
| Erdem Taylan | .... | effects artist | |
| Thomas Lance Thornton | .... | technical director | |
| Erin Tomson | .... | technical director | |
| Paul Topolos | .... | matte painter | |
| Belinda van Valkenburg | .... | CG painter | |
| Jeremy Vickery | .... | digital artist | |
| Kiril Vidimce | .... | rendering software engineer | |
| John Warren | .... | lead lighting artist | |
| Matthew Webb | .... | technical director | |
| Andy Whittock | .... | digital effects artist | |
| Raymond Wong | .... | technical director | |
| Raymond Wong | .... | visual effects: second unit | |
| Wayne Wooten | .... | rendering software engineer | |
Camera and Electrical Department | |||
| Shawn Brennan | .... | senior camera operator | |
| Sungyeon Joh | .... | lighting technician | |
Editorial Department | |||
| Terry Claborn | .... | color timer | |
| Robert Grahamjones | .... | second film editor | |
| Anthony Greenberg | .... | second assistant editor (as Anthony J. Greenberg) | |
| John Hazelton | .... | projection | |
| Jason Hudak | .... | second assistant editor | |
| Bill Kinder | .... | director of editorial and post-production | |
| David Lortsher | .... | digital color grading | |
| Juliet Pokorny | .... | editorial manager | |
| Renee Steen | .... | second assistant editor | |
| Mark Yeager | .... | first assistant editor | |
| Glenn Kasprzycki | .... | editorial services team (uncredited) | |
| Jamie Mitchell | .... | video post-production editor (uncredited) | |
Music Department | |||
| Rick Baptist | .... | musician: trumpet | |
| Wayne Bergeron | .... | musician: trumpet | |
| Jeff Bunnell | .... | musician: trumpet | |
| Bryan Clements | .... | scoring crew | |
| Adam Cohen | .... | additional orchestrator | |
| Stephen M. Davis | .... | music editor | |
| Mark Eshelman | .... | scoring crew | |
| Matthew Ferraro | .... | co-orchestrator | |
| Jack Hayes | .... | additional orchestrator | |
| Alex Iles | .... | musician: trombone | |
| Tommy Johnson | .... | musician: tuba | |
| Alan Kaplan | .... | musician: trombone | |
| Alex Levy | .... | assistant music editor | |
| Greg Loskorn | .... | scoring technician | |
| Frank Macchia | .... | music preparation | |
| Tom MacDougall | .... | music production supervisor | |
| Joe Meyer | .... | musician: french horn | |
| Adam Michalak | .... | score recordist | |
| Diane Mueller | .... | musician: french horn | |
| Richard Nash | .... | musician: trombone | |
| Brian O'Connor | .... | musician: french horn | |
| Lydia Paweski | .... | music production assistant | |
| Bill Reichenbach | .... | musician: trombone | |
| John Reynolds | .... | musician: french horn | |
| Chad Seiter | .... | score assistant | |
| Tim Simonec | .... | conductor | |
| Tim Simonec | .... | orchestrator | |
| Kurt Snyder | .... | musician: french horn | |
| Chris Tilton | .... | orchestrator | |
| Richard Todd | .... | musician: french horn | |
| John Van Houten | .... | musician: tuba | |
| Dan Wallin | .... | music scoring mixer | |
| Dave Wells | .... | music copyist | |
| Booker White | .... | music preparation | |
| Tom Hardisty | .... | music mix assistant (uncredited) | |
| Melissa Orquiza | .... | music preparation (uncredited) | |
Other crew | |||
| Renee Adams | .... | project manager | |
| Kirsten Ames Staubli | .... | assistant production accountant | |
| Brad Andalman | .... | software lead | |
| John R. Anderson | .... | software engineering | |
| Tricia Andres | .... | production office coordinator | |
| Mark Andrews | .... | head of story | |
| Josh Anon | .... | software engineering | |
| Jim Atkinson | .... | software lead | |
| Sanjay Bakshi | .... | software engineering | |
| David Baraff | .... | software engineering | |
| Zachariah Baum | .... | software engineering | |
| Jennifer Becker | .... | systems administrator | |
| Gabriel Benveniste | .... | systems administrator | |
| Nick Berry | .... | production assistant | |
| Bryan Bird | .... | systems administrator | |
| Samuel Lord Black | .... | software engineering | |
| Malcolm Blanchard | .... | software engineering | |
| Colin Bohrer | .... | development | |
| Brian Boyd | .... | additional modeler | |
| Stephan Vladimir Bugaj | .... | technical development | |
| Gordon D.B. Cameron | .... | software engineering | |
| Loren Carpenter | .... | software engineering | |
| Michael Chann | .... | software engineering | |
| Christopher Colby | .... | software engineering | |
| Bena Currin | .... | software engineering | |
| Marco da Silva | .... | software engineering | |
| Lars R. Damerow | .... | systems administrator | |
| James G. Dashe | .... | systems administrator | |
| Gareth Davis | .... | software lead | |
| Pete Demoreuille | .... | software engineering | |
| Tony DeRose | .... | software lead | |
| Ross Dickinson | .... | systems administrator | |
| David DiFrancesco | .... | color scientist | |
| Brendan Donohoe | .... | software engineering | |
| Max Drukman | .... | software engineering | |
| Tom Duff | .... | software engineering | |
| Kurt Fleischer | .... | software engineering | |
| Erik Forman | .... | information systems manager | |
| Grant Gatzke | .... | media systems engineer | |
| Pascal Grapard | .... | assistant to vice president of production | |
| F. Sebastian Grassia | .... | software engineering | |
| John V. Graziano | .... | software engineer (as John Graziano) | |
| Eric Gregory | .... | software lead | |
| Susan Boylan Griffin | .... | technical documentation | |
| Gerald E. Hackett III | .... | safety and security | |
| Thomas Hahn | .... | software lead | |
| Bethany Jane Hanson | .... | systems administrator (as Bethany LaRoy Hanson) | |
| Mark Harrison | .... | software engineering | |
| Ralph Hill | .... | software engineering | |
| Jerremy Holland | .... | software lead | |
| Bahram Hooshmand | .... | production coordinator | |
| Ling Hsu | .... | systems administrator | |
| Jason 'Jayfish' Hull | .... | systems administrator | |
| Jessica Hutchison | .... | production coordinator | |
| Álex de la Iglesia | .... | voice dubbing | |
| Jose Ignacio | .... | systems administrator | |
| Lucas Ives | .... | software engineering | |
| Oren Jacob | .... | software engineering | |
| Rob Jensen | .... | software engineering | |
| Michael B. Johnson | .... | software lead | |
| Ben Jordan | .... | simulation developer | |
| Michael Kass | .... | software engineering | |
| Michael Kilgore | .... | simulation developer | |
| Jae Hong Kim | .... | technical director | |
| Chris King | .... | software engineering | |
| Kristifir Klein | .... | hair and cloth artist | |
| Kristifir Klein | .... | sequence modeling lead | |
| Cory Knox | .... | systems administrator | |
| Sabine Magdelena Koch | .... | story coordinator | |
| Manuel Kraemer | .... | technical development | |
| Chris Lasell | .... | systems administrator | |
| Eric Lebel | .... | software engineering | |
| Camille Leganza | .... | script supervisor | |
| Mark Leone | .... | software engineering | |
| Brett Levin | .... | software engineering | |
| Matthew Lindahl | .... | systems administrator | |
| Tom Lokovic | .... | software engineering | |
| Lori McAdams | .... | head of human resources | |
| Mark Meyer | .... | software engineering | |
| Josh Minor | .... | software engineering team leader | |
| Josh Minor | .... | software lead | |
| Alex Mohr | .... | software engineering | |
| Gary Monheit | .... | software engineering | |
| BoB 'Naked BoB' Morgan | .... | systems administrator | |
| Terry Lee Moseley | .... | systems administrator | |
| Kiel Murray | .... | development | |
| Peter Nye | .... | software engineering | |
| Michael O'Brien | .... | software engineering | |
| Adrian Ochoa | .... | additional production support | |
| Edgar A. Ochoa | .... | facilities | |
| Keith Olenick | .... | software engineering | |
| Luigi Passalacqua | .... | craft service | |
| Sheri Patterson | .... | production coordinator | |
| Esther Pearl | .... | story manager | |
| Fabio Pellacini | .... | software engineering | |
| Mitch Prater | .... | software engineering | |
| Josh Qualtieri | .... | technical director | |
| Guido Quaroni | .... | software lead | |
| Sudeep Rangaswamy | .... | software engineering | |
| Kyle Ranson-Walsh | .... | creative resources & marketing (as Kate Ranson-Walsh) | |
| Arun Rao | .... | software engineering | |
| Martin Reddy | .... | software lead | |
| Lori Richardson | .... | assistant to producers | |
| Eric Rosales | .... | rendering coordinator | |
| Brian M. Rosen | .... | software engineering | |
| David Ryu | .... | software engineering | |
| Rudrajit Samanta | .... | software engineering | |
| Babak Sanii | .... | color science engineer: lead R&D engineer | |
| Ferdi Scheepers | .... | technical development | |
| Chris Schoeneman | .... | software engineering | |
| Michael Shantzis | .... | software engineering | |
| Sarah Shen | .... | software engineering | |
| Nelson Siu | .... | unix systems administrator | |
| Brian Smits | .... | software lead | |
| Amanda Sorena | .... | creative resources & marketing | |
| Heidi Stettner | .... | software engineering | |
| Paul Strauss | .... | software engineering | |
| Elle Yoko Suzuki | .... | systems administrator | |
| Robert Taylor | .... | director of production finance | |
| Andy Thomas | .... | systems administrator | |
| Michael Todd | .... | technical director | |
| Jason Topolski | .... | audio visual engineer (as Jason 'JTOP' Topolski) | |
| Dirk Van Gelder | .... | software engineering | |
| Mark T. VandeWettering | .... | technical development | |
| Kiril Vidimce | .... | software engineering | |
| Christopher C. Walker | .... | technical lead | |
| Karon Weber | .... | software lead | |
| Jay Weiland | .... | systems administrator | |
| Brad West | .... | software engineering | |
| Ian Westcott | .... | systems administrator | |
| Andy Witkin | .... | software lead | |
| Audrey Wong | .... | software engineering | |
| Adam Woodbury | .... | software engineering | |
| Jane Yen | .... | software engineering | |
| Lisa S. Young | .... | software test engineer | |
| David Yu | .... | software engineering | |
| Dana Basinger | .... | projection (uncredited) | |
| Rebecca Edelson | .... | script clearance administrator (uncredited) | |
| Mike Lane | .... | client services (uncredited) | |
Thanks | |||
| Ollie Johnston | .... | special thanks | |
| Meagan Miller | .... | special thanks | |
| Osnat Shurer | .... | thanks | |
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WOW! What a movie. I can honestly say this is in my top ten movies of all time, how do Pixar continue to out do themselves at every movie release?
The Incredibles is a fantastic story, wonderfully scripted and with the most stunning animation you have ever seen, it provides a perfectly rounded story with plenty of action, laughs and (almost) tears.
Basically, this is a story of a man encountering a mid life crisis and leaping headlong into it without a care or a thought for his family, proving exceedingly selfish and failing to see the good in his life. Meanwhile the wife is left to try and look after the family. Really, that's the story. Now, what Pixar have done is drop in the idea that the parents are Superheroes, banned from being Super many years previously by the Government and the people, trying to live a normal life. Add to the mix that some of their children have inherited their own powers and that the Super villains are planning a comeback, and you have this wonderful movie.
I can't begin to convey how wonderful the animation is, it's perfect. I mean you'll always be looking at it knowing it's animation, but when the story takes you along you'll suddenly realize you're still watching animation. The subtle difference is that you forget, and there are parts (for instance when the father is cheering his son during the race) that you actually think it is real. The effects for water, fire (two of the hardest things to recreate in animation) and lava are wonderful to watch and caught me drawing a breath when I first saw them.
The characters and acting are wonderful, and you will find yourself caring about them as real people. At some points I could feel a big swallow coming up and a wavering adams apple, obviously due to the food earlier, nothing to do with the movie.
I often find that movies aren't paced well, that they either have too long or too short an introduction to the characters, or the events that lead up to the pivotal point of the movie are unbalanced against the climax, all sorts of combinations. Not here, this move is perfect and well balanced, the story takes you along just when you are ready, and there were no points where I wished we could move on, or something could happen quicker. My only frustration were at the kids, and this was only because they were behaving exactly as real kids would.
It was interesting to see the comparisons and links to other famous Superheroes through comic-lore. Definitely with nods to The Fantastic Four, Silver Surfer and huge nods to The Watchmen. My only concern is that there is so much similarity to The Watchmen that those who haven't read the graphic novel will be saying "That's the Incredibles movie" when Watchmen finally comes to fruition.
The short film showing before this was wonderful in itself, and had the audience laughing out loud loads. Excellent, and once again, outdoes every short that they've produced before. Boundin' was beautifully animated and wonderfully told. Guaranteed to bring a huge big smile to your face.
All in all I think this movie is perfect and truly incredible.