The Incredibles
Academy Award × 2·National Film Registry
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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.
What critics thought
Nearly universally praised on release, The Incredibles won critics over with its sharp script, layered suburban satire, and action sequences that work as well for adults as for children — a rare combination in animation. A small dissenting camp felt the film leaned too hard into blockbuster noise and genre pastiche, sacrificing the originality expected from Pixar. Time has only strengthened its reputation, with retrospective lists consistently ranking it among the greatest animated and superhero films ever made.
“alternates breakneck action with satire of suburban sitcom life”
Roger Ebert·Chicago Sun-Times
“doesn't ring cartoonish, it rings true”
Peter Travers·Rolling Stone
“the Pixar whizzes do what they do excellently; you just wish they were doing something else”
Eleanor Ringel Gillespie·The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
“announces the studio's arrival in the vast yet overcrowded Hollywood lot of eardrum-bashing, metal-crunching action sludge”
Jessica Winter·The Village Voice
“the movie is full of wonderful little touches”
The Washington Post
Genres
Action, Adventure, Animation
Cast & Crew
DirectorBrad Bird
StarringCraig T. Nelson, Holly Hunter, Sarah Vowell, Spencer Fox, Jason Lee
ComposerMichael Giacchino
The Incredibles
Academy Award × 2·National Film Registry
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.
What critics thought
Nearly universally praised on release, The Incredibles won critics over with its sharp script, layered suburban satire, and action sequences that work as well for adults as for children — a rare combination in animation. A small dissenting camp felt the film leaned too hard into blockbuster noise and genre pastiche, sacrificing the originality expected from Pixar. Time has only strengthened its reputation, with retrospective lists consistently ranking it among the greatest animated and superhero films ever made.
“alternates breakneck action with satire of suburban sitcom life”
Roger Ebert·Chicago Sun-Times
“doesn't ring cartoonish, it rings true”
Peter Travers·Rolling Stone
“the Pixar whizzes do what they do excellently; you just wish they were doing something else”
Eleanor Ringel Gillespie·The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
“announces the studio's arrival in the vast yet overcrowded Hollywood lot of eardrum-bashing, metal-crunching action sludge”
Jessica Winter·The Village Voice
“the movie is full of wonderful little touches”
The Washington Post
Genres
Action, Adventure, Animation
Cast & Crew
DirectorBrad Bird
StarringCraig T. Nelson, Holly Hunter, Sarah Vowell, Spencer Fox, Jason Lee
ComposerMichael Giacchino
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