Not bad, shading toward pretty good.

Simpsons Movie

The T.V. show is a shell of its former self, and the movie follows the same writing direction, even though they brought back writers from years ago. Basically, its one sight gag after another without much depth. I guess after nearly 2 decades there are not many stories left to tell.

Homer causes an ecological disaster that puts the family on the run from the townsfolk. There’s family crises, choices to be made and loyalties tested. I’m being vague in hopes that I don’t spoil to much of the humor. You can’t untell a joke.

The Krusty commercial for “The Clogger”, Bart’s nude skatebording, and Bart’s bonding with Flanders were well done. The family in Alaska slowed everything to a crawl and Marge yells a curse word that seemed out of place. “Damm” would have been ok, but a GD was a bit much coming from Marge.

Anyway the good outweighs the not-so-funny, and as we all know, every movie could use more Ralph Wiggum. If you’re a fan of the show, you know what to expect, but hey, its a brief 86 min. so you have nothing to lose.

Next: Sunshine

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