| Nominated for four Academy Awards, and winner | | | | brought against the superheroes by the people |
| of Best Animated Feature Film of the Year, | | | | they save, who cite numerous damages to their |
| The Incredibles is one of the best animated | | | | person as a result of being saved. The rash |
| films ever produced. A cross between Toy | | | | of legal action, and the strain it places on |
| Story, Superman, and Office Space, it | | | | the local governmental budget, turns the tide |
| provides an endless array of action | | | | of public opinion against the superheroes and |
| sequences, visual creativity, and | | | | forces them underground. |
| well-delivered humor. Director Brad Bird | | | | |
| (who's directed a few episodes of The | | | | Harbored by the government witness protection |
| Simpsons) not only creates a memorable film, | | | | program, Mr. Incredible has assumed a new |
| but also voices one of the star characters of | | | | identity - that of Bob Parr, an ordinary |
| The Incredibles, Edna Mode. And following in | | | | middle-class suburbanite who works as an |
| the rich tradition of animated classics such | | | | Insurance Claims Specialist. Cowering in his |
| Bambi (1942), Beauty and the Beast (1991), | | | | cubicle, Bob Parr must deal with the typical |
| and The Lion King (1994), Walt Disney | | | | travails of a 9-to-5 job, a boss he hates, |
| Pictures teams up once again with Pixar | | | | and regulations he feels are immoral and |
| Animation Studios (with whom it collaborated | | | | hurtful to the company's clients. Meanwhile, |
| on Finding Nemo) to produce a film both | | | | Elastigirl is now known as Helen Parr, and |
| children and adults will love with equal | | | | she's grown comfortable in her new role as a |
| verve and passion... | | | | housewife rearing the couple's three |
| | | | suppressed-superhero children - Violet (a shy |
| The Incredibles is set in the fictional | | | | girl with the ability to turn invisible), |
| cartoon township of Metroville (a hybrid of | | | | Dash (a cocky boy with the ability to run |
| Superman's two homes, Metropolis and | | | | super fast), and Jack Jack (a baby with no |
| Smallville). Metroville is home to a number | | | | as-of-yet-known super powers). All goes well |
| of miraculous superheroes who do everything | | | | until Mr. Incredible, anxious to return to |
| from hunting down evil murderers to saving | | | | life of helping people, is approached by a |
| cats stuck in trees. Foremost among the | | | | super secret government organization hoping |
| superheroes is Mr. Incredible (Craig T. | | | | to enlist his aid. When it turns out to be |
| Nelson) who resembles Superman in both | | | | part of an elaborate conspiracy hatched by |
| strength and style. Shortly after Mr. | | | | the evil Syndrome (Jason Lee), a former Mr. |
| Incredible's marriage to the vivacious | | | | Incredible sycophant turned bad, Elastigirl |
| Elastigirl (Holly Hunter), a surge in civil | | | | and the entire Parr family must risk blowing |
| lawsuits and other unwarranted torts are | | | | their cover in order to save Mr. |