Review: The Simpsons Movie -- Scott's Review

Published: July 28, 2007, 7:02 am

Tags: cinematical, funny flick, funnyflick, review, scott weinberg, scottweinberg, simpsons movie, simpsonsmovie

Filed under: Animation, Classics, Comedy, Theatrical Reviews, 20th Century Fox, Family Films, Comic/Superhero/Geek, Remakes and Sequels"Turns out the movie version was exactly like an episode of the TV show, only longer." -- Millions of unimpressed moviegoers after wasting thirty bucks on yet another failed TV-to-movie experiment.And those moviegoers are usually unimpressed because projects like these exist as little more than franchise exploitation. Seriously, was the universe actually demanding a movie version of Inspector Gadget or The Beverly Hillbillies? Most definitely not. But in certain (generally rare) cases, a successful TV show makes the leap to the silver screen in exceedingly fine form. Star Trek certainly did it. So did South Park, The Addams Family, The Fugitive and Firefly. But lately all the worlds' media attention has been focused on one specific series, a comedic juggernaut that's been chugging merrily along for the last 18 years. It's more than a classic, more than

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