Movie Review: The Simpsons Movie

Published: July 28, 2007, 10:15 pm

Tags: video

There had been talks of a Simpsons movie dating all the way back to 1994, but it is only now, thirteen years later, that it has become a reality. I was definitely interested in seeing it, but I had some concerns going in. I've enjoyed the show on and off since its inception, however I always thought that it should have ended many years ago, as there has been a creative drought for a number of seasons now. I was worried about the quality of writing for the movie, as anyone who has been watching the past few years will have to have seen the drop in number of laughs per episode, although the last season was a step up. In addition to the writing, I am also concerned that with 18 seasons of episodes so far, and with many in perpetual reruns, would people be interested in paying for it? The answer is, and should be, a resounding yes. While the movie did not open up any new ground, it delivered a steady succession of laugh out loud jokes, and was a suitably bigger story that did not feel

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