Product Description

Homer accidentally causes an environmental catastrophe which could doom Springfield forever. Homer now must save the city and rescue his family. Springfield's usual characters and new favorites all turn up in the first ever movie length version of the hit TV show 18 years in the making.System Requirements:Run time: 87 minutesFormat: DVD MOVIE Genre: COMEDY/TEEN Rating: PG-13 UPC: 024543484271 Manufacturer No: 2248427

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #1176 in DVD
• Brand: TWENTIETH CENTURY FOX HOME ENT
• Released on: 2007-12-18
• Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
• Aspect ratio: 2.40:1
• Formats: AC-3, Animated, Color, Dolby, DTS Surround Sound, Dubbed, DVD-Video, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
• Original language: English, Spanish
• Subtitled in: English, Spanish
• Dubbed in: French, Spanish
• Number of discs: 1
• Dimensions: 1.25 pounds
• Running time: 87 minutes

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The Simpsons had already ruled TV land for many years by the time they finally attempted to conquer the movie world as well. It was never any big secret that a Simpsons movie was in the works: Fox registered the domain name "Simpsonsmovie.com" in 1997, a full nine years before the film was finally greenlighted. When creator/producer Matt Groening’s creation finally made it to the big screen in 2007, it only turned out to be the biggest hit of the summer, raking in over $100 million gross in box-office receipts in its first week, before heading on to do over $500 million worldwide, proving that the best joke in the movie was actually played on the audience: "Why pay for something when you can see it for free?" asks Homer at the movie’s start. Naturally, all the trouble starts with him. When he adopts a pig ("Sir Oinks-A-Lot") destined for Krusty’s slaughterhouse, it triggers an environmental catastrophe, forcing the government to seal Springfield into a dome and destroy the city. While the family manages to escape and flee to Alaska, they eventually decide to return and help save the city in more-or-less classic Simpson fashion. As Homer’s joke about the audience shows, Groening and producer Al Jean are keenly aware that their franchise is first and foremost a TV show. Maybe a little too aware, as the movie fails to ever rise above anything more than an extended episode, and not even one of its best episodes at that. True, there are plenty of good jokes; the animation has been kicked up a notch to be particularly sharp and detailed; and there are some truly memorable moments such as Bart’s nude skateboard ride and the "Spider-Pig" song. But when the film finally materialized, the payoff for long years of anticipation turned out to be small as the movie failed to live up to its potential; it’s amusing but not truly funny. The Simpsons Movie leaves the impression that maybe the show’s writers and producers had already spent their best ideas on the best years of the TV show. Had it been made years earlier… well, we can only wonder what could have been. --Daniel Vancini

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Customer Reviews

Not even a good episode
With so much debate over older seasons vs. newer seasons, I have to say that I have enjoyed every season much more than I enjoyed this movie. This was not made for die-hard fans, and lacks most of what makes the Simpsons so entertaining.

I won't belabor what others have said, but I will repeat it: Short shrift for the supporting cast, angry Homer not funny Homer, tedious "message" movie, deficit of jokes. Just so very, very disappointing. But it did make money and some people liked it...ugh!

The One Thing We Sat and Watched as a Family
weekly we would sit and watch this show. I like the simpsons and the humor on all levels.

Meh
Meh, *not* D'oh! I mean it's not bad. If your a diehard Simpsons fan you probably loved it, or at least like it.

Been a Simpsons fan since the beginning. For years as everyone knows there was talk of a full length movie. I read somewhere Matt Groening saying that they were waiting for "the right story". For about two years Groening and a small group of the central writters worked on a script and unsatisfied with the results kept throwing it out. During the process Groening and company were concerned with fan expectations as well as how the film would relate to the history of the show. At one point they decided to not worry about all that and instead just make a Simpsons movie that would be a showcase for all the voice actors as well an opportunity for animators to take the animation up a couple levels.

Groening said they didn't want the movie to be "a high-velocity,'Simpsons'-style TV episode" and that's maybe why it wasn't that funny, imho. They ended up wanting to do a more conventional type story - or as Groening put it "a real story"- that people could follow easily and be involved with. Obviously they made sure to include many elements that make up the quirky Simpsons universe (which would have been insane not to). They also wanted to get back to some of the earlier episodes. I think the best years aren't the first couple. Honestly I'm not looking to get "choked up" when I watch "The Simpsons", which is something they wanted us to experience.

As for the story they did go with, well, it felt kinda familiar, like I'd almost seen it before. And of coarse we have pretty much seen it all before during the almost twenty year, 400 episode run. What continues to make it funny is the way the same old themes are explored and re-explored. But if we're going to get all sappy and really serious over Homer and Marge's same old problems it's boring at this point. I guess I like "The Simpsons" to be "high-velocity",'Simpsons'-style TV episode"(s). I like "Simpsons style" and love when it is irreverent. "The Simpsons Movie" is not as entertaining as most episodes. Some people here use the word "flat" to describe the movie and that was my experience too. The show will probably continue to be good. The next "Treehouse of Horror" will be funny as always.