The Simpsons Movie (2007) poster
2007 · animation · comedy · family

The Simpsons Movie

Directed by David Silverman1h 27m2007
ElsewhereIMDb7.3362kRT87%Metacritic80
  • cosy
  • kinetic
  • gentle
  • redemptive
  • tender
  • funny
Movie DNA

Cosy, breathless, gentle animation / comedy, inventive in texture. Redemptive, mid-stakes, tender, hand-scored across twelve axes of taste.

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After Homer accidentally pollutes the town's water supply, Springfield is encased in a gigantic dome by the EPA and the Simpsons are declared fugitives.

Our read · The Simpsons Movie (2007) reads as a cosy, breathless, inventive animation · comedy · family entry — gentle in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, tender in temperature, redemptive in outlook. Hand-scored on twelve axes of taste — mood, pacing, weirdness, hope, stakes, humour, reality, density, warmth, auteur, intensity, and era — with a derived palette drawn from its dominant cinematography.

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You want big-screen Springfield chaos with jokes stacked for every age in room.

ends triumphantyou’ll be fine aftergrabs you earlygrips from the openattention 2/5breezes by
Date nightWith friendsSoloWith parentsKids around

Skip it tonightYou never liked the show or want sophisticated comedy beyond cartoon anarchy.

DNA · twelve axes

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Each axis is hand-scored — not derived from votes or genre averages. The marker shows where this film sits; the gradient fill uses the film's own cinematography palette.

Mood · HeavyCosy
Pacing · Slow-burnKinetic
Intensity · GentleExtreme
Weirdness · ConventionalSurreal
Hope · NihilisticRedemptive
Stakes · IntimateEpic
Humour · NoneBroad
Reality · GroundedFantastical
Density · SparseTwisty
Warmth · ColdTender
Auteur · TransparentSignature
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