| Those yellow, animated phenomenons have finally | | | | episode of the television show. It has some |
| made their way to the big screen and it only took | | | | hilarious commentary on society as well as just |
| eighteen years. So does the animated movie live | | | | outright wacky comedy. One bit of commentary |
| up to the hilarity of the television show? Read on | | | | has the church folk running to Moe’s bar and |
| and find out – doh! | | | | the bar patrons running to church as the giant |
| The town of Springfield’s lake is overly | | | | dome of doom is placed over the town. |
| polluted and socially conscious Lisa Simpson | | | | We also have an extended Bart dare as he |
| (Yeardley Smith) rallies the town to clean it up. | | | | skateboards in the buff down to the Krusty |
| Her dad Homer (Dan Castellaneta) saves a pig | | | | Burger. Not to mention the “Spider Pig” |
| from being slaughtered after it’s used as a | | | | song that my kids would sing during the theatrical |
| prop in a Krusty the Clown commercial and starts | | | | trailer. |
| to treat it like the son he always wanted. | | | | Where this disc lets down a little is not in the |
| This doesn’t set well with Bart (Nancy | | | | content of the film but in the special feature |
| Cartwright) who finds that Mr. Flanders (Harry | | | | department. It feels really rather light and you |
| Shearer) is a more caring father than his pig loving | | | | keep thinking that a more expansive special |
| one. Homer’s new oinking child does what | | | | edition will be in the works somewhere down the |
| pig’s do and Homer puts the results in a huge | | | | line – doh!. |
| silo in the backyard (well, Homer did put a little of | | | | The Simpsons is presented in anamorphic |
| himself into the job). His wife Marge (Julie Kavner) | | | | widescreen (2.35:1) and is enhanced for 16x9 |
| tells him to get rid of the silo of pig waste. | | | | televisions. A fullscreen version is available |
| Homer does of course, by dumping it on Lake | | | | separately. Special features include two |
| Springfield. This infusion of pollution causes the | | | | commentary tracks. |
| Environmental Protection Agency to become | | | | The first one features writer/creator Matt |
| alerted to the situation. They react in their usual | | | | Groening, writer/producer James L. Brooks, writer |
| restrained manner – the director Russ Cargill | | | | producer Al Jean, writer/producer Mike Scully, |
| (Albert Brooks) orders that a huge glass dome | | | | director David Silverman, Yeardley Smith, and Dan |
| cover the town. | | | | Castellaneta, and the second one includes director |
| The Simpsons eventually find themselves outside | | | | Silverman, and sequence directors Mike B. |
| the dome and Homer decides to take off rather | | | | Anderson, Steven Dean Moore and Rich Moore. |
| than help his neighbors (especially since they | | | | There are 5 minutes of deleted scenes introduced |
| formed an angry mob against him when they | | | | by Al Jean. The “Special Stuff” section |
| found out that it was his silo that pushed the lake | | | | has 3 minutes of Simpsons appearances on the |
| over the limit). He takes the family to Alaska and | | | | Tonight Show, American Idol, and a parody of the |
| start over again, but the rest of the family thinks | | | | “Let’s go to the Lobby” concession |
| they should return and save Springfield. | | | | stand spiel. That’s it. Seems pretty light to |
| The Simpsons have been a television hit since | | | | me. |
| they started airing in 1989. There’s always | | | | The movie is hilarious, but the extra features feel |
| been talk that creator Matt Groening should bring | | | | like a bit of a letdown as far as deleted scenes |
| his jaundiced creations to the big screen. He’s | | | | go, the commentaries are top notch. It’s well |
| seemingly been happy on the small screen but it | | | | worth it for the film. I must knock it down a bit |
| has finally come to pass and the results are | | | | because it could’ve been a bigger set (and I |
| hilarious. | | | | suspect will be somewhere down the line). |
| The film does play like a bigger and extended | | | | |