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was surprised at how well The Simpson's Movie turned out. It's pretty hard to tell if a movie based on a series made up of half-hour episodes that are often completely unrelated to each other is going to be good or not, and I was opting for not.

If you've never seen The Simpson's series on TV you'll still be able to catch on to this movie just fine, even if you won't fully understand some of the character quirks and "givens" from the series (such as Millhouse's insatiable crush on Lisa that explains his murderous thoughts about a new kid in town) but still easy enough to enjoy for the story's merit alone if you appreciate a certain degree of absurdity and general elements of slapstick comedy...and yes, there is a brief moment of animated nudity.

The voice talents in this series never really stood out to me...until I learned that there are only about eight people that do the voices of all the many characters. As with the series, the movie also has a couple of guest voices such as Tom Hanks and the members of Green Day.

Overall I felt the movie was pretty well done and definitely good for a few laughs. As is usual for the show, the movie doesn't really have a lot to say beyond its central theme and isn't really appropriate for kids...especially since the movie doesn't have the language restrictions that the series does, being on public television (or the nudity restrictions). Adults with an immature side (come on people, we all know we have one) may just catch themselves enjoying this movie.

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