The Incredibles is a 2004 American computer-animated superhero film written and directed by Brad Bird, produced by Pixar Animation Studios, released by Walt Disney Pictures, and starring the voices of Craig T. Nelson, Holly Hunter, Sarah Vowell, Spencer Fox, Jason Lee, Samuel L. Jackson, and Elizabeth Peña. Set in an alternate version of the 1960s, the film follows the Parrs, a family of superheroes who hide their powers in accordance with a government mandate, and attempt to live a quiet suburban life. Mr. Incredible's desire to help people draws the entire family into a confrontation with a vengeful fan-turned-foe and his killer robot.
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The politics in this movie are **very** neoliberal.
ReplyDeleteThe plot literally is the good guys have all the power and they use it relentlessly to destroy Syndrome. They rebuff his adulation and then crush his (admittedly immature) reaction. What Mr Incredible and his fishwife, middle class, hate machine wife (Elastigirl) does to this guy is actually appalling. This is all set against a background of bureaucratic control which has banned the Incredibles for unexplained but obviously the 'wrong' reason.
There's no one I can cheer for in this movie. ABM Rating 1/3