Is The Simpson's Movie as clever or as original as the South Park movie? No. Is it consistently funny? Yes, very much so. Successful joke follows successful joke, some don't follow but rather pile up, a carcrash twisted metal mass of funny. The best lines are still the throw-away satire:
- Dad, do something!
Homer quickly skims through the Bible
- There's no answers in here!
Perhaps surprisingly, there's very little emphasis on supporting characters, this is, for better or worse, definitely the Simpsons family movie. Favourite characters have a line, or less, but it might be for the best; focussing on the family means the story actually has some resonance. I'd say it's the best thing out at the moment, but that's scant praise and it deserves more.