The Simpsons Movie: DVD Review, Blu-ray Review (2007)

In "The Simpsons Movie," Earth is at stake--nevermind just Springfield--and who better than Homer, Marge, Bart, Lisa and Maggie to come to its rescue?

Okay, so it's best not to answer that question, particularly since it's Homer and his new pet pig, Spider-Pig, who ignite the crisis in the first place.

Wearing its environmental heart on its sleeve, the film has a timely message in hand--the world is choking on our fumes, trash and pig poop, folks, and the future looks grim.

Lisa (voice of Yeardley Smith) is on a campaign to raise awareness about how the careless actions of many are ruining Lake Springfield and, by extension, the planet itself. As she sees it, we're all faced with "An Irritating Truth" and it's time to do something about it.

Trouble is, her father, Homer (Dan Castellaneta), whose relationship with his new pet pig borders on the questionable, if not the obscene, has unwittingly unleashed the sort of ecological blunder that changes fish into mutants, and which also catches the attention of the EPA.

What unfolds is all just enough--just enough for most fans, who likely will dig seeing Bart nude, and just enough for the casually curious, who now might be tempted to do what Fox really wants them to do--buy all those boxed sets of the television series awaiting them on DVD.

Rated PG-13. Grade: B+

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