| Overall: | C+ |
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| Violence: | B- |
| Sexual Content: | C |
| Language: | B- |
| Drugs/Alcohol: | D+ |
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| Video Release: | 17 Dec 2007 |
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Other cartoon series to get the big screen treatment include The Wild Thornberrys Movie, Rugrats In Paris: The Movie and The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie.
Home Video Extra Features
The Simpsons Movie releases on DVD with deleted scenes, an alternate ending, alternate character designs (by the Directors and Matt Groening), and two audio commentaries (one with James L. Brooks, Matt Groening, Al Jean, Mike Scully, David Silverman, Dan Castellaneta, and Yeardley Smith, the other with directors David Silverman, Mike B. Anderson, Steven Dean Moore and Rich Moore). Other bonus features include Homer’s Monologue On The Tonight Show, The Simpsons Judge American Idol, Homer Introduces American Idol, and LetÕs All Go To The Lobby. Audio tracks are available in English (Dolby Surround 5.1 sound), Spanish and French (Dolby Surround), with subtitles in English and Spanish.
The Simpsons Movie (and all of the above mentioned extra materials) will also release in BD-Java with AVC (MPEG 4 compression) on a dual-layer 50 GB disc with 5.1 DTS HD Lossless Master Audio (English), as well as 5.1 Dolby Digital sound (English, French and Spanish).
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About the Reviewer: Rod Gustafson
Rod Gustafson has worked in various media industries since 1977. He founded Parent Previews in 1993, and today continues to write and broadcast the reviews in newspapers, on radio and (of course) on the Internet. He currently serves as the President of the Alberta Association for Media Awareness, a provincial non-profit society. He also authors a regular column for The Parent's Television Council in Los Angeles. He and his wife Donna have four children.
