THE SIMPSONS MOVIE..."EXCELLENT!!"

First Contact: Captain
Score: Commander

"Hi. I'm Tom Hanks. If you see me on the street,please...just leave me be. Thank You," states the two time Oscar winning comic actor, in this fine translation- of the smug, yet still funny TV show to the silver screen.

While the film lacks the sleazily bold, in-your-face irreverence of Beavis & Butthead Do America or The infamous South Park movie, the film more than makes up for that, with intelligent wit and charm personified through the 2D bug-eyed "nuclear" family.

The only problems are some of the jokes, fall noticeably flat. The director either should have cut them- in order to punch-up the strong, pro-liberal, pro-environment angle and self sacrifice at the climax...of Springfield- trapped in huge snow globe, about to be eradicated by a time bomb.A truly long story, that you will have to see for yourself.

All of the voice acting rules hard, though it would have been nice- if the show's producers opened up its cast. To allow more minority actors, to join the madness and make guest cameos, along with the principles. Since with money being raked in by the flick, this is a mistake that can be easily fixed by using Maggie's first (or second-for true fans) word "...SEQUEL!"