The Incredibles



Winner of 2 Oscars (Best Achievement in Sound Editing and Best Writing, Original Screenplay), The Incredibles, also know as The Invincibles or The Fantastics, written and directed by Brad Bird, was released on November 5, 2004 and was produced by Pixar Animation Studios for Walt Disney Pictures. This computer animated film was supposed to be a Warner Bros. production, but when Warner Bros. closed down its animation division, Bird brought the family of superheroes with him to Pixar.

Plot
The story involves a disjointed family of superheroes that at first attempt to blend in with the rest of the non-super world, but who must then come together and use their powers to combat a new villain, Syndrome (voiced by Jason Lee). Mr. Incredible (voiced by Craig T. Nelson) and Elastigirl (voiced by Holly Hunter), famous supers (super heroes), after a series of lawsuits go into a witness protection program that put an end to their superhero days. At this point they become know as Bob and Helen Parr and start a family. However, their children Violet (voiced by Sarah Vowell) and Dash (voiced by Spencer Fox) also possess magical powers, though the youngest child, Jack-Jack (voiced by Eli Fucile) has yet to show any powers. After Bob is fired from his job as a claims adjuster for the insurance company, Insuracare, he is offered an assignment that involves hero work and which consists in taming a robot gone out of control. A couple of months later, Bob is offered another job and is this time overpowered by the robot that turns out to have been made by Syndrome. The rest of the movie involves the family coming to Bob's rescue.