The Simpsons Movie made its long awaited debut in the town of Springfield Vermont after 20th Century Fox held a huge competition to choose which town by the name ‘Springfield’ should get the premier. The excitement about the feature version of this popular TV show built up for ages and finally the wait was over. But is it any good, and is it worth buying on DVD when it comes out on 10th December 2007? Read on to find out more….

The usual Simpsons gang all make an appearance in the film, along with some great celebrity guest cameos including Green Day in the first main scene.

The basic premise of the whole storyline is that Springfield is trying to clean up its environment after Lisa stages a petition to stop pollution in the town’s lake. Homer soon decides however, to take it upon himself a tank labelled ‘Pig Crap’ filled with… well erm pig crap obviously, from his new pet pig into the lake to dispose of it, causing the government to take drastic action against the town encasing them in a huge glass dome.

The townspeople try to hunt down Homer as he is the one responsible for their punishment but The Simpson family manage to escape the dome and run off to Alaska where Homer thinks they can finally be the perfect family.

However, news soon reaches them that their ex friends and neighbours are in trouble and it’s suddenly up to Homer to try and right his wrongs and ultimately save the day.

There are gags aplenty in The Simpsons Movie, and with the exception of a few scenes that were a little dragged out it was great fun to watch. All the kids in the cinema starting singing along when the ‘Spider Pig’ scene came on (you must have all seen that trailer by now I’m sure.) and both children and parents seemed to be enjoying it just as much as each other! One thing that did surprise me was that the whole cinema actually stood up and applauded when the movie ended, maybe it’s just me but I’ve never seen that happen before here in the UK! I was a little taken aback but in a good way.

The good thing is that I think this fun will translate well to the DVD format when you watch this film at home, particularly for the kids who will enjoy repeated watching of the funny scenes.

In my opinion this movie would have been even better had it been released a few years ago when The Simpsons was really truly in its prime, I’m honestly not sure what’s taken them so long to bring this film out but I’m definitely glad that they finally did!

All in all, this is another great movie that has now made its way to DVD and is perfect for kids during long Christmas weekends while still being fun for adults, what more could you ask?!

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Full cast list for the Simpsons Movie: Albert Brooks, Billie Joe Armstrong, Dan Castellaneta, Hank Azaria, Harry Shearer, Joe Mantegna, Julie Kavner, Karl Wiedergott, Maggie Roswell, Marcia Wallace, Mike Dirnt, Nancy Cartwright, Pamela Hayden, Russi Taylor, Tom Hanks, Tre Cool, Tress MacNeille, Yeardley Smith.