[The Incredibles] starts out plainly enough by highlighting how awesome superheroes are, a concept that most kids are already familiar with. Having covered the basics, it introduces the moral ambiguity of euthanasia and the Right to Life debate. The movie also explores the Kafkaesque inner workings of the insurance industry, and one can rest assured that kids will take away an understanding of the claim’s importance over the shareholder, bearing in mind, of course, the value of positive quarterly dividends.
— A Curmudgeon Reviews Pixar Movies. Incredibles is a weird movie. “Syndrome,” the hero, is a Prometheus who wishes to deliver the fire of superpowers to humanity; the Parrs are an indignantly deposed oligarchy who use him as a distraction to engineer a return to power.
