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| | |2004 | | |2004 |
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| − | |A family of superheroes give up their heroics after the populace turns on them and lawyers sue them for the destruction they cause when they battle villains. All superheroes are forced to stop using their powers and go into hiding in a kind of witness protection program. The movies exploits the dangers of communism. | + | |The world's superheroes are forced to give up their heroics and go into hiding after Mr. Incredible saves a suicidal man, causing the populace to turns on superheroes and lawyers to sue them. |
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| | + | The film celebrates the importance of the family unit; Elastigirl fails at parenting when her husband, Mr. Incredible, neglects to help her raise their children; a traditional family of superheroes is portrayed as the saviors of society, whose importance and presence has been unfairly suppressed. |
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| | + | The movie also contains the conservative idea that recognition should be based on merit rather than on unsubstantiated expectations of equality. The villain, Syndrome, out of sheer jealousy, attempts to kill off real superheroes so that he use technology to pretend to be one, later planning to sell his gadgets so that everyone in the world can be super. "And when everyone is super," he explains, "no one will be." When Mr. Incredible is asked to attend his son's fifth-grade graduation, he criticizes society for "celebrating mediocrity" instead of those who are "genuinely exceptional." |
| | |$631,442,092 | | |$631,442,092 |
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| | |1981, 1984, 1989, 2008 | | |1981, 1984, 1989, 2008 |
| | |PG<br>PG-13 | | |PG<br>PG-13 |
| − | | | + | |Contains positive portrayals and/or mentions of Christianity in the first three films, particularly in the third film, which is centered around the recovery of a Christian artifact. |
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