Incredibles 2 is not so much animated as “re-animated,” an undead feminist sequel sapped of all the insight, humanity, and moral seriousness that gave life to the original.
The original Incredibles is a movie about a midlife crisis. Mr. Incredible has traded his bachelor glory days of risk and adventure for a desk job, stay-at-home wife, and three kids in the suburbs. He used to boast, “I work alone.” Now that freedom and independence are gone. Meanwhile, Mr. Incredible’s two pubescent children grapple with their own new “powers.” The next generation is maturing, Mr. Incredible is moving into the next phase of his life, and our hero is desperate to recapture his youth. So he starts lying to his wife Elastigirl in order to stay out late with his friend from the old days. He buys a new sports car. He goes on clandestine rendezvous with a younger woman. When Incredible’s reckless behavior finally, inevitably lands him in hot water, his suspicious wife flies off to find him, unwittingly bringing the kids along for the ride.
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