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''Incredibles 2'' is a 2018 American
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superhero film produced by
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and released by
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. Written and directed by
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, it is the sequel to ''
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'' (2004) and the second full-length installment of
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. The story follows the Incredibles as they try to restore the public's trust in superheroes while balancing their family life, only to combat a new opponent who seeks to turn the populace against all supers. Craig T. Nelson, Holly Hunter, Sarah Vowell and Samuel L. Jackson reprise their roles from the first film; newcomers to the cast include Huckleberry Milner,
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, Catherine Keener and Jonathan Banks. Michael Giacchino returned to compose the score. Following the success of ''The Incredibles,'' Bird postponed development on a sequel to work on other films. He attempted to distinguish the script from superhero films and superhero television series released since the first film, focusing on the family dynamic rather than the superhero genre. ''Incredibles 2'' premiered in
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on June 5, 2018, and was theatrically released in the United States on June 15, 2018 in Disney Digital 3D,
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,
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,
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,
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, and 4DX formats. The film received positive reviews from critics, with praise for its animation, humor, writing, and musical score. The film made $182.7 million in its opening weekend, setting the record for best debut for an animated film, and grossed over $1.2 billion worldwide, making it the fourth-highest-grossing film of 2018, the second-highest-grossing animated film, and the 15th-highest-grossing film of all time during its theatrical run, along with being the highest-grossing Pixar film and the third to gross $1 billion after '' Finding Dory'' and '' Toy Story 3''. ''Incredibles 2'' was named by the National Board of Review as the Best Animated Film of 2018. The film was nominated for Best Animated Feature Film at the 76th Golden Globe Awards and
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, but lost both awards to '' Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse''.


Plot

Three months after defeating Syndrome, the Parr family and Lucius Best (alias
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) battle
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and prevent him from destroying the
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, but are unable to stop him from robbing a bank and escaping. The collateral damage gives the government the excuse to shut down the Superhero Relocation Program, denying the Parrs and other supers financial assistance. When
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's crush Tony Rydinger discovers her superhero identity, Agent
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accidentally erases Tony's entire memory of her instead of just the event. A wealthy businessman named Winston Deavor and his sister Evelyn, who run a media and telecommunications giant called DevTech, propose secret missions to Lucius, Helen Parr (alias
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) and Bob Parr (alias
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). These will be recorded and publicized, to regain public trust in superheroes. Winston chooses Helen for the initial missions, beliving her to be less accident prone than the men. Bob struggles in his new role as a stay-at-home parent, simultaneously trying to deal with
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's math homework, Violet's heartache over Tony standing her up for their first date (due to his memory wipe), and the chaos of baby Jack-Jack's burgeoning superpowers. Edna Mode develops a suit to help control Jack-Jack's abilities. In the city of New Urbem, Helen encounters a supervillain known as "Screenslaver", who projects
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images by hacking into monitors. After preventing him from destroying a crowded commuter train, and thwarting his attempt to kill an ambassador, she tracks him to an apartment building and unmasks him as a pizzeria worker, who says he cannot remember his actions. At a party celebrating the Screenslaver's arrest, Winston announces a summit of world leaders to legalize supers, hosted aboard his luxury yacht, the ''Everjust''. Helen discovers the pizzeria worker is not the Screenslaver, but was being controlled by hypnotic goggles. Evelyn, the true Screenslaver, forces the goggles onto Helen and restrains her in a freezing room to limit her stretching abilities. Evelyn blames the public's reliance on supers for the deaths of her and Winston's parents; their father was killed by burglars while trying to contact a superhero to save him, and their mother later died of mourning. Evelyn plans to sabotage her brother's summit to irreparably tarnish the reputation of all supers, ensuring they remain outlawed for good and leaving the public to solve their own issues. Evelyn lures Bob into a trap, and sends a group of hypnotized supers to subdue his children. Lucius attempts to protect them, but is overwhelmed. Violet, Dash, and Jack-Jack escape in a refurbished Incredibile, the supercar once owned by their father, and reach Winston's yacht. Onboard, the hypnotized Bob, Helen and Lucius broadcast a vengeful speech painting supers as a threat, subdue the ship's crew, aim the ship at New Urbem, and smash the controls. Jack-Jack removes the goggles on Helen; she in turn frees Bob and Lucius. They release the other mind-controlled supers, and all work together to prevent the yacht from crashing into the city. Evelyn tries escaping in a plane, but is thwarted by Helen and arrested. Some time later, supers regain their legality, and Tony accompanies Violet to a movie with the family. When the Parrs spot an in-progress
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, Violet leaves Tony at the theater, promising to be back in time. The Parrs then join the pursuit in their Incredibile.


Voice cast

* Craig T. Nelson as Bob Parr / Mr. Incredible, the father of the family who possesses superhuman strength and limited invulnerability. * Holly Hunter as Helen Parr / Elastigirl, the mother of the family who has the ability to stretch her body into many shapes and forms. * Sarah Vowell as
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, the family's daughter and first child, who can become invisible and project
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for limited lengths of time. * Huckleberry Milner as Dashiell "Dash" Parr, the family's troublemaker first son, who has superhuman speed. He was originally voiced by
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in the first film. * Eli Fucile as
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, the infant son of Bob and Helen who has a large assortment of powers. ** Nick Bird provides the vocal effects of Jack-Jack's monster form. * Samuel L. Jackson as Lucius Best / Frozone, Bob's best friend, who has the ability to form ice from
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. *
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as Winston Deavor, a superhero fan who leads a giant telecommunications company called DevTech, with his sister Evelyn, and wants to bring back superheroes by revamping the public's perception of them. * Catherine Keener as Evelyn Deavor / Screenslaver, Winston's older sister, a technological genius who has never encountered a problem she could not solve. She is later revealed to be the "Screenslaver", a villain who hijacks screens and uses them to brainwash other people and superheroes. **
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provides the voice of Evelyn while wearing the Screenslaver mask, as well as a pizza delivery man hypnotized by Evelyn to pose as the "Screenslaver". *
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as Edna "E" Mode, a fashion designer for superheroes and a close friend of the Parrs. * Jonathan Banks as
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, a government agent responsible for helping the Parrs stay undercover and unremarkable. When his department is shut down, the Parrs are left to their own devices. Banks replaces
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from the first film, who died in 2018 with the film being dedicated to his memory. * Michael Bird as Tony Rydinger, Violet's love interest. *
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as Karen / Voyd, an aspiring superhero with the power to create portals. * Phil LaMarr as: ** Krushauer, an aspiring superhero with the power to telekinetically crush objects. ** He-Lectrix, an aspiring superhero with the power to control electricity. * Paul Eiding as Gus Burns / Reflux, an elderly aspiring superhero who can vomit hot lava. * Isabella Rossellini as Ambassador Selick, a foreign official committed to the support and legalization of superheroes. Rossellini reprised her role in the Italian dubbing of the movie. *
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, a mole-like supervillain who seeks to bring war and destruction to the world. * Barry Bostwick as the Mayor of New Urbem * Jere Burns as Detective No. 1 *
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as Detective No. 2 * Kimberly Adair Clark as Honey Best, Frozone's wife. * Adam Gates as Chad Brentley, a talk show host. *
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as the unnamed valet of Winston Deaver who is a big fan of Frozone. Additionally, Bret Parker reprises her role as babysitter
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in a
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.


Production


Development

Following ''The Incredibles'',
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directed his next film for
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, ''
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'', which was released in June 2007. Near its premiere, Bird said he was open to an idea of a sequel to ''The Incredibles'', but only if it could be better than the original. He stated, "I have pieces that I think are good, but I don't have them all together." In a May 2013 interview, Bird reiterated his interest in a sequel: "I have been thinking about it. People think that I have not been, but I have—because I love those characters, and love that world ... I have many, many elements that I think would work really well in another ''Incredibles'' film, and if I can get 'em to click all together, I would probably wanna do that." While publicizing the first film, Bird had already conceptualized the eventual approach where Bob and Helen would switch roles, and Jack-Jack would develop multiple powers unknown to the family. At the Disney shareholder meeting in March 2014, Disney CEO and chairman
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confirmed that Pixar was working on an ''Incredibles'' sequel, and that Bird would return as both director and screenwriter. Bird started the script around April 2015, and said that the ''Incredibles'' sequel would be his next film after '' Tomorrowland''.


Writing

One challenge in writing ''Incredibles 2'' was how to deal with the large number of superhero films and television series that had been released since the first film, such as the
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. To try to differentiate the sequel, Bird wanted to avoid tropes related to the superhero genre: "I don't think that kind of idea stays interesting for very long. For me, the interesting thing was never the superhero part of it. It was more the family dynamic, and how do superhero things play into that." He said he wanted to include some unused ideas from the first film, and that the new story would focus on Helen Parr / Elastigirl. Though the sequel was released fourteen years after the first, Bird did not want to use a narrative element like an
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or to come up with new characters, and instead continued from where the first film left off. This allowed him to keep characters with the same superpowers and not have to develop new ones, nor did he need to figure out how to deal with Violet and Dash being adults. This also allowed him to keep Jack-Jack as an infant with an array of powers, which Bird likened to how infants are able to understand numerous languages. While the plot of the 2005 follow-up
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to ''The Incredibles'', '' The Incredibles: Rise of the Underminer'', begins at that same point of time, the film discards the game's continuity. The film was produced with a production budget of $200 million.


Casting

In November 2016, Pixar announced that Holly Hunter and Samuel L. Jackson would reprise their roles. During the 2017 D23 Expo, it was confirmed that Craig T. Nelson and Sarah Vowell would also reprise their roles, and that
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, the original voice of Dashiell "Dash" Parr, would be replaced by younger newcomer Huckleberry Milner. Later that month, Bird and
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were, also, confirmed as reprising their characters from the first film. In November 2017, Pixar announced that
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and Catherine Keener had joined the cast. In January 2018, it was announced that
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and Isabella Rossellini would voice new characters Voyd and The Ambassador, while Jonathan Banks would voice Rick Dicker after the character's original voice actor
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retired in 2014; after his death in 2018, the film was dedicated to Luckey's memory.


Animation

One advantage that Pixar had with ''Incredibles 2'' was the advancement of technology the company had seen since the original film and a team of much more experienced animators. Producer John Walker said, "I think that one of the things that excited Brad and Ralph Eggleston, the production designer, was the fact that the technology existed now to finally realize the designs in the way that they had hoped to realize them in 2004. There were no notions of, 'Well, we don't know how to do long hair, we don't know how to do humans, we don't know how to do muscles.' Everybody knows how to do it. It's just now about doing it quickly." Because Pixar no longer used the same systems from the first film, all the characters had to be created from scratch on the computer again. The studio also used physically based human eye models for the characters for the first time, which possibly made the eyes larger and more stylized than that of real humans.


Music

In 2015, Bird confirmed that Michael Giacchino would return to compose the score. Giacchino began work around May 2017. The soundtrack album was released on June 15, 2018 and on CD two weeks later. In addition to the film's score, it includes the vocalized theme songs for Mr. Incredible, Frozone, and Elastigirl heard in the credits, as well as bonus versions of the songs sung by Disney's a cappella group, DCappella, and the latter's version of the track "The Glory Days" from the first film.


Marketing


Promotion

A 53-second teaser trailer premiered on November 18, 2017 during
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's broadcast of '' College GameDay''. It received 113.0 million views in its first 24 hours, becoming the most-viewed trailer for an animated film up until the release of the teaser trailer for '' Frozen II'' in February 2019, which surpassed it with 116.4 million views in its first 24 hours. It is also the 14th-most-viewed trailer overall. The studio spent a total of $150 million promoting the film. In the month of the release of the film, Elastigirl's new costume in ''Incredibles 2'' was added in the video game '' Disney Magic Kingdoms'', along with a limited time Event to unlock Jack-Jack.


Merchandise

An ''Incredibles 2'' graphic novel and comic miniseries was published by
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in 2018. The graphic novel, titled ''Incredibles 2: Heroes at Home'', was written by Liz Marsham and illustrated by Nicoletta Baldari. A comic miniseries, titled ''Incredibles 2: Crisis in Mid-Life! & Other Stories'', was written by Christos Gage and Landry Walker, and illustrated by Gurihiru, J. Bone, Andrea Greppi and Roberta Zanotta. Christos Gage also wrote (with Jean Claudio-Vinci as illustrator) another series titled ''Incredibles 2: Secret Identities''. The series, like his ''Crisis in Mid-Life! & Other Stories'', focuses on what happens after the film. This particular series is about Violet, published in a single graphic novel by Dark Horse Comics on October 1, 2019. In May 2018, a prose novel was released entitled ''Incredibles 2: A Real Stretch: An Elastigirl Prequel Story'', which focuses on the life of the character Elastigirl before the events of the first film. A Lego video game adaptation of both films was released on the same day as ''Incredibles 2''.
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released several Pop! figures including a chase (1/6) variant of Violet in her invisible form, and several retail exclusives to
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and Hot Topic. There was a Jack-Jack as Edna Mode Pop! figure that released exclusively at
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in July 2018. In addition, Funko released several blind box mystery minis of characters from the film. Figpin released a boxed set of 5 characters (Edna "E" Mode, Mr. Incredible, Elastigirl, Dash, and Violet) limited to 1000 pieces, which was released exclusively at the D23 Expo in August 2019. Numerous attendees camped out overnight to purchase the box set at the Figpin booth, which sold out quickly.


Release


Theatrical

The official premiere of ''Incredibles 2'' took place in Los Angeles on June 5, 2018. It was theatrically released in the United States on June 15, 2018, in
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and 3D. It is accompanied by Pixar's short film '' Bao''. The film's release was originally scheduled for June 21, 2019, but the date was moved forward to 2018 as it was ahead of schedule, and Pixar handed the 2019 release date over to '' Toy Story 4''.


Home media

''Incredibles 2'' was released digitally on October 23, 2018, and on DVD,
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, and Ultra HD Blu-ray on November 6, 2018.


Reception


Box office

''Incredibles 2'' grossed $608.6 million in the United States and Canada, and $634.2 million in other territories, for a total worldwide gross of $1.242 billion. On July 1, 2018, the film passed $648 million at the worldwide box office, surpassing the $633 million the original film made in its entire theatrical run. It ended its run as the ninth-highest-grossing film of all time domestically and the highest-grossing animated film domestically. The film crossed the $1 billion mark on July 30, 2018, becoming the seventh animated film and the 36th film of all time to reach the milestone. It was also the fifth animated Disney film, the third Pixar film, and Disney's 18th film overall to gross $1 billion worldwide, as well as the fastest animated film to gross $1 billion, doing so in 46 days, surpassing '' Minions'' (49 days), but later being surpassed by ''
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'' in 2019 (21 days), also made by Disney. On August 12, the film surpassed '' Toy Story 3'' ($1.067 billion) to become the highest-grossing Pixar film worldwide. ''
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'' calculated the net profit of the film to be $447.4 million, when factoring together all expenses and revenues, making it the third-most-profitable release of 2018.


United States and Canada

In April 2018, early box office projections had ''Incredibles 2'' grossing $110 million in its opening weekend in the United States and Canada. In May 2018, a month before the film's release, tracking revised to an opening weekend of $140 million or more. A week prior to the film's opening, Fandango reported that pre-sale of tickets for the film had exceeded that of previous mid-year blockbusters ''Finding Dory'', ''
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'', '' Spider-Man: Homecoming'' and '' Suicide Squad'' at the same point in their release cycles. By the week of its release, opening weekend projections had reached upwards of $150 million. A day before release, it became Fandango's top pre-selling animated film of all time, outselling the previous record-holder, ''Finding Dory''. The film grossed $18.5 million from Thursday night previews, increasing weekend projections to as high as $174 million. The previews set the record for an animated film, doubling ''Finding Dory''s $9.2 million, and were higher than the likes of fellow superhero films ''Spider-Man: Homecoming'', '' Thor: Ragnarok'' and '' Justice League''. It made $71.6 million on its first day, including previews, the best ever for an animated film (besting ''Dory''s $54.7 million by 31%) and 14th-highest all time. It went on to debut to $182.7 million, the eighth-best opening of all time, far ahead of ''Finding Dory''s animated record of $135.1 million and more than the entire lifetime gross of Pixar's ''
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'' ($162.8 million), '' Cars 3'' ($152.9 million), and ''
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'' ($123.1 million). The film set animated records for its Monday and Tuesday grosses, making $23.9 million (beating the $23.4 million made by '' Shrek 2'' in May 2004) and $27.1 million (beating ''Finding Dory''s $23.1 million), respectively. Its Tuesday gross also set a June record, topping ''
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'' ($24.3 million in 2015). By Thursday, its seventh day of release, the film had grossed $269.4 million, topping the entire lifetime domestic gross of the original, not accounting for inflation ($261.4 million). In its second weekend the film dropped 56% to $80.9 million, finishing second behind newcomer '' Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom'' ($148 million), marking the first time two films opened to over $100 million in back-to-back weekends. It remained in second place in its third weekend, grossing $45.5 million and third in its fourth weekend with $29 million, respectively. On July 7, its 23rd day of release, the film crossed $495 million, passing ''Finding Dory'' to become the highest-grossing animated film and Pixar's highest-grossing film of all time domestically, and the following day became the first animated film to gross over $500 million domestically. On September 2, its 80th day of release, it became the first animated film to gross over $600 million domestically.


Internationally

Outside the United States, the film made $51.5 million from 25 countries in its opening weekend, for a global debut of $231.5 million. This made it the biggest international opening weekend for an animated film, surpassing '' Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs''. Mexico was the largest debut with $12.3 million, followed by Australia ($7.7 million) and Russia ($5.4 million). In its second weekend of release the film made $58.6 million from 28 countries, bringing its two-week total to $134.7 million. Its largest market was China where it made $21.2 million, the best-ever opening for a Pixar film in the country. It was also released in India where it made $3.3 million. In the United Kingdom, the film grossed $12.6 million in its opening weekend, the second-biggest opening for Pixar after ''Toy Story 3''. , The biggest markets in terms of total earnings are the United Kingdom ($73.1 million), followed by China ($51.5 million), Japan ($43.9 million), France ($41.7 million), and Brazil ($37.6 million).


Critical response

On review aggregator
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, the film holds an approval rating of based on reviews, with an average rating of . The website's critical consensus reads, "''Incredibles 2'' reunites Pixar's family crimefighting team for a long-awaited follow-up that may not quite live up to the original, but comes close enough to earn its name." On
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, which assigns a normalized rating to reviews, the film has a weighted average score of 80 out of 100, based on 51 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews". Audiences polled by
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gave the film a rare grade of "A+" on an A+ to F scale, the same score as the first film, and those at PostTrak gave the film a 93% overall positive score and an 83% "definite recommend". Robert Abele of ''
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'', praised the film, saying, "Whatever the opposite of phoning in a sequel is, that's Brad Bird's progressive-minded, thunderously fun mix of super saves, throwback aesthetics and family comedy." A.A. Dowd, writing for '' The A.V. Club'', felt it was "A sparkling contraption of an animated comedy, funny and often wondrous in its midcentury-modern vision of an alternate America frozen in the amber of a bygone idealism." David Ehrlich of
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, gave the film a "B+", saying, "When the Parrs are pushed out of their comfort zone, Bird settles into his... fterinciting a Spielberg-level monorail chase that reaffirms Bird's lucid gift for kinetic and character-driven action filmmaking, the movie blasts off and never looks back." Stephanie Zacharek from ''
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'' considered it "bold ndrapturously entertaining," while David Sims at ''
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'', dubbed it "dazzling, thought-provoking, and sometimes overwhelming in terms of plotting." Peter Travers of ''
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'', gave the film a 3.5 out of 4 stars and said, "Long-awaited follow-up brings back everyone's favorite superhero family—and suggests that we should give our caped-crusader pop obsessions a rest." Manohla Dargis of ''
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'', wrote a positive review of the film, saying, "The family that fights together remains the steadily throbbing, unbreakable heart of ''Incredibles 2'', even when Bob and Helen swap traditional roles. There's something too self-conscious—overcompensating much?" ''Variety'''s
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called the film "fun but far from incredible" and wrote "It's true that the ''Toy Story'' films, all three of which are fantastic, did variations on the same theme of a toy's obsolescence, but as movies they kept the emotions close to the surface. In ''Incredibles 2'', we never get that rush of feeling." Mark Kermode of ''
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'' gave the film four out of five stars and said, "Slapstick genius, profound social comment and a monstrously funny infant combine to conjure a magical second outing for the superhero family." John Nugent of ''
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'' magazine also gave the film four out of five stars, saying, "There's some quibbles to be had in an over-familiar setup, and an under-served villain, but overall this is a gloriously fun family parable, and as entertaining as any superhero movie you'll see this year." Brian Tellerico of
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, gave the film 3.5 out of 4 stars and said, "...''Incredibles 2'' understands something that most family sequels, even the Pixar ones, fail to comprehend—we don't just want to repeat something we loved before. We want to love it all over again. You will with ''Incredibles 2''." Michael Phillips of the ''
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'', gave the film 2.5 out of 4 stars and said, "''Incredibles 2'' is content to punch the clock and stick to straight, bombastic action mode. In that mode, composer Giacchino's music is the most successful element, running nimble, beautifully orchestrated variations on themes that feel familiar in the best ways while retaining their spark. The animation is bright and visually dynamic. The script, well ... if the title were ''Satisfactories 2'', it'd be about right." Ty Burr for ''
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'' called it a "clattery, unfocused affair that at times is more irritating than fun." Todd McCarthy of ''
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'', gave the film a positive review, saying: "Boosted by central characters that remain vastly engaging and a deep supply of wit, Incredibles 2 certainly proves worth the wait, even if it hits the target but not the bull's-eye in quite the way the first one did."


Health hazards/epilepsy problems

Many disability advocates, including the Epilepsy Foundation, have raised concerns that movie scenes with flashing lights, including that in ''Incredibles 2'' of Elastigirl's fight with the Screenslaver, can trigger seizures in viewers affected by photosensitive epilepsy. As a result, several theaters posted warnings for audiences. Disney told ''
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'' that it appreciated those efforts, and then, in a memo, asked all theaters exhibiting the movie to warn audiences: "''Incredibles 2'' contains a sequence of flashing lights, which may affect customers who are susceptible to photosensitive epilepsy or other photosensitivities." In response to this, a re-edited version was released in the United Kingdom with all affected sequences altered so that any flashing lights and strobe effects now pass the
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Accolades


Possible sequel

Following the release of ''Incredibles 2'', director Brad Bird acknowledged that the film's truncated production schedule resulted in many plotlines and ideas he had for the film being cut from the final version. He cited Pixar's decision in October 2016 to swap the release dates of ''Toy Story 4'' and ''Incredibles 2'', which meant that Bird's film lost a full year of production. Bird stated that the lingering plotlines could lead to a third installment, just as they did with the second. "There were a lot of ideas that we had on this film that could be sed.. whether it's another ''Incredibles'' film, or something else." Cast members including Samuel L. Jackson and Sophia Bush have expressed interest in reprising their roles. Producer John Walker would not "rule third filmout".


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