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“Sincerity is not manipulation.”
The film risks embarrassment to make emotion communal, and that openness is harder than fashionable detachment.
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Auntie Edna
Animation · Comedy · Family · 2018
Taking place during the events of Incredibles 2, Edna Mode babysits Jack-Jack.
Movie details
Auntie Edna
2018 Animation · Comedy · Family 5m
Critical arithmetic
One number, for now.
Scores change. Arguments endure.
TMDB
7.2 / 10
Community rating
Taking place during the events of Incredibles 2, Edna Mode babysits Jack-Jack.
CriticWise case file
What this film says about your taste.
Not a recommendation score. A measure of how closely the film’s taste signals resemble yours.
The archetype split
Who fights over Auntie Edna?
For the defence
The Sentimental Softie
“You came to feel something, and you will.”
Read their case For the prosecution
The Cool Ironist
“Feeling things is a little embarrassing.”
Read their objectionThe split comes from the same five-axis model used by the test, not audience ratings or review sentiment.
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Names above the title
The people responsible.
Cast & crew
Directed by
Ted Mathot
Written by
Ted Mathot
Brad Bird
Edna Mode (voice)
Craig T. Nelson
Bob Parr (voice)
Eli Fucile
Jack-Jack Parr (voice)
Nicholas Bird
Monster Jack-Jack (voice)
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Maeve Andrews
Jack-Jack Parr (voice)
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Noelle Zuber
Jack-Jack Parr (voice)
Court is in session
Put Auntie Edna on trial.
Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.
The prosecution The Cool Ironist
“The strings are showing.”
Every cue tells you exactly what to feel and when, leaving sentiment to do the work character should have done.