The Incredibles 2

Movie
German title	The Incredibles 2
Original title	Incredibles 2
Country of production	United States
original language	English
Publishing year	2018
length	118 minutes
Age rating	FSK 6 ; JMK 6
Rod
Director	Brad Bird
script	Brad Bird
production	John Walker ; Nicole Grindle
music	Michael Giacchino
camera	Mahyar Abousaeedi
cut	Stephen Schaffer
synchronization
chronology
	← Predecessor ; The Incredibles - The Incredibles

The Incredibles 2 (original title: Incredibles 2 ) is an American computer animation film of Pixar Animation Studios , which appeared in the summer of 2018 in US cinemas. It was released in theaters in Germany on September 27, 2018. The film continues the plot from The Incredibles - The Incredibles from 2004. As in the first part, it was directed by Brad Bird .

action

The film follows on from the open end of the first film , when an anthropomorphic mole named "The Tunnel Digger" threatens the city and the Parr family opposes it. They stop him, but this damages the city. The program that supports superheroes financially is being discontinued.

Helen and Bob Parr have to go to a hotel room. A fan of superheroes offers to give them a house if Helen (as Elastigirl) fights crime again. Meanwhile, Bob (aka Mr. Incredible) stays at home, tries to help his children Violetta and Flash in everyday life and discovers Jack-Jack's previously hidden superpowers. Jack-Jack has several different super powers.

Helen can catch a villain, but realizes that her sponsor's sister is behind it. With the help of hypnosis , Helen is turned over. This also works with Bob and the superhero Frozone.

Violetta and Flash try to save their parents. Of course they have to take Jack-Jack with them.

production

Since the previous part ends with a cliffhanger , there has been speculation since then whether there would be a sequel to the film. In 2007 director Brad Bird finally announced that he was interested in a sequel and already had elements in his head that he still had to merge. In May 2013, Bird reiterated its interest in a sequel, but said it still needed time. 10 months later, in March 2014, The Incredibles 2 was confirmed with Bird as director and screenwriter. As of April 2015, Bird wrote the script. Disney had originally announced the film for June 21, 2019, but later swapped the launch date of The Incredibles 2 with the launch date of Toy Story 4 , as production of the superhero film was progressing faster than expected.

On the Disney's D23 panel in July 2017, Bird said that the focus of the film would be on the character Elastigirl, alias Helen Parr, and that it would build on the previous film. In November 2016 it was announced that Holly Hunter would again dub the voice of Elastigirl in the original. The following month, the return of the voice of Samuel L. Jackson as Lucius was also announced. In July 2017, the announcements of Craig T. Nelson in his role as Mr. Incredible aka Bob Parr and of Sarah Vowell as his and Helen's daughter Violet Parr followed on the D23 . The voice of Violetta's brother Robert Flash, who spoke in the previous film Spencer Fox , was replaced by Huck Milner , as Fox could no longer take on the role due to his voice broken. Director Bird takes on the dubbing of the secondary character Edna "E" Mode again, while John Ratzenberger will again be heard as the tunnel digger.

The first teaser trailer for the film was released in November 2017. In Germany, the film opened on September 27, 2018. The world premiere of the film took place on June 5, 2018 in Los Angeles.

A German audio book about the film is due to be published by Hörverlag on August 20, 2018. The translation was done by Claudia Amor and the reading by Markus Maria Profitlich , who dubbed Bob Parr in the German version in both films.

synchronization

The film was dubbed by Film- & Fernseh-Synchron based on a dialogue book by Tobias Neumann and directed by Cay-Michael Wolf.

role	English speaker	German speaker
Helen Parr / Elastigirl	Holly Hunter	Katrin Fröhlich
Bob Parr / Mr. Incredible	Craig T. Nelson	Markus Maria Profitable
Violetta Parr	Sarah Vowell	Emilia Schüle
Robert "Flash" Parr	Huck Milner	Dominik Schneider
Jack-Jack Parr	Eli Fucile	Sabine Bohlmann & Eli Fucile (from the original)
Lucius Best / Frozone	Samuel L. Jackson	Jan Odle
Edna "E" mode	Brad Bird	Mechthild Grossmann
Rick Dicker	Jonathan Banks	Holger Schwiers
Winston Deavor	Bob Odenkirk	Jakob Riedl
Evelyn Deavor	Catherine Keener	Tanja Geke
Karen / Voyd	Sophia Bush	Lea Kalbhenn
Ambassador Selick	Isabella Rossellini	Susanna Bonaséwicz
Tunnel diggers	John Ratzenberger	Thomas Rauscher
HeLectrix	Phil LaMarr	Riccardo Simonetti

reception

Gross profit

The Incredibles 2 hit theaters in the United States. With over 182 million US dollars, the film achieved the most successful launch weekend for an animated film to date. The previous record holder was Finding Dorie with 135 million US dollars. The film's US revenues are currently $ 608.58 million. So far, the film has grossed $ 1,242.81 million worldwide. It is currently number 4 among the most successful films of 2018 and number 18 (as of August 8, 2020) among the financially most successful films of all time . The film recorded 2,193,076 visitors in German cinemas, bringing in 17.95 million euros and making it to 10th place in the 2018 annual charts .

criticism

The film has so far won over 94% of the critics on Rotten Tomatoes and received a Metascore of 80 out of 100 possible points on Metacritic .

Sebastian Werner says on Kino.de that the "funny baby Jack-Jack turns out to be a blessing and a curse" because it attracts everyone's attention. This time the sequel lacks the "James Bond feeling". Since there is no real threat, the event remains "quite unspectacular".

Christoph Petersen von Filmstarts considers the two films to be an "homage to the golden era of American comic books [...] from the 1930s to the early 1960s". Bird plays with the family role model of the time, "when Elastigirl keeps saving the day while Mr. Incredible longs for his times as a strong man". The villain is a “small disappointment”, but the action choreographies are sometimes “infinitely imaginative” and in the finale “staging finesse and creative script ideas” complement each other perfectly.

Oliver Kaever from Spiegel Online noticed the consumer criticism that is being exercised in the “colorful spectacle that is supposed to be nothing more than family entertainment” in the person of the villain “Screenslaver” (“Every meaningful experience is delivered to you neatly packaged so that you can can examine from a safe distance and remain sheltered, hungry consumers. "). Since the unbelievable “have to rely on each other” in order to save the world, the sequel is also a family film again. The film does not achieve the lightness of its predecessor, but it does offer "thrill, fun and insane editing sequences".

Awards (selection)

Annie Awards 2019

Award for the best music in an animated film ( Michael Giacchino )
Award for best storyboard in an animated film ( Dean Kelly )
Nomination for best animated film
Nomination for Best Director in an Animated Film ( Brad Bird )
Nomination for Best Screenplay in an Animated Film (Brad Bird)
Nomination for Best Editing in an Animated Film ( Stephen Schaffer , ACE , Anthony J. Greenberg & Katie Schaefer Bishop )
Nomination for Best Effects in an Animated Film ( Greg Gladstone , Tolga Göktekin , Jason Johnston , Eric Lacroix & Krzysztof Rost )
Nomination for the best character animation in an animated film ( Lance Fite )
Nomination for the best character design in an animated film ( Matt Nolte )
Nomination for the best storyboard in an animated film ( Bobby Alcid Rubio )
Nomination for best dubbing in an animated film ( Holly Hunter )

British Academy Film Awards 2019

Nomination for Best Animated Feature Film (Brad Bird & John Walker )

Critics' Choice Movie Awards 2019

Nomination for best animated film

Golden Globe Awards 2019

Nomination for best animated film

Golden Trailer Awards 2019

Nomination for the best home entertainment trailer of a family or animated film
Nomination for the best TV commercial in a family or animated film
Nomination for the best film poster in a family or animated film

Humanitas Prize 2019