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The Simpsons: The Longest Daycare (S)

The Simpsons: Maggie Simpson in The Longest Daycare

2012

David Silverman

Animation

6.6

6,999

Animation. Comedy. Drama Maggie Simpson spends a day at the Ayn Rand Daycare Center where she is diagnosed at an average intelligence level. Longing to be grouped with the gifted children, Maggie finds her destiny by rescuing a lonely cocoon from Baby Gerald, who is busy smooshing butterflies.

	Author	Review
Spain	FilmAffinity	The critical response to The Longest Daycare has been generally positive. Many film critics have said that the short was better than Ice Age: Continental Drift. Claudia Puig of USA Today argued that "the brief tale is far more clever and whimsical than any sequence in Ice Age." Similarly, Sun Herald critic Leigh Paatsch said the short "displays all the wit and creativity missing from Continental Drift." San Francisco Chronicle writer Amy Biancolli commented that the short is "only a few minutes long, but those few minutes boast more imagination, pathos and suspense than the entire film that follows." Joe Williams of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch wrote that while the short takes place in a daycare, it ironically features more "artistic maturity" than Continental Drift. The Longest Daycare has been praised for being both humorous and emotional. Puig and Biancolli described the short as "hilarious". Bill Goodykoontz of The Arizona Republic stated that the film is "terrific—sweet, sad, funny, surprising,"and Kristian Lin of Fort Worth Weekly said it is "clever" and "surprisingly moving". Writing for Pioneer Press, Chris Hewitt noted that Maggie's interaction with Gerald "is hilarious and, ultimately, poignant in an animated film that covers more territory, all without dialogue, than most full-length movies." He went on to call the short a "triumph of storytelling, pacing and big-hearted humor." A. O. Scott of The New York Times called the short a "charming 3-D cartoon" that is "witty and touching and marvelously concise". He added that it "cleverly blends the bright-colored flatness of the television show with the gimmickry of 3-D. It also upholds (more than the TV series itself) one of the golden rules of animation: no talking." Tim Martain of The Mercury has also described the short as "touching". The Boston Globe's Tom Russo thought the short was "a welcome throw. (Source: Wikipedia)	POS
United States	A. O. Scott The New York Times	"A charming 3-D cartoon (...) witty and touching and marvelously concise (...) cleverly blends the bright-colored flatness of the television show with the gimmickry of 3-D. It also upholds (more than the TV series itself) one of the golden rules of animation: no talking."	POS
United States	Claudia Puig USA Today	"Hilarious (...) The brief tale is far more clever and whimsical than any sequence in Ice Age."	POS
United States	Amy Biancolli SFGATE	"Is only a few minutes long, but those few minutes boast more imagination, pathos and suspense than the entire film that follows."	POS
United States	Jeff Shannon Chicago Sun-Times	"A perfectly enjoyable, non-verbal "Simpsons" spinoff (...) It's great stuff, directed by "Simpsons" veteran David Silverman with above-average visual flair."	POS
United States	Betsy Sharkey Los Angeles Times	"Superbly crafted, packed with the wry innuendo that has come to mark the series, it is exactly the sort of satisfying fun you would expect it to be."	POS
United States	Lou Lumenick New York Post	"A hilarious spinoff from the TV series."	POS
United States	Michael O'Sullivan The Washington Post	"Is distinctly lacking in the television series’ trademark snark, probably due to the innocence of its title character. It’s still very clever though."	POS
United States	Peter Hartlaub SFGATE	"Cute but not very deep."	NEU
United States	Kimberley Jones Austin Chronicle	"Is emblematic of how masterfully The Simpsons, like golden-age Looney Tunes, taps the pleasure centers of children and adults alike without talking down to either."	POS

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