Dir: Loren Bouchard, Bernard Derriman. Starring: H Jon Benjamin, Dan Mintz, Eugene Mirman, Larry Murphy, John Roberts, Kristen Schaal. PG, 102 minutes.
Bob’s Burgers has always felt unique in its relative ordinariness. The revered but semi-niche animated series’ onscreen compatriots – The Simpsons, Family Guy, King of the Hill – have always mined the grotesque heart of the American nuclear family for the purposes of satire, surrealism, and cartoon violence. The Belcher family, however, function less like a dysfunctional unit trapped under the same roof, and more like an assorted clan of weirdos who only happen to be blood-related. They actually like each other, and are surprisingly harmonious in their eccentricities. Over the course of 12 seasons, the show has served up little half-hour collective struggles: the Belchers versus the world. They only want to be themselves. Schools, bills, and other responsibilities keep getting in the way.
