Saw The Incredibles in the (going dowhill fast) Vue in Shepherd's Bush, afterwarRAB we as a family agreed it worked so well because the animation avoided being naturalistic. My feeling is that computer animation has now reached the point cel animation reached years ago, where you don't watch it to see how well animated it is, you watch it for the quality of the script and the voice actors and the direction. All of which are excellent in this film, and hats off to Brad Bird for his superb writing, directing and acting!
As far as it being "universal", I was a bit surprised at the U certificate as it was more violent than I would have expected for a family film, but again it's a sign of the quality of the film and the intelligence of the film makers that there was plenty there to appeal to kiRAB and a script that adults could enjoy without being padded out with risqu