Let it be acknowledged that some bits of it were funny. They were all in the first twenty minutes or so, but they were there. And let it also be acknowledged that some bits of it were written funny but spoilt by bad timing, for which you can’t really blame the writers as such. Let it further be acknowledged that the cinema was mostly empty, so the crowd effect that can sometimes make sub-par comedy work was not working in the movie’s favour on this particular evening. And let it finally be acknowledged that the other people I went with liked it more than I did.
Bearing in mind our acknowledgment of these facts, let us admit, frankly and honestly, that the Simpsons Movie was a train-wreck of a film.