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title: "The Bob's Burgers Movie"
year: 2022
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fi1m_score: 72
critics_score: 75
critics_reviews: 22
published: "2026-10-13T22:04:30.533584+00:00"
updated: "2026-10-13T22:04:31.592501+00:00"
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# The Bob's Burgers Movie (2022)

Directed by Bernard Derriman, Loren Bouchard · 1h 42m · BBFC PG · Animation, Comedy, Crime, Mystery

## Identity

The Bob's Burgers Movie

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/film/the-bobs-burgers-movie
- **Type:** Film
- **Fi1m ID:** the-bobs-burgers-movie
- **IMDb ID:** tt7466442
- **TMDB ID:** 504827
- **Wikidata ID:** Q41709271
- **Same entity:** https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7466442/, https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/504827, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q41709271

**Fi1m score: 72** · Critics 75 from 22 reviews

*In a sentence:* Everyone sings, nobody pays the bank, and a skeleton in a sinkhole gets less screen time than Linda’s burger costume

> Loren Bouchard and Bernard Derriman bring the Belchers to the big screen with shadows, songs and a murder, and keep them exactly the size they were. It is warm, funny and slight, and the mystery is the least interesting thing in it.

## Synopsis

Bob Belcher (H. Jon Benjamin) runs a burger restaurant on a seaside street with his wife Linda (John Roberts) and their three children, and the bank wants its loan payment in seven days. The summer season should cover it. Then a water main bursts and a sinkhole opens in front of the door, swallowing the pavement and the customers with it. At the bottom of the hole is a skeleton, and Sgt. Bosco (Gary Cole) arrests the landlord, Calvin Fischoeder (Kevin Kline), for the murder. Louise (Kristen Schaal), called a baby at school for her bunny-eared hat, decides to solve the case to prove otherwise. Tina (Dan Mintz) wants a summer boyfriend, Gene (Eugene Mirman) wants his band to play Wonder Wharf, and Teddy (Larry Murphy) builds Bob a cart so he can sell burgers on the pier.

## Review

The Belchers have been on American television for more than a decade, and *The Bob’s Burgers Movie* does what most television films do: it takes a week in the life of a sitcom, stretches it to 102 minutes, adds a body, and hopes nobody minds. We did not mind. Loren Bouchard and Bernard Derriman direct, Bouchard and Nora Smith write, and the result is good-natured, funny in the corners and happy to be small. If you like the family you will like this. If you have never met them it is a fair introduction and no more.

The set-up is a bank loan due in seven days and a sinkhole that opens in front of the restaurant, which is the series’ idea of a disaster. There is a skeleton at the bottom of the hole. Sgt. Bosco (Gary Cole) arrests the landlord, Calvin Fischoeder (Kevin Kline), and Louise (Kristen Schaal), smarting from being called a baby at school, decides to find the real killer. Tina (Dan Mintz) wants Jimmy Jr. as a summer boyfriend. Gene (Eugene Mirman) wants his band on the wharf stage. Bob (H. Jon Benjamin) wants to sell enough burgers to keep the lights on, and Linda (John Roberts) will dress as one if that helps.

The animation has been given what the series never had, which is light. Faces have shadows under the chins, the sea moves, lamps throw pools across the floor of the restaurant at night. Ruben Hickman’s production design keeps the town the same width as the television one but lets Wonder Wharf go dark and sodium-orange for a chase through the bumper cars that is the best-staged thing in the film. Tim Davies’s music carries the songs, which are the series’ strength and are given more room here: the opening number about summer sets out everybody’s wants in three minutes, and is better than most of the dialogue scenes that follow. Kris Fitzgerald cuts at the show’s speed, with jokes hidden in the edges of frames and on shop signs, and the pace holds for about an hour.

We laughed hardest at Linda outside the courthouse in a burger costume, trying to drum up trade from people who have come to watch a man be arraigned, because Roberts plays her with no shame at all and the drawing lets the costume sag. We were also moved, more than a cartoon about a sandwich has any business moving us, by a short scene of Bob alone in the restaurant after closing, counting what he has not made. Benjamin’s voice does nothing. The new shading does the rest.

The murder is the problem. Felix Fischoeder (Zach Galifianakis) and a cousin, Grover (David Wain), are produced as suspects, the children conduct an investigation that runs on a timetable rather than on curiosity, and the film keeps stopping to tell us who had a motive and when. Louise’s part of this is the only part with any feeling in it. Tina and Gene are left with sketches. By the eighty-minute mark we were restless, because the plot had become the point and the plot was never going to be the point.

Set against other television cartoons that went to the cinema, this is the modest one. [*The Simpsons Movie*](https://film.one/film/the-simpsons-movie) and the *South Park* film both got bigger and ruder for the occasion. Bouchard and Derriman have chosen not to, and we respect it, though it means there is nothing here a very good double episode could not have done. What the cinema adds is the light and the songs and a bumper-car chase. That is a fair return on a ticket for a family, and a thin one for anyone else.

Watch it with children who already know the characters, or alone on a wet afternoon when you want to be in a room with people who like each other. At home it loses almost nothing, which is not quite the compliment it sounds.

*Fi1m score 72, published 13 October 2026.*

## What the critics say

Most critics come away pleased and nobody comes away angry: eighteen of the twenty-two reviews are positive and none are negative. The praise gathers around the things the series is already known for, scaled up a little. Reviewers like the hand-drawn animation, which they find brighter and more detailed than on television, the density of the jokes, the musical numbers, and the warmth of the Belcher family. Several say it works for newcomers as well as fans.

The reservations are mild and cluster on the plot. A number of reviews find the mystery thin or predictable, and Collider says the film plays like several episodes joined together. The Wrap doubts it will satisfy anyone new to the show, Polygon questions whether it needs a cinema at all, and NME notes that Gene and Tina are underused. The spread is narrow, from the mid-sixties up to the Los Angeles Times, the warmest of the lot, which admires the blend of jokes, voice work and songs.

## Straight answers

**Is The Bob's Burgers Movie worth watching?**

*The Bob's Burgers Movie* is worth watching if you already like the Belchers, and we scored it 72. It is warm, funny in the corners and happy to stay small, with the songs and the new shading as the main gains over the series. The murder plot is the weakest part, and newcomers will find a fair introduction and no more.

**How long is The Bob's Burgers Movie, and what is it rated?**

*The Bob's Burgers Movie* runs 1h 42m and is rated PG by the BBFC in the UK. It is an animation and comedy film.

**Where can I watch The Bob's Burgers Movie in the UK?**

*The Bob's Burgers Movie* is streaming on Disney+ in the UK, and it is also available to rent from Amazon Prime Video and Apple TV from £3.49. Availability is checked daily; the links above go straight to each service.

**How violent or frightening is The Bob's Burgers Movie, and is it suitable for children?**

*The Bob's Burgers Movie* is a UK PG and suits most children, though it does contain a skeleton found in a sinkhole, a murder investigation and a dark chase through the bumper cars at Wonder Wharf. None of it is played for fright, and the tone stays good-natured throughout. Children who know the series will be fine; the very young may find the skeleton a little much.

**How does The Bob's Burgers Movie compare to The Simpsons Movie?**

*The Bob's Burgers Movie* is the more modest of the two, keeping its family exactly the size they were, while [*The Simpsons Movie*](https://film.one/film/the-simpsons-movie) went bigger and louder for the cinema. Bouchard and Derriman's film has the better songs and a gentler heart; the Springfield film has the thicker run of jokes in its first hour. Both sag in their final stretch, and both lose little at home.

**What should I watch after The Bob's Burgers Movie?**

After *The Bob's Burgers Movie*, try [*The Simpsons Movie*](https://film.one/film/the-simpsons-movie) (2007, Fi1m 70): The other sitcom family that went to the cinema, and went bigger and louder about it. Then [*South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut*](https://film.one/film/south-park-bigger-longer-and-uncut) (1999, Fi1m 80): A television cartoon that used the big screen to sing and to swear; and [*Ernest & Celestine*](https://film.one/film/ernest-and-celestine) (2012, Fi1m 84): French, hand-drawn and gentle, about a bear and a mouse who should not be friends.

### Reviews we read (22)

- **Los Angeles Times**, Katie Walsh (90/100, inferred): Walsh calls the film one of the funniest, smartest and most distinctive summer movies, praising its lighthearted, intelligent comedy. She singles out the blend of dense jokes, voice acting, 2D animation and musical numbers as what makes it sing. [Read](https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/movies/story/2022-05-26/review-the-bobs-burgers-movie-animation)
- **Empire**, Beth Webb (80/100, inferred): The review finds the film more than worthy of the big screen, with charm and gentle comedy. It especially praises the heartfelt, funny minor interactions among the Belcher family and their community. [Read](https://www.empireonline.com/movies/reviews/the-bob-burgers-movie/)
- **Little White Lies**, Hannah Strong (3/4/3): Strong finds the film a sweet, slight, and charming extension of the series. She especially praises its expressive animation and highlights the bumper-car chase scene. [Read](https://lwlies.com/reviews/the-bobs-burgers-movie)
- **Time Out**, Phil de Semlyen (4/5): The review finds this noirish riff on the animated series a cheerful, satisfying treat. It singles out the movie’s happy-meal-sized appeal. [Read](https://www.timeout.com/movies/the-bobs-burgers-movie-2022)
- **IndieWire**, Kate Erbland (B): Erbland finds the film a charmer that works for fans and newcomers, though its plot feels undercooked. She praises its jokes and colorful animation, while wishing it had gone bigger with its musical elements. [Read](https://www.indiewire.com/criticism/movies/the-bobs-burgers-movie-review-1234725190/)
- **The AV Club**, Alison Foreman (B): Foreman finds the movie a lovely, entertaining big-screen debut, though its plot reuses familiar material. She especially praises the detailed, cinematic animation and the chance to see beloved characters shine on the big screen. [Read](https://www.avclub.com/the-bobs-burgers-movie-review-1848952007)
- **Slant Magazine**, Keith Watson (3/4): Watson finds the film a sweet, playful expansion of the series that keeps its family-centered spirit intact. He praises the oddball supporting cast for suggesting a lively world beyond the Belchers. [Read](https://www.slantmagazine.com/film/the-bobs-burgers-movie-review/)
- **The Guardian**, Scott Tobias (75/100, inferred): The critic finds the film an amiable, assured expansion that preserves the series’ modest identity. He especially praises its character work and the Belcher family’s eccentricities. [Read](https://www.theguardian.com/film/2022/may/25/bobs-burgers-movie-comedy-review)
- **The Hollywood Reporter**, Frank Scheck (70/100, inferred): Scheck finds the movie a satisfying continuation of the series, especially for its fans. He praises the colorful hand-drawn animation and the familiar humor, while noting that some jokes only earn groans. [Read](https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-reviews/the-bobs-burgers-movie-1235150336/)
- **Variety**, Amy Nicholson (70/100, inferred): Nicholson finds the film a delightful, familiar extension of the sitcom, even if it offers no big-screen surprises. She praises its fast, friendly jokes and the lively musical numbers. [Read](https://variety.com/2022/film/reviews/the-bobs-burgers-movie-review-1235274880/)
- **Vulture**, Roxana Hadadi (70/100, inferred): Hadadi finds the film a jubilant, comforting distraction, though its storytelling is predictable and safe. She especially praises the animation’s vibrancy, depth, and fluidity. [Read](https://www.vulture.com/2022/05/review-of-loren-bouchards-the-bobs-burgers-movie.html)
- **The New York Times**, Jeannette Catsoulis (64/100, inferred): The page content is inaccessible, so the critic’s verdict and specific praise or complaint cannot be verified. The available page text provides no review details. [Read](https://www.nytimes.com/2022/05/26/movies/the-bobs-burgers-movie-review.html)
- **Consequence**, Clint Worthington (85/100, inferred): Worthington finds the film a lot of fun and a faithful, slightly grander continuation of the series. He especially praises its quick-witted humor, catchy songs, and the Belchers’ warmth and loyalty. [Read](https://consequence.net/2022/05/bobs-burgers-movie-review/2/)
- **Film Stories**, John Moore (85/100, inferred): The reviewer finds the film charming, entertaining, and accessible even to viewers unfamiliar with the series. They praise its songs for efficiently revealing characters’ wants and drawing viewers into its world. [Read](https://filmstories.co.uk/reviews/bobs-burgers-the-movie-review-serves-a-plate-of-big-screen-fun/)
- **Paste**, Matt Donato (8.0/10): The critic finds the film a delightful, faithful big-screen expansion of the series. They praise its upgraded animation and the extra room it gives the Belchers’ emotional stories. [Read](https://www.pastemagazine.com/movies/bobs-burgers/the-bobs-burgers-movie-review)
- **Collider**, Ross Bonaime (B): Bonaime finds the film a delightful, well-crafted extension of the series, though it can feel like several episodes joined together. He praises its character-focused storytelling, hilarious performances, songs, and emotional moments. [Read](https://collider.com/bobs-burgers-movie-review-h-jon-benjamin-eugene-mirman-kristen-schaal/)
- **Eye for Film**, Andrew Robertson (75/100, inferred): Robertson finds the film a satisfying, well-executed extension of the series, though perhaps too light for its stakes. He especially praises the cast and the film’s simple, well-crafted approach. [Read](https://www.eyeforfilm.co.uk/review/bobs-burgers-the-movie-2022-film-review-by-andrew-robertson)
- **NME** (75/100, inferred): The critic finds the film a satisfying big-screen extension of the series that works for fans and newcomers. They praise its witty musical numbers and Louise’s storyline, while noting that Gene and Tina are underused. [Read](https://www.nme.com/reviews/film-reviews/the-bobs-burgers-movie-review-3235390)
- **/Film**, Hoai-Tran Bui (7/10): The critic finds the film enjoyable despite its overlong plot and slow build. They praise its joyful musical numbers and the Belcher family’s emotional warmth. [Read](https://www.slashfilm.com/870737/the-bobs-burgers-movie-review-a-double-sized-episode-with-extra-stakes-and-extra-songs-but-thats-okay/)
- **Polygon**, Joshua Rivera (65/100, inferred): The critic finds the movie enjoyable and faithful to the show, though not essential enough to demand a theater ticket. They praise its crisp animation and expanded musical numbers, while noting that the murder plot can feel incongruous. [Read](https://www.polygon.com/23143242/bobs-burgers-movie-review/)
- **The Wrap**, Alonso Duralde (65/100, inferred): Duralde finds the film funny and charming, but says it falls short of satisfying newcomers. He praises the screenplay’s focus on the Belcher family and its affecting emotional moment. [Read](https://www.thewrap.com/the-bobs-burgers-movie-film-review-2022/)
- **The Playlist** (64/100, inferred): The article appears to be a review of the film, but its verdict and any specific praise or complaint are unavailable. The page is blocked by anti-crawler protection, so those details cannot be verified. [Read](https://theplaylist.net/the-bobs-burgers-movie-review-20220523/)

## Details

- **Director:** Bernard Derriman, Loren Bouchard
- **Director:** Bernard Derriman, Loren Bouchard
- **Screenplay:** Loren Bouchard, Nora Smith
- **Editor:** Kris Fitzgerald
- **Music:** Tim Davies
- **Production design:** Ruben Hickman
- **Producer:** Janelle Momary-Neely, Nora Smith, Loren Bouchard
- **Cast:** H. Jon Benjamin as Bob Belcher / Jimmy Jr. / Ms. Labonz (voice); Kristen Schaal as Louise Belcher (voice); John Roberts as Linda Belcher / Jocelyn (voice); Dan Mintz as Tina Belcher (voice); Eugene Mirman as Gene Belcher (voice); Larry Murphy as Teddy (voice); Kevin Kline as Calvin Fischoeder (voice); Zach Galifianakis as Felix Fischoeder (voice)
- **Runtime:** 1h 42m
- **Certificate (BBFC):** PG
- **Release (the UK):** 27 May 2022
- **Genres:** Animation, Comedy, Crime, Mystery
- **Budget:** $38 million
- **Box office:** $34 million
- **Trailer:** https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hbGXqUumtqg

## Where to watch in the UK

- Disney+: streaming, uhd
- Amazon Prime Video: rent £3.49, uhd
- Apple TV: rent £3.49, hd
- Amazon Prime Video: buy £9.99, hd
- Apple TV: buy £9.99, hd

*Checked 2026-10-13.*

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