Review of Futurama: The Beast with a Billion Backs (2008) by Yasmin H — 20 Apr 2009

A solid step up from Bender's Big Score, which was a big on the uneven side, though it provided a lot of answers to questions about the show's timeline. Conversely, Beast is centered entirely on the present.

The story feels more substantive than Bender's Big Score in focusing on a comical discussion of love and religion, discussing both in more depth than the TV series did at any point, in its naturally longer running time. The writing still doesn't feel as though the writers are 100% back on their game again - often relying on more gross-out gags than the series ever had to - but the script felt more directed and generally less unbalanced than Bender's Big Score.

The cast, as usual, is 100% on throughout the film, and there's never a point where the characters don't feel like they are who they are. There's some very nice extras on the DVD, too.

All-in-all, The Beast with a Billion Backs is an improvement from Bender's Big Score, and a great all-around continuation of Futurama through its final acts.