Bob's Burgers (2011)TV series

“The Simpsons Movie” hit theaters in 2007, after the show’s iconic peak but before its sad transformation into a DNC talking point.

“The Bob’s Burgers Movie,” delayed due to the pandemic, arrives as the source material wheezes its way through its 12th season. The once-mighty show is now a shell of its former self, peddling tepid plot lines and stale gags unworthy of its past self.

The “Movie” version revives the corpse-like series, at least for a good half hour. The souped-up animation retains the show’s visual motif while upgrading it in subtle ways. The jokes? They’re intermittently sharp, and the show’s family dysfunction remains endearing.

The film opens strong, but once the mechanics of its mystery unfold the franchise...