 " Angry Dad : The Movie " received generally positive reviews from critics , with many of them praising the " visual gags " featured in the episode . TV Squad writer Brad Trechak praised the episode 's use of Hollywood references writing that " that 's what good episodes of ' The Simpsons ' are made of " . He also praised Gervais 's performance calling his two monologues " classic " . The A.V. Club 's Rowan Kaiser praised the multiple references layered in the episode commenting that they saved the episode from being " mediocre " . Despite this , he criticized the plot commenting that it did not come " from the heart of the show " . He ultimately gave the episode a B- , being beaten only by Bob 's Burgers episode " Hamburger Dinner Theater " . Ken Tucker of Entertainment Weekly mostly praised the short films competing against " Angry Dad " calling them " the truly amusing stuff " and adding that Condiments was a " very accomplished replication of Pixar " . However , he was critical of the guest stars , noting that , " None of them were very funny , but that was the joke — they were parodying the toadying tone of awards patter . Well , Brand and Berry were ; Gervais seemed to have improvised a lot of Gervais @-@ y stream @-@ of @-@ jokiness blather that he may well have intended to be funny " . Aly Semigran of MTV praised the episode for its animation parodies , writing , " Sure , Toy Story and Wallace and Gromit might enjoy more Oscar love than their animated brethren , but The Simpsons send @-@ ups were nothing if not a brilliant tip @-@ of @-@ the @-@ hat to all of those films " . 
