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Pokémon Detective Pikachu

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• Fantasy
• Adventure

• 2019
• Rob Letterman
• 100 mins
• PG

Summary

Part-animated fantasy adventure starring Justice Smith and featuring the voice of Ryan Reynolds. Tim teams up with an unlikely partner to solve the mystery of his father's death. But there's a slight complication: this partner is a talking Pokémon creature who only Tim can hear.

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A star rating of 3 out of 5.

Victoria Luxford

The first-ever live-action Pokémon movie features Ryan Reynolds as the voice of Detective Pikachu, a Pokémon creature who assists a former Pokémon trainer (Justice Smith) in finding out what happened to his late policeman father. Goosebumps director Rob Letterman focuses on making a good film here rather than one faithful to the brand, and this turns out to be Detective Pikachu's greatest strength. It helps to have some knowledge of the Pokémon multimedia phenomenon, as the uninitiated may become lost in the colourful madness. However, for the most part, the movie is a charming whodunnit with more than a passing resemblance to 1988 ground-breaker Who Framed Roger Rabbit? The film's strong start, which introduces a new and exciting world, does lose momentum as the familiar plot gives itself too much to do. However, by that point, you may be having too much fun to notice, with Reynolds in his element providing wit and heart to the title character. A gem in the admittedly patchy history of video-game films, Pokémon Detective Pikachu's fun moments far outweigh the flaws.

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6.5/10

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Credits

Cast

rolenameDetective PikachuRyan ReynoldsTim GoodmanJustice SmithLucy StevensKathryn NewtonMs NormanSuki WaterhouseDr Ann LaurentRita OraHoward CliffordBill NighySebastianOmar ChaparroRoger CliffordChris GeereLieutenant Hideo YoshidaKen WatanabeJackKaran Soni

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rolenameDirectorRob Letterman

Details

Theatrical distributor

Warner Bros

Released on

2019-05-10

Languages

English | Japanese

Available on

DVD and Blu-ray

Formats

Colour

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