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Pokémon Detective Pikachu

  • 6.5 /10

  • 7166

  • 68%

Plot

In a world where people collect pocket-size monsters (Pokémon) to do battle, a boy comes across an intelligent monster who seeks to be a detective.

Cast

Ryan Reynolds as Detective Pikachu (voice)
Ryan Reynolds

as Detective Pikachu (voice)

Justice Smith as Tim Goodman
Justice Smith

as Tim Goodman

Kathryn Newton as Lucy Stevens
Kathryn Newton

as Lucy Stevens

Suki Waterhouse as Ms. Norman
Suki Waterhouse

as Ms. Norman

Omar Chaparro as Sebastian
Omar Chaparro

as Sebastian

Chris Geere as Roger Clifford
Chris Geere

as Roger Clifford

Rita Ora as Dr. Ann Laurent
Rita Ora

as Dr. Ann Laurent

Karan Soni as Jack
Karan Soni

as Jack

Josette Simon as Grams
Josette Simon

as Grams

Ken Watanabe as Lieutenant Hide Yoshida
Ken Watanabe

as Lieutenant Hide Yoshida

Movie Facts

Rated

  • PG

Status

  • Released

Release Date

  • May 3, 2019

Production Companies

  • Legendary Pictures

  • The Pokémon Company

  • TOHO

Production Countries

  • Japan

  • United States of America

Spoken Language

  • English

Budget

  • $150,000,000.00

Revenue

  • $449,762,638.00

Runtime

  • 1.75 hrs

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Reviews

If you enjoy reading my Spoiler-Free reviews, please follow my blog :) I’m going to write it straight away: I didn’t enjoy Pokémon Detective Pikachu as much as I wanted to. In some ways, it disappointed me. Now, you’re probably thinking “oh, he’s one of those people who never saw or played Pokémon in his life, and now he’s going to destroy the film because he never understood it”. Not even clo…

The core story is just... So dumb. And the dialogue between genuinely any two characters that doesn't involve the titular Pikachu made me **real** uncomfortable. But I adore the world that holds it up. Watching _Detective Pikachu_ was like drinking hot chocolate by the campfire in winter. Even my roommate who had to be dragged to the thing kicking and screaming ended up having a wholesome good…

The movie did not have the best story, it was very much like the original Pokemon the Movie where Ash dies, in the hands of Mewtwo, just switched up a little. The animation and visual affects were really well done. There were some funny parts, although a lot of it seemed really dry.