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Pocket Monsters: Mewtwo Strikes Back!
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Metascore
35 out of 100

Generally unfavorable - based on 25 Critics What's this?

User Score
7.8 out of 10

Generally favorable reviews- based on 36 Ratings

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10 out of 10
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  • Starring: Eric Stuart, Rachael Lillis, Veronica Taylor
  • Summary: A scientist genetically clones creatures from the Pokemon named Mew, creating Mewtwo, which begins cloning other Pokemons resulting in disastrous circumstances. The film ends with the message that fighting is futile and wrong.
  • Director: Kunihiko Yuyama
  • Genre(s): Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Animation, Family
  • Rating: G
  • Runtime: 75 min
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Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 5 out of 25
  2. Mixed: 10 out of 25
  3. Negative: 10 out of 25
  1. New York Daily News
    Reviewed by: Jack Mathews
    75
    The favorable three-star rating I'm giving the animated Pokémon: The First Movie is based at least partly on the fact that I expected to dislike it and didn't.
  2. The New York Times
    Reviewed by: Anita Gates
    60
    But the animation, with its rich colors and stylized angles, is fun to watch and at times does seem like a psychedelic "Sesame Street."
  3. Austin Chronicle
    Reviewed by: Marjorie Baumgarten
    30
    There is a new definition of the term, "critic-proof movie," and it goes by the name Pokémon: The First Movie.

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User Reviews

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 13 out of 16
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 16
  3. Negative: 1 out of 16
  1. Elizebeth
    10
    Mewtwo is a really cool character idea. It's a cool story line and I really like it. The only thing that I'm commenting on the bad side is that Pikachu's vacation is cheesy.… Expand
    • 2 of 2 users said yes
  2. Edgeyx
    10
    I'm a massive fan of all things Pokémon so I found it really hard to dislike, but if i had to I would say that I didn't like the friendship moral's but I guess that just comes with it being a film targeted at kids.… Expand
    • 0 of 0 users said yes
  3. grandpajoe6191
    4
    Foolish, preposterous, a big wannabe tearjerker that probably is to the genuine Pokemon fans.
    • 0 of 0 users said yes

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