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Pokémon: The Movie 2000
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28 out of 100

Generally unfavorable - based on 20 Critics

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 3 out of 20
  2. Mixed: 8 out of 20
  3. Negative: 9 out of 20
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  1. New York Daily News
    Reviewed by: Elizabeth Weitzman
    63
    Good or bad, it's either a must-see in your house, or not even on the radar screen.
  2. San Francisco Examiner
    Reviewed by: Wesley Morris
    63
    Of course, there's little else of interest about Pokemon beyond the consumption factor. Buy more.
  3. Boston Globe
    Reviewed by: Jay Carr
    63
    2000 isn't about nobility and humility; saving the planet from evil collectors is what sells video games.
  4. San Francisco Chronicle
    Reviewed by: Jesse Hamlin
    50
    Feels like an extended TV cartoon segment.
  5. USA Today
    Reviewed by: Mike Clark
    50
    What do you have to smoke to understand this?
  6. Baltimore Sun
    Reviewed by: Chris Kaltenbach
    50
    Will keep kids happy and parents mildly entertained.
  7. Seattle Post-Intelligencer
    Reviewed by: Paula Nechak
    50
    A decidedly mixed bag.
  8. Entertainment Weekly
    Reviewed by: Lisa Schwarzbaum
    42
    Any grown men and women who pay to see the movie face a harrowing ordeal.
  9. Mr. Showbiz
    Reviewed by: Larry Terenzi
    40
    Kids deserve better than this. They deserve more respect than P2K is willing to give for the price of a Saturday matinee.
  10. Austin Chronicle
    Reviewed by: Marjorie Baumgarten
    40
    The storylines are as confusing (or as simple?) to the uninitiated as they were before, but that doesn't stop them from making sense to the kids.
  11. Chicago Reader
    Reviewed by: Lisa Alspector
    40
    The feature has some lovely effects.
  12. TV Guide
    Reviewed by: Maitland McDonagh
    30
    No better than the first.
  13. Variety
    Reviewed by: Robert Koehler
    30
    A much more intense action vehicle for hero Ash Ketchum and his band of pocket monster trainers than its leaden, sometimes claustrophobic predecessor.
  14. Chicago Tribune
    Reviewed by: Michael Wilmington
    25
    Mind-numbing sequel to "Pokemon the First Movie."
  15. New York Post
    Reviewed by: Hanna Brown
    25
    Even duller than the original, but will fulfill its function as a feature-length commercial for Pokemon merchandise.
  16. Philadelphia Inquirer
    Reviewed by: Steven Rea
    25
    I could make a joke here about the new Pokemon movie.
  17. L.A. Weekly
    Reviewed by: David Chute
    10
    Only a 10-year-old could parse the plot.
  18. Film.com
    Reviewed by: Sean Means
    10
    Kids -- may like this movie. But kids like green ketchup, so what do they know?
  19. The New York Times
    Reviewed by: A.O. Scott
    10
    As good as cut-rate animation that seems to consist of screen savers can be.
  20. Washington Post
    Reviewed by: Desson Thomson
    10
    Avoid this movie unless a) your child has refused to eat until you take him or her, or b) your house is being fumigated to kill an infestation of mosquitoes with the West Nile virus.
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7.3 out of 10

Generally favorable reviews- based on 42 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 18 out of 24
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 24
  3. Negative: 4 out of 24
  1. BenC.
    10
    Great animation, and music, a brilliant film if you give it a chance!
  2. MeyrinL.
    10
    This movie is great! I love the songs. I like Furura. She looks cute! I have the whole movie and I watch it over and over again.
  3. dbkoob
    10
    One of the best pokemon movies ever if your a pokemon fan or a donna summer fan (she is in the soundtrack) even if your not a pokemon fan you have to see this movie!… Full Review »
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