| 63 |
New York Daily News
Elizabeth Weitzman
Kids will love it.
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| 50 |
Chicago Tribune
Loren King
This predictable, uninspired third installment to the endless saga won't win over non-believers.
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| 50 |
Boston Globe
Loren King
This predictable, uninspired addition to the endless saga won't win over nonbelievers.
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| 50 |
The New York Times
Anita Gates
All about bright colors and constant movement.
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| 50 |
San Francisco Chronicle
Edward Guthmann
Pokemon is over.
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| 50 |
New York Post
Lou Lumenick
Mind-blowing and headache-inducing. But the kids loved it.
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| 42 |
Entertainment Weekly
Bruce Fretts
Enjoyable only if you're under the age of 7 -- or the influence of psychedelic drugs.
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| 40 |
TV Guide
Maitland McDonagh
Allowing for the fact that any Pokemon movie is essentially a feature-length commercial designed to make little kids want Pokémon stuff, this one has its moments.
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| 38 |
USA Today
Mike Clark
OK, Time Warner, a joke is a joke, but the time of tolerance has passed. Get your creatures out of our faces unless you're willing to regale us by afflicting them with Mad Pokémon Disease.
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| 30 |
Chicago Reader
Reece Pendleton
If your kids are fans there's probably no escaping this installment.
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| 20 |
Mr. Showbiz
Cody Clark
If you can overlook its condescending wholesomeness and static, visually drab, endlessly repetitious animation, then you have a more forgiving soul than I do.
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| 10 |
Film.com
Henry Cabot Beck
The animation is only marginally better than the TV show, which means it stinks, and the story is pretty trite.
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| 10 |
Washington Post
Michael O'Sullivan
Confusing as heck.
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| 10 |
New Times (L.A.)
M.V. Moorhead
Expect to be perplexed.
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| 10 |
Variety
Joe Leydon
The series' quest for different and challenging Pokemon reaches a nearly absurd endpoint this time.
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| 10 |
Los Angeles Times
Robin Rauzi
Two Tylenol and a pair of earplugs might be enough to get you through Pokemon 3The Movie.
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| 10 |
LA Weekly
Nicole Campos
Equally as brainless, shrill and calculated as its two predecessors.
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| 0 |
Austin Chronicle
Marc Savlov
Do yourself and your kids a favor, parents, and head to "Spy Kids" instead.
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