Critic Reviews
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Chicago Tribune
Surprising less moldy and trite than the last two.
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Chicago Reader
Alternates between chunks of opaque exposition delivered by cardboard characters and eruptions of colorful and highly imaginative action.
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| 50 |
Baltimore Sun
Watching a Pokemon movie is like drowning in a sea of cute.
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| 50 |
New York Daily News
Little more than a blatant marketing tool. But it's breezy and brief enough to keep young fans - and even their parents - modestly entertained.
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| 40 |
TV Guide
The story is a bit predictable and the characters given to restating the obvious (presumably for the benefit of very young viewers), but overall this third Pokemon sequel is surprisingly entertaining.
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| 40 |
Washington Post
A fairly straightforward, if preachy, tale about environmentalism.
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| 38 |
New York Post
A rote exercise in both animation and storytelling.
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| 38 |
Boston Globe
Harmless in the extreme and it'll mute your kids for nearly 80 minutes, but why not just treat the little yard apes to the real deal and take them to ''Spirited Away''?
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| 30 |
Variety
Supposedly, Pokemon can't be killed, but Pokemon 4Ever practically assures that the pocket monster movie franchise is nearly ready to keel over.
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| 25 |
Miami Herald
Amanda Rogers
The entire story -- has been done before, and should have been limited to a 30-minute Saturday morning cartoon episode.
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LA Weekly
It's animated cockfighting for children.
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| 20 |
Los Angeles Times
Staff (Not credited)
There isn't much to Pokémon 4Ever.
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| 20 |
Austin Chronicle
Why the Pokémon fad hasn't died off yet is one of the great mysteries of the universe, right up there with the Pyramids of Gaza and the white stuff in Twinkies.
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| 20 |
The Onion (A.V. Club)
Deadly dull.
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| 10 |
The New York Times
When it comes to entertainment, children deserve better than Pokémon 4Ever.
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San Francisco Chronicle
C.W. Nevius
At best this is a film for the under-7 crowd. But it would be better to wait for the video. And a very rainy day.
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