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Pokemon Heroes
Generally unfavorable reviews
Based on 17 critic reviews
How did we calculate this?
Based on 34 votes
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Movie Info
Genre(s): Fantasy
Written by:
Jim Malone
Hideki Sonoda
Directed by:
Jim Malone
Kunihiko Yuyama
Release Date:
Theatrical: May 16, 2003
DVD: January 20, 2004
Running Time: 80 minutes, Color
Origin: Japan
Language(s): Japanese (dubbed in English)
Summary
RATING: G for General Audiences
Starring Addie Blaustein, Rachael Lillis, Eric Stuart, and Veronica Taylor
The fifth installment of the Pokemon series takes place in a mysterious city on water.
Also On Metacritic
FILM: Pokemon 3 Pokemon 4Ever Pokemon the First Movie: Mewtwo Strikes Back Pokemon: The Movie 2000
Also On The Web: Internet Movie Database View The Trailer Official Studio Site Official Pokemon Site
What The Critics Said
All critic scores are converted to a 100-point scale. If a critic does not indicate a score, we assign a score based on the general impression given by the text of the review. Learn more...
Baltimore Sun Chris Kaltenbach
Brimming with values that should serve its young audience well: altruism, friendship, self-sacrifice, responsibility.
Read Full Review >Chicago Reader Bill Stamets
A sunny, gentle action yarn with numbingly repetitive chase scenes and bouncy interludes of playtime.
Read Full Review >San Francisco Chronicle C.W. Nevius
Better for several reasons. First, they've jazzed up the animation. The backgrounds appear to be digital, and they are striking. The story is also less violent and combative.
Read Full Review >Dallas Observer Gregory Weinkauf
Sometimes the 2D and 3D animation doesn't blend, and the heinous pop songs would embarrass Peter Cetera, but there's plenty to like, including a fascinating mechanical contraption and musical score both shamelessly and lovingly stolen from "The Dark Crystal."
Read Full Review >New York Daily News Elizabeth Weitzman
Clearly, interest has waned - both because children grow up and because they move on. It might be time for the folks behind this particular fad to do the same.
Read Full Review >Chicago Tribune Patrick Z. McGavin
An insubstantial addition to the cycle. It looks cheap and feels slapped together.
Read Full Review >Los Angeles Times Gene Seymour
Gallops along at a quick, easygoing clip. Grown-ups may have to scrub the sugar from their frontal lobes. But it's not about them, is it? Never was. Never will be.
Read Full Review >TV Guide Angel Cohn
Given that most fans are very young, ignoring a key aspect of the Pokemon mythos is bound to confuse and disappoint them.
Read Full Review >Village Voice Nat Johnson
The pied piper of shameless kiddie-marketing strikes for the fifth time in as many years.
Read Full Review >Washington Post Desson Thomson
Kids who love Pokemon movies are no doubt going to see this movie, and they'll have a blast watching it. Very soon they will become older and more sensible and understand how terrible these movies are.
Read Full Review >Variety Robert Koehler
Demonstrates no improvement or enhancement. But the action this time is even less inspired than past battles
Read Full Review >Boston Globe Louise Kennedy
Any richness in the drawing of the backgrounds only underscores the weirdly flat, affectless renderings of the characters moving through them.
Read Full Review >The Onion (A.V. Club) Tasha Robinson
Doesn't have much to offer viewers who aren't still eagerly awaiting their first adult tooth.
Read Full Review >The New York Times Dave Kehr
Plays more like a catalog than a movie... a tedious, unimaginative affair.
Read Full Review >New York Post Lou Lumenick
Crudely animated, badly dubbed, incomprehensible, boring -- and headache-inducing -- attempt to wring a few more yen and dollars out of a thoroughly spent franchise.
Read Full Review >Austin Chronicle Marc Savlov
Kids will revolt, parents will snooze, and I will be downright giddy if I never encounter another Pokémon movie as long as I live. Ack!
Read Full Review >What Our Users Said
The average user rating for this movie is 6.8 (out of 10) based on 34 User Votes
Note: User votes are NOT included in the Metascore calculation.
Jo P. gave it a10:
It has to be the bestest cartoon I have ever seen!!! please
Poke Fan gave it a10:
This was one of the more enjoyable Pokemon films. I hate that people gave this movie a bad rating because they think the Pokemon Franchise is throughly spent. They are wrong. This franchise will be around for a long long time.
Sam gave it a7:
It's a decent film. I enjoyed it. It's the best of all pokemon films, but not the best of all films. It's a film that with a likeable main character i could've given it an 8.
liz gave it a4:
Cute the first time,hten after that i could get a pillow and snooze like a snorlax.
Vincent J. gave it a10:
This movie is just one of the best.
Jonathan H. gave it a 10:
This movie is great! I dont know why it is so great but it is.
Aaron F. gave it a 10:
I dont know i just love it so bad! and its so out of this world to me!
