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Pokemon: The Movie 2000
Warner Bros.

Pokemon: The Movie 2000 reviews
Critic Score
Metascore: 28 Metascore out of 100
User Score  
7.0 out of 10
based on 20 reviews
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MPAA RATING: G for General Audiences

Starring Eric Stuart, Veronica Taylor, Philip Bartlett, Rachel Lillis, and Addie Blaustein

Good forces try to stop Lugia, whose power could destroy the world.


GENRE(S): Family/Kids  
WRITTEN BY: Takeshi Shudo  
DIRECTED BY: Michael Haigney
Kunihiko Yuyama
 
RELEASE DATE: DVD: November 14, 2000 
Video: November 14, 2000 
Theatrical: July 21, 2000 
RUNNING TIME: 115 minutes, Color 
ORIGIN: Japan 
LANGUAGE(S): Japanese (dubbed into English) 

What The Critics Said

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63
New York Daily News Elizabeth Weitzman
Good or bad, it's either a must-see in your house, or not even on the radar screen.
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63
Boston Globe Jay Carr
2000 isn't about nobility and humility; saving the planet from evil collectors is what sells video games.
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63
San Francisco Examiner Wesley Morris
Of course, there's little else of interest about Pokemon beyond the consumption factor. Buy more.
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50
Baltimore Sun Chris Kaltenbach
Will keep kids happy and parents mildly entertained.
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50
Seattle Post-Intelligencer Paula Nechak
A decidedly mixed bag.
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50
San Francisco Chronicle Jesse Hamlin
Feels like an extended TV cartoon segment.
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50
USA Today Mike Clark
What do you have to smoke to understand this?
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42
Entertainment Weekly Lisa Schwarzbaum
Any grown men and women who pay to see the movie face a harrowing ordeal.
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40
Chicago Reader Lisa Alspector
The feature has some lovely effects.
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40
Austin Chronicle Marjorie Baumgarten
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.
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40
Mr. Showbiz Larry Terenzi
Kids deserve better than this. They deserve more respect than P2K is willing to give for the price of a Saturday matinee.
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30
Variety Robert Koehler
A much more intense action vehicle for hero Ash Ketchum and his band of pocket monster trainers than its leaden, sometimes claustrophobic predecessor.
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30
TV Guide Maitland McDonagh
No better than the first.
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25
Philadelphia Inquirer Steven Rea
I could make a joke here about the new Pokemon movie.
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25
New York Post Hanna Brown
Even duller than the original, but will fulfill its function as a feature-length commercial for Pokemon merchandise.
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25
Chicago Tribune Michael Wilmington
Mind-numbing sequel to "Pokemon the First Movie."
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10
LA Weekly David Chute
Only a 10-year-old could parse the plot.
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10
Film.com Sean Means
Kids -- may like this movie. But kids like green ketchup, so what do they know?
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10
The New York Times A.O. Scott
As good as cut-rate animation that seems to consist of screen savers can be.
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10
Washington Post Desson Thomson
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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What Our Users Said

Vote Now!The average user rating for this movie is 7.0 (out of 10) based on 27 User Votes
Note: User votes are NOT included in the Metascore calculation.

Aj gave it a9:
It's a cool movie. I am 13 yrs old (quiet mature for my age) and i liked the movie

Ben C. gave it a10:
Great animation, and music, a brilliant film if you give it a chance!

Meyrin L. gave it a10:
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.

liz gave it a6:
Ok,i guess,don't see it unless (a your kid is whining and sceaming about or (b,you have nothing else to do.

[Anonymous} gave it a10:
Best film best score.

Jesus H. gave it a 10:
I'm a huge fan of pokemon I see all the products of it but these movie is so cool for the lines the caracters have, the music inspire me. I simple love it.

Lumiere T. gave it a 3:
This movie makes me wanna hurl. It is a real insult to the whole anime genre and the sad thing is a lot of people tend to base their view of anime off of this franchise and a This movie has very little plot and Ash is still annoying as he is in the show. About the only thing that fits is the music score for the movie.

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