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64
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63
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Powerpuff Girls Movie, The
Warner Bros.
MPAA RATING: PG for non-stop frenetic animated action
Starring
Cathy Cavadini,
Tara Strong,
Elizabeth Daily,
Tom Kenny,
Roger L. Jackson,
Tom Kane,
and
Jennifer Hale
Based on the hit Cartoon Network series, this feature film adaptation tells the story of how Blossom, Bubbles and Buttercup obtain their unique powers, become superheroes and join forces to foil evil mutant monkey Mojo Jojo's plan to take over the world.
| GENRE(S): |
Fantasy
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| WRITTEN BY: |
Craig McCracken (television series The Powerpuff Girls)
Charlie Bean
Lauren Faust
Paul Rudish and Don Shank
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| DIRECTED BY: |
Craig McCracken
|
| RELEASE DATE: |
DVD: November 5, 2002
Video: November 5, 2002
Theatrical: July 3, 2002
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| RUNNING TIME: |
87 minutes, Color |
| ORIGIN: |
USA |

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100
San Francisco Chronicle
Tim Goodman
Clearly, great fun.

80
Village Voice
Mark Holcomb
The rapid-fire satirical sophistication (scatology notwithstanding) and lovingly rendered pulp surrealism of this sequence should delight adults, while kids will get a charge out of the heroines' grown-up-defying chutzpah.

80
The Onion (A.V. Club)
Nathan Rabin
It's a good movie infused with moments of greatness.

78
Austin Chronicle
Marc Savlov
Brilliant, wacky, and utterly charming fluff, with millions of mad monkey minions to boot.

75
Entertainment Weekly
Lisa Schwarzbaum
The three kindergarteners make up for their lack of irony with laser-power eyes, radical post-post-postfeminist blithe confidence, and some of the coolest retro-futuristic animation style this side of Gerald McBoing-Boing.

75
The Globe and Mail (Toronto)
Liam Lacey
One of the more ingenious and fresh surprises of the summer.

70
Salon.com
Stephanie Zacharek
It's a universe invented for our delight and pleasure and nothing else, a world made up of colors not found in nature but in a little girl's sock drawer. In Powerpuff Girls, shapes, images and colors make up the most crucial part of the message. It's a hot-pink little movie.

70
LA Weekly
Robert lloyd
All you really need to know, finally, from a consumer angle, is that it is not boring, and looks fantastic, and maintains the wit and spirit of the original, and that -- it takes care of the grown-ups first. There are obscure puns and cultural references for Mom and Dad, dog pee and monkey poo (metaphorical) for the kids, and fighting for . . . everybody!

70
Los Angeles Times
Gene Seymour
Has the right mix of sugar and spice for a satisfying rush.

70
Washington Post
Jane Horwitz
Sparklingly inventive and artful, always fast and furious tale.

70
Film Threat
Michael Dequina
May be formulaic but never fails to find other ways to entertain.

70
New Times (L.A.)
Gregory Weinkauf
A piquant entertainment and zeitgeist reflector designed to embolden little thrashettes.
70
The New York Times
Stephen Holden
What's really so appealing about the characters is their resemblance to everyday children. They're wildly energetic, competitive and (sometimes dangerously) impulsive. But they also learn from their mistakes, and their instincts are good. More power to them.

67
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
Paula Nechak
Don't give the kids any sugar before this one -- it's so hyperactive it'll send them into overdrive without it.

63
Boston Globe
Ty Burr
Forgoes that split-level wit to concentrate on mere rock 'em sock 'em mayhem.

63
New York Post
Megan Lehmann
When the Powerpuff Girls blink those soulful dinner-plate peepers, you could forgive them anything - even their movie's wafer-thin excuse for a plot.

63
Chicago Tribune
Scott L. Powers
"The Movie" is bigger, brighter and boomier on the big screen than the series is on cable, but is it any better? The short answer is no, but that's not necessarily bad.

60
Variety
Joe Leydon
Small children who will accept it as rock-'em, sock-'em excitement with a touch of gender-specific empowerment, and hipper teens and grown-ups who can appreciate the whole thing as a semisatirical hoot.

60
Washington Post
Dan Via
Offers cleverness and charm that are hard to come by in the summertime multiplex.

60
TV Guide
Angel Cohn
The action sequences are so franticly dizzying that they make "Run Lola Run" look as though it unfolds in slow motion.

50
Portland Oregonian
Stephen Whitty
All in all, as products go, The Powerpuff Girls Movie is an honest one, probably better constructed than the trio's lunchbox and a little more reasonably priced than their T-shirts. But it's still a product, not a picture.

50
New York Daily News
Elizabeth Weitzman
While the series is smart enough to have inspired an army of adult fans, too little of its droll intelligence is on view here. Instead, the film feels like a rote effort made for some quick box-office bucks.
50
Baltimore Sun
Chris Kaltenbach
There's a wonderfully funny and relentlessly cute 45-minute cartoon within The Powerpuff Girls Movie; unfortunately, it's padded out with almost as much filler.
50
Philadelphia Inquirer
Carrie Rickey
Half enjoyable goof, half an uncomfortable panorama of urban terrorism that just doesn't sit well after Sept. 11.

50
USA Today
Mike Clark
Isn't much, it's just lively enough to placate its limited audience to make it an easy choice over "Scooby-Doo's" stale Alpo.

50
Chicago Reader
Hank Sartin
Though the action is a bit intense for very young kids, it's probably no worse than what they see on television.


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