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Pokémon: the Movie 2000

REVIEW MENU Quick Plot Summary Why the MPAA Rating Fast Facts Main Cast Members Who Should See This Movie To Consider Movie Details Overall Ratings Tips for Parents

QUICK PLOT SUMMARY: Animated/Children - A Pokémon collector who plans to be the most powerful Pokémon trainer in the world has to deal with Ash and his friends if he wants to succeed. WHY THE MPAA RATED IT: G The MPAA rated this film G for and is suitable for all ages. FAST FACTS: Release Date .... July 21, 2000 Running Time .... Aprox. 84 Minutes Genre .... Animation/Children Director .... Kunihiko Yuyama Writer .... Michael Haigney MAIN CAST MEMBERS: ACTOR/ACTRESS CHARACTER IKUE OTANI .... Pikachu VERONICA TAYLOR .... James/Brock/Dexter ERIC STUART .... Ash/other characters [Menu]    WHO SHOULD SEE THIS MOVIE: (click on each category for more detailed information) Date Movie Chick Flick Guys Movie Children Teenagers Generation X Baby Boomers Mature Audiences Intellectuals [Menu] AS A DATE MOVIE Poor Bet -Unless the daters are mentally challenged in some way, chances are taking a date to see this film would be a bad move. Of course, the other way to look at Pokémon the Movie: 2000 is that it could be a terrific opportunity to sit in the back row for some major smooching! CHICK FLICK Poor Bet - Unfortunately many of the women will be forced to see this movie with their kids, so they probably wouldn't want to make this moosh of color and squawky characters the film of the week for Ladies' Night Out. GUYS MOVIE Poor Bet -Pokémon is a sure fire way to get a man all wriggling and uncomfortable. The sweetness and light accompanied by sickening lessons about life will have the fellas itching to leave, making rude comments, and trying to get a rise out of the theatre audience. To take a guy to see this film is just begging to be in the company of a heckler! CHILDREN Great Bet -Who knows why the kids find this particular group of animated creatures so wonderful, but the bottom line is they do. Every kid under the age of twelve will probably really enjoy this movie, which limits its violence to exploding things that never die. TEENAGERS Poor Bet -Some children's movies cross over and are still worthy for teens to watch, but Pokémon the Movie:2000 is one even the teens will be bored with. Teens will feel they've wasted their allowance after sitting through the dull sequel to the even duller first film. GENERATION X Poor Bet -Though Gen Xers are hip to how cool anime can be, they will find Pokémon the Movie: 2000 to be a thrown together piece of garbage without much in the way of new technology or even a decent soundtrack. BABY BOOMERS Poor Bet - Boomers will find themselves asking "What does this all mean?" and will probably wonder if they should have had a couple martinis before attempting to understand the squeaks and squawks of the Pokémon. MATURE AUDIENCES Poor Bet - The older set will be sure to tell their grandkids that when they were kids, they had good cartoons that were simplistic in nature, but at least had a plot one could follow. Grandma and Grandpa will see this film for what it is: a marketing ploy from Nintendo to sell new Pokémon stuff. INTELLECTUALS Poor Bet - Intellectuals will be especially annoyed by the opening film short adventure with Pikachu, and will have trouble with some terribly stretched interpretations of the Japanese language. Beyond that, the story is like watching an animated version of the old Godzilla vs. Rodan film, since the bulk of it centers around three giant birds fighting each other with basic elements of fire, lightning and ice while the innocent look on unable to do anything but watch. WHAT PARENTS SHOULD CONSIDER BEFORE THEIR CHILDREN SEE THIS MOVIE: (click on each category for more detailed information) Violent Acts Sex and Nudity Profanity Tense Scenes Immoral/Illegal Behavior Questionable Scenes [Menu] MOVIE DETAILS: VIOLENT ACTS Little - Cannons fire at various Pokémon creatures; someone's boat crashes in the background , no one is harmed; Pokémon blast each other with jolts of lighting/electricity at one another in a violent fashion; Pokémon birds fight in the sky, injuring one; birds shoot at kids with fire, lighting and ice; someone destroys a ship. SEX/NUDITY None - There are no sexual or nudity scenes to be concerned with. PROFANITY None - There's no profanity to be concerned with. TENSE SCENES Little - A boat tosses about in a wild storm; Pokémon birds fight each other and attack kids on the ground with lightning, flames and ice. IMMORAL/ILLEGAL BEHAVIORS Some - Planning to end life on Earth; jealousy; teasing someone about something they will be offended by; fighting. QUESTIONABLE SCENES None - There are no real questionable scenes to be concerned with. [Menu] OVERALL RATINGS: Entertainment Rating Only the little ones will be glued to the screen for this latest adventure of their favorite characters. Adults will be tempted to spend the bulk of the film in the lobby. Children's Value Rating Seems to me that the latest Pokémon film is just one long commercial for all the new Pokémon characters that have been recently stocked on toy store shelves. Parents who don't appreciate this blatant marketing ploy would be best to take their kids to something a little more educational or entertaining overall. Kids however, will probably throw major tantrums if they are the only one on their block that hasn't seen Ash conquer the bad Pokémon collector. Return to top Reviewed by C.A. Batchelor Email Me! -- July 25, 2000