POKÉMON: DETECTIVE PIKACHU – “Pokémon So-So”

Detectivepikachu

RATING

DIRECTOR

Rob Letterman (Goosebumps – 2015)

STARRING

SYNOPSIS

Is based on the Pokémon franchise created by Satoshi Tajiri and the 2016 video game Detective Pikachu

In Ryme City, a metropolis populated between the bonds of humans and Pokémon alike, a 21-year-old former Pokémon trainer named Tim Goodman comes into contact with a talking Pikachu that once belonged to his father, Harry Goodman, who went missing after an accident. Tim and the talking Pikachu investigate to find his whereabouts until they come across something that endangers the Pokémon world.

REVIEW SUMMARY

For non Poké-holics, Detective Pikachu is not so much a “ Pokémon Go," but rather " Pokémon So-So." Sure there are things that do indeed work here, like the unique neo-noir aesthetic, the fun world building, Ryan Reynolds, the... ok, that's all I got in the "win column." The film unfortunately has a longer "miss list," with things like plot, character development, dialogue, the whole third act, did I mention plot? It's almost as if the film didn't know what it wanted to be, or worse, tried to be too many things. Is this a hard-boiled moody mystery story? Perhaps a big budget CGI fantasy adventure? Or just a juvenile action comedy? It's really all of the above, and as you might imagine, the results are mixed - at best. Thankfully Reynolds consistently breathes life into things with his truly witty and smart-mouthed remarks, all masked under the adorable cuteness of our titular "detective." Trust me, without him, the movie would be much less of a catch.

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