Review of Pokémon Detective Pikachu (2019) by Trineo99 — 11 May 2019

First of all, the pacing in this film is really off throughout the entire movie. This movie in one hour and forty-five minutes but really it feels like a two and a half hour long film. This is due to for a majority of the film it felt really slow and that it needed to pick up the pace.

This leads to a very quick paced climax for the film. It felt as if they realized that this film was going on too long and had to quickly wrap it. So while you’re watching the ending it leads to everything happening at rapid speed.

If the film took it’s time and organized itself a bit better than it would’ve made for a more enjoyable film. Obviously, I’m going to mention how great the Pokémon look. I mean seriously this movie went all out on them.

Each one looked like it was taken straight out of the game and or anime and into our world. Usually, this leads to terrible CGI where it looks like a cartoon or that it isn’t there but for this case, it actually worked.

I love Ryan Reynolds as Pikachu and he was definitely a stand out for this film. He brought all of the humour in this film and it was great. The other actors did great jobs having the tough job of interacting with CGI creatures all day.

I do love the humour in this movie because it’s a perfect balance of jokes for kids and some for the adults in the audience. This helps because the adults who were dragged to see this movie can enjoy those jokes.

Honestly, I know this is a very teeny tiny spoiler thing but there are two plot twists that if you pay attention you can easily figure out. The last thing I want to mention is the music in this film. Henry Jackman, the composer for this film, did an excellent job on the music.

In the end, this film is good for people who either just want a fun movie or are casual fans of Pokémon but really this film is for the hardcore fans of Pokémon. I give Pokémon Detective Pikachu a 7.

5/10.