2019 · action · adventure · fantasy
Pokémon Detective Pikachu
Directed by Rob Letterman1h 45m2019
In a world where people collect pocket-size monsters (Pokémon) to do battle, a boy comes across an intelligent monster who seeks to be a detective.
Our read: Pokémon Detective Pikachu (2019) reads as a neutral, breathless, inventive action · adventure · fantasy entry — extreme in intensity, epic-stakes in scope, measured in temperature, redemptive in outlook.
Neutral, breathless, extreme action / adventure, inventive in texture. Redemptive, epic, measured.
- kinetic
- intense
- inventive
- epic-stakes
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“You want a playful live-action Pokémon mystery with Ryan Reynolds voicing Pikachu.”
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