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The Powerpuff Girls Movie (2002)

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Reviews Counted:100

Fresh:64

Rotten:36

Average Rating:6.2/10

Consensus: It plays like an extended episode, but The Powerpuff Girls Movie is still lots of fun.

Runtime: 86 mins

Genre: Action/Adventure

Synopsis: If the POWERPUFF GIRLS television show packs a punch, then their first movie delivers a serious wallop. POWERPUFF GIRLS creator Craig McCracken takes his widely popular characters--Blossom,... If the POWERPUFF GIRLS television show packs a punch, then their first movie delivers a serious wallop. POWERPUFF GIRLS creator Craig McCracken takes his widely popular characters--Blossom, Bubbles, Buttercup, and their posse--and kicks it up a few notches with a stylish look that's easy on the eyes and engaging to all audiences. The film begins with a flashback to the POWERPUFF GIRLS' early days, when they were but a glimmer in the eye of their father-creator Professor Plutonium. The three girls--who are cute to the point of distraction--are not the pride of Townsville like they are on TV. They are persecuted as "freaks" because they cannot control their special powers. Who could have predicted that a nuclear-powered game of tag would wreak havoc on Townsville? It's clear that the girls must redeem themselves, so they turn to the evil Mojo Jojo, unaware that he's the evil ape they will come to know and hate later. The animation's retro 1950s lounge-style background art, its impossibly vibrant and often-changing colors, and its eerie 3-D effects create a pleasingly cinematic feel. The result is a deeper, resonating picture. The filmmakers did not abandon the naïve style that gave the original POWERPUFF GIRLS television show its trademark charm, making the movie all the better. [More]

Starring: Catherine Cavadini, E. G. Daily, Tara Strong, Tom Kane

Starring: Catherine Cavadini, E. G. Daily, Tara Strong, Tom Kane, Tom Kenny, Roger L. Jackson

Director: Craig McCracken

Director: Craig McCracken
Screenwriter: Craig McCracken
Producer: Craig McCracken
Composer: James Venable
Studio: Warner Bros.

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Full Review Source: FilmFour.com | comment Comment
10/22/02
FilmFour.com
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Stretched beyond its usual episode length, the Girls' adventure doesn't pack the nifty punch they're famous for.

Full Review Source: Time Out | comment Comment
02/09/06
Time Out
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Utilising the cheapest-looking animation ever to grace a cinema screen, this Cartoon Network spin-off will only appeal to a fraction of pre-teen girls.

Full Review Source: Empire Magazine | comment 1 Comment
12/30/06
Alan Morrison
Alan Morrison
Empire Magazine
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This is one of those features that, unless you are hooked on the cartoon channel, or have children hooked on the cartoon channel, might just pass you by.

Full Review Source: Guardian [UK] | comment Comment
11/19/02
Peter Bradshaw
Peter Bradshaw
Guardian [UK]
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Sure, there's plenty of wacky energy, but if you look even a little closely there's nothing else at all.

Full Review Source: Shadows on the Wall | comment Comment
10/17/02
Rich Cline
Rich Cline
Shadows on the Wall

More fun than any cartoon has a right to be.

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05/20/08
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How can anyone resist a cartoon in which the arch enemy of three crime-fighting schoolkids is a monkey called Mojo Jojo?

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10/23/02
Ian Waldron-Mantgani
Ian Waldron-Mantgani
UK Critic

Almost as much fun for grown-ups as it undoubtedly will be for kids.

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10/07/02
Neil Smith
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07/09/02
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07/05/02
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Full Review Source: Arizona Republic | comment Comment
07/05/02
Arizona Republic
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One of the more irritating cartoons you will see this, or any, year.

Full Review Source: Las Vegas Mercury | comment Comment
07/11/02
Bob Grimm
Bob Grimm
Las Vegas Mercury

The days of Sesame Street and Mr. Rogers are long gone – now it’s payback time for America’s toddlers.

Full Review Source: Apollo Guide | comment Comment
07/03/02
Brian Webster
Brian Webster
Apollo Guide

Half enjoyable goof, half an uncomfortable panorama of urban terrorism that just doesn't sit well after Sept. 11.

Full Review Source: Philadelphia Inquirer | comment Comment
07/02/02
Carrie Rickey
Carrie Rickey
Philadelphia Inquirer

Too much power, not enough puff.

Full Review Source: St. Paul Pioneer Press | comment Comment
07/02/02
Chris Hewitt (St. Paul)
Chris Hewitt (St. Paul)
St. Paul Pioneer Press

if there is a better excuse for the over-use of the drug Ritalin, I don’t want to see it.

Full Review Source: KBTV-NBC (Beaumont, TX) | comment Comment
07/04/02
Danny Minton
Danny Minton
KBTV-NBC (Beaumont, TX)

Tartakovsky's team has some freakish powers of visual charm, but the five writers slip into the modern rut of narrative banality.

Full Review Source: San Diego Union-Tribune | comment Comment
07/11/02
David Elliott
David Elliott
San Diego Union-Tribune

You start to realize that the filmmakers simply didn't have enough material to deliver a feature-length film and have tried to pad things out as best they can.

Full Review Source: Fresno Bee | comment Comment
07/03/02
Donald Munro
Donald Munro
Fresno Bee

The relationship that forms between the girls and Professor Utonium is sweet and endearing. Then the horrid plot comes into play and all is destroyed.

Full Review Source: DustinPutman.com | comment Comment
07/03/02
Dustin Putman
Dustin Putman
DustinPutman.com

If you like the TV show, you'll like this, though you might feel it's a bit too much of a usually-good thing.

Full Review Source: EricDSnider.com | comment Comment
09/18/02
Eric D. Snider
Eric D. Snider
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