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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.
Reviews for The Powerpuff Girls Movie
Stretched beyond its usual episode length, the Girls' adventure doesn't pack the nifty punch they're famous for.
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.
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.
Sure, there's plenty of wacky energy, but if you look even a little closely there's nothing else at all.
How can anyone resist a cartoon in which the arch enemy of three crime-fighting schoolkids is a monkey called Mojo Jojo?
The days of Sesame Street and Mr. Rogers are long gone – now it’s payback time for America’s toddlers.
Half enjoyable goof, half an uncomfortable panorama of urban terrorism that just doesn't sit well after Sept. 11.
if there is a better excuse for the over-use of the drug Ritalin, I don’t want to see it.
Tartakovsky's team has some freakish powers of visual charm, but the five writers slip into the modern rut of narrative banality.
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.
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.
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.
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