Pokémon 4Ever
Seen it?2001 | 80 min | Adventure, Fantasy, Animation, Science Fiction, Family
Weeknight WatchWhy it’s a Weeknight Watch
With just 16% on Rotten Tomatoes, it's a mixed bag. Fine if it's on; don't plan your night around it.
Based on critics, audiences, awards, box office and buzz. Details below.Is it for you?
- Who'll love it
- Made for sci-fi fans, fantasy fans and adventure fans. If you loved Swapped or The SpongeBob Movie: Search for SquarePants, start here. Audiences love it more than critics do: a crowd-pleaser first.
- The mood
- Feel-good, mind-bending.
- The pace
- Moves along nicely, at 1 hr 20 min.
- What might put you off
- Rated G, but scary moments.
- It's in Japanese, so expect subtitles (or a dub).
- Critics were cooler on it than audiences.
In order to escape a greedy Pokémon hunter, Celebi must use the last of its energy to travel through time to the present day. Celebi brings along Sammy, a boy who had been trying to protect it. Along with Ash, Pikachu, and the rest of the gang, Sammy and Celebi must encounter an enemy far more advanced than the hunter, with the fate of the forest hanging in the balance.
How it earned its rating
- CriticsWeak
16% on Rotten Tomatoes, 25 on Metacritic
- AudiencesSolid
6.5 out of 10
- AwardsNot counted
No major awards or nominations
- Box office & staying powerSolid
$41 million worldwide; still draws a steady audience long after release
- Buzz & cultural impactSolid
About 83K people sought it out in the past year
Trailer
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Cast & crew
Directed by Kunihiko Yuyama
- Rica MatsumotoSatoshi (voice)
- Ikue OtaniPikachu (voice)
- Unsho IshizukaDr. Okido / Iwark / Narrator (voice)
- Mayumi IzukaKasumi (voice)
- Yuji UedaTakeshi (voice)
- Tomokazu SekiKenji (voice)
- Megumi HayashibaraMusashi (voice)
- Shin-ichiro MikiKojiro / Crobat (voice)
- Inuko InuyamaNyarth (voice)
- Keiko TodaYukinari (voice)