Digimon: The Movie
Seen it?2000 | 89 min | Fantasy, Animation, Science Fiction, Family
Weeknight WatchWhy it’s a Weeknight Watch
With just 24% 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 families. Audiences love it more than critics do: a crowd-pleaser first.
- The mood
- Feel-good.
- The pace
- Moves along nicely, at 1 hr 29 min.
- What might put you off
- Rated PG: scary moments and peril. Worth a look first if you have very young kids.
- Critics were cooler on it than audiences.
When a powerful new Internet Digimon hatches and begins to consume data at an alarming rate, the Digidestined - kids chosen to save the digital world - must put an end to the destruction before the damage becomes irreversible and worldwide communication halts forever. As computer-based missiles are launched, and a wayward Digimon kidnaps the Digidestined, only the combined efforts of a worldwide network of kids and a new group of "Digidestined" can rescue the others and stop global disaster.
How it earned its rating
- CriticsWeak
24% on Rotten Tomatoes, 20 on Metacritic
- AudiencesSolid
6.5 out of 10
- AwardsNot counted
No major awards or nominations
- Box office & staying powerSolid
$17 million worldwide on a $6 million budget; still draws a steady audience long after release
- Buzz & cultural impactSolid
About 120K people sought it out in the past year
Trailer
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Cast & crew
Directed by Mamoru Hosoda, Shigeyasu Yamauchi
- Lara Jill MillerKari / Young Kari (voice)
- Joshua SethTai Kamiya (voice)
- Bob PapenbrookRed Greymon (voice)
- David LodgeParrotmon (voice)
- Dorothy Elias-FahnTai's Mom (voice)
- Michael SorichMiko / Big Agumon / Gargomon (voice)
- Peggy O'NealBotamon (voice)
- Colleen O'ShaughnesseySora / Male Student (voice)
- Brianne SiddallKoromon / Kuramon (voice)
- Jeff NimoyTruck Driver 1 / Tentomon / Phone Voice 1 / Kabuterimon / MegaKabuterimon / Floyd the Barber / Barney / Cabbie / Kid 3 (voice)