Spoiler free review this time.

Great movie? Not really. But was it entertaining? Yes. Best part: Ryan Reynolds. 100%. As expected. Absolutely hilarious. Some seriously funny cracks out of the little yellow furball. His delivery of them is perfect. But aside from Reynolds, the movie was entertaining. As one of the many people who grew up with Pokemon, it was pretty great to see these monsters come to life on the screen. I loved picking out all of the Pokemon in the background and everything. I especially loved the little Bulbasaurs hopping around. And the cgi was pretty dang good for how much it was in most of the shots.

But apart from that, I can’t honestly tell you it was a great movie. The writing wasn’t great. Besides what felt like the most obvious plot twist in history (that I was 90% sure about from the trailers and just got more sure of throughout the movie) the story was also just weak. I have to remind myself that it is a kid’s movie (despite some of the things out of Pikachu’s mouth, which is great) so I can’t be too hard on it. But it was not great. The story felt way too easy. Like they got several answers so easy. And at the end they fixed things in a moment, which fits the kid’s movie thing I guess, but I wasn’t a fan. There was some pretty rough dialogue in places too. And a few instances (less to do with writing maybe) where it was like “how did they get there that fast?” All around I just can’t say the movie was great from an objective writing standpoint. But it was hilarious and real fun to watch as someone who loved Pokemon. So, if you like Ryan Reynolds and/or (especially) like/d Pokemon, I would recommend. Otherwise, you probably shouldn’t waste your money.