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Pokemon - Heroes: The Movie (2003)

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Reviews Counted: 36 Fresh: 6  Rotten:30 Average Rating: 3.6/10
 
Consensus: This series isn't getting any better. This series isn't getting any better. more
 
Rated: G
Runtime: 71 mins
Theatrical Release: May 16, 2003 Limited
Box Office: $663,187
Synopsis:
The fifth installment of the phenomenally successful Pokémon series, whose Japanese title literally translates as "Guardian Spirits of the Water Capital: Latias and Latios," takes place in a mysterious city on water. Set against a baffling maze of canals and alleyways, Ash, Pikachu... [More]
The fifth installment of the phenomenally successful Pokémon series, whose Japanese title literally translates as "Guardian Spirits of the Water Capital: Latias and Latios," takes place in a mysterious city on water. Set against a baffling maze of canals and alleyways, Ash, Pikachu and the rest of the gang take on a slick new pair of thieves in this glamorous, high-stakes adventure story. The film introduces two new Pokémon® characters, the courageous Latias™ and Latios™, who possess strong psychic abilities and the power to disguise themselves as humans! -- © Miramax [Less]

Genre: Childrens

Starring: Veronica Taylor, Eric Stuart, Rachel Lillis, Maddie Blaustein

Director: Jim Malone, Kunihiko Yuyama
Screenwriter: Hideki Sonoda, Jim Malone
Producer: Yukako Matsusako, Takemoto Mori, Choji Yoshikawa, Kathryn A. Borland

DVD Info

Release:

Jan 20, 2004

[DVD Details]
  • Pokemon Heroes
  • All the action-packed excitement you experienced in the movie theater comes home in this dazzling full-length motion picture that introduces Latios(TM) and Latias(TM) -- two brand-new Pokemon stars who possess remarkable powers. Join them, along with all your favorite characters, on the greatest Pokemon Heroes adventure ever! In a magical water city of canals and mazes, Ash, Pikachu, and the rest of the gang face off against a slick pair of thieves who plan to steal an awesome and dangerous jewel guarded by Latios and Latias. To save the city from total destruction, our heroes must defeat the evil duo and overcome impossible obstacles ... but time is running out! Packed with nonstop thrills, awe-inspiring animation, and extraordinary characters, POKEMON HEROES is a movie adventure you're sure to cheer!
  • Source: Buena Vista Home Entertainment.
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    10/07/05 09:38 AM
    Emanuel Levy
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    [I]t seems these things are being made and released by rote. If no one went, would the next one come out anyway?

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    01/04/04 03:30 AM
    Daniel M. Kimmel
    Worcester Telegram & Gazette
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    There are, alas, the requisite new characters and this round it’s a pair of winged critters with high-pitched grating ‘voices’ that sound most awfully like Mr. Bill from Saturday Night Live.

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    06/23/03 05:45 PM
    Ken Hanke
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    06/12/03 05:15 PM
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    We've seen it all before, and too many times.

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    06/10/03 06:15 PM
    Elizabeth Weitzman
    New York Daily News
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    It's a pointless exercise in animated tedium.

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    06/06/03 04:31 PM
    Jeff Vice
    Deseret News, Salt Lake City
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    An easily avoided waste of time.

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    06/06/03 08:53 AM
    Sean Means
    Salt Lake Tribune
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    At worst, you're paying to see something you can basically see on television.

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    06/05/03 10:28 PM
    Sue Pierman
    Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
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    The new characters' voices are even more grating and annoying than in previous installments, and some of the animation seems downright archaic.

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    05/23/03 08:11 AM
    Sarah Chauncey
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    All that a piece of product like Pokemon Heroes will inspire is the urge to nap.

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    05/21/03 03:49 PM
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    05/18/03 08:11 AM
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    Kids will revolt, parents will snooze, and I will be downright giddy if I never encounter another Pokémon movie as long as I live.

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    05/18/03 08:11 AM
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    Those who haven't fallen under the Pokémon spell will find little here to convert them.

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    05/17/03 08:11 AM
    Daniel Eagan
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    05/17/03 08:11 AM
    Nell Minow
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    You'd have to classify Pokemon Heroes as an action movie, but with the static long shots and inert faces, it's more like an inaction movie.

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    05/16/03 05:58 PM
    Chris Hewitt (St. Paul)
    St. Paul Pioneer Press
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    If you still have Pokémon fans at your house, I suppose there's no harm in taking them to see this movie; but with Pixar's Finding Nemo set to open in a couple of weeks, surely you can find something better to do this weekend.

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    05/16/03 05:57 PM
    Doug Knoop
    Seattle Times
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    With the same vocal talent and weak combination of computer and hand-drawn animation, the film is about on par with the previous entries in the series.

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    05/16/03 05:55 PM
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