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Reviews Counted:65
Fresh:45
Rotten:20
Average Rating:6.5/10
Consensus: Should appeal to fans of the genre.
Theatrical Release:Apr 4, 2003 Limited
Box Office: $910,607
Synopsis: Set on Mars in the year 2071, COWBOY BEBOP: THE MOVIE is based on the much-loved animated television series by Japanese director Shinichiro Watanabe. (The show airs on the Cartoon Network in the... [More]
Starring: Steven Jay Blum, Beau Billingslea, Wendee Lee, Mellissa Fahn
Director: Shinichiro Watanabe
With Cowboy Bebop: The Movie Japan once again proves that it’s light years ahead of the rest of the world when it comes to animation and it’s not just the technology that’s impressive, it’s the storytelling as well.
As a feature-length translation of a television show, Cowboy Bebop is pretty good.
As with any big screen version of a comic book/TV series, the filmmakers up the stakes a great deal, providing not only more explosions and bigger set pieces, but also more atmosphere.
The visually arresting animation is more than enough to compensate when narrative confusion threatens to overwhelm.
... part high-tech thriller, part high-energy action spectacle, with a dark undercurrent and solemn gravity constantly goosed by goony comic relief.
Lustrous
What really shines in this animated work is the artwork itself. Its dark linearity and depth of field ensures a bounty of detail to look at.
Cartoon or not, the world of 'Cowboy Bebop: The Movie' feels as convincingly 'lived-in' as any seen onscreen in ages...
A joyless hatchet job.
It's corny, but it's also pretty cool.
It's a mixture of the military/industrial complex paranoia of The X-Files, the deadpan style of Sam Spade and the wisdom of Confucius-lite.
Animaniacs will probably want to bump that rating up a star, and even I am looking forward to catching episodes of the TV show.
Top CriticNot only does this movie lack the addictive charm of the series, but it also stands as one of the most boring anime films I've ever had to endure.
The parts are better than the sum
"cowboy," no question; "bebop," another matter altogether.
What starts off as something quite slick slowly devolves into something resembling a typically generic anime film. What a shame.
There are so many good ideas at the visual level that you can't help wishing the narrative elements had been more cleverly worked out.
The bigscreen version does not disappoint, though the non-anointed may find both the genre and this particular storyline a bit more dense than the usual American studio animation.
The story bogs down in several places and is almost too ambitious for a cartoon...but fans of the television show should still be thrilled.
The strangely planet-bound James Bond plot unfolds just like you'd suspect, only slower.
September 24, 2009:
Keanu Reeves Waiting for Cowboy Bebop Rewrite 
According to Keanu Reeves, his live-action adaptation of "Cowboy Bebop" is still on track -- it just needs a script the studio can produce for less than $500 million. More...
December 18, 2008:
Keanu Plans a Cowboy Bebop
Now that he's done with the "Day the Earth Stood Still" remake, Keanu Reeves is moving on to new projects -- including a live-action "Cowboy Bebop," which he recently discussed... More...
July 31, 2008:
Keanu Reeves Starring in Cowboy Bebop?
Sources say Fox is fast-tracking a live-action adaptation of the Cowboy Bebop anime series -- and that Keanu Reeves is attached to star. More...
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