Pokémon 3: The Movie

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Pokémon 3: The Movie

G

2001

1h 33m

Kids & Family

Adventure

Anime

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Young Pokémon trainer Ash Ketchum and his loyal friends journey to the beautiful mountain town of Greenfield, where they will encounter the Unown, the most mysterious of all Pokémon, in Kids' WB! Presents "Pokémon 3: The Movie." The third big-screen installment in the infinitely popular Pokémon mythology is really two stories in one. The feature-length adventure, "Spell of the Unown," is accompanied by a bonus 22-minute short, "Pikachu and Pichu," starring the much-loved Pikachu.

Critics Consensus

Critics say that the third Pokemon movie has a better plot than its two predecessors. This is not enough, however, to recommend it to those not already fans of the franchise.

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Nell Minow

Common Sense Media

12/27/2010

2/5

So-so, violent movie for series fans only.

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Robert Koehler

Variety

03/26/2009

The animation doesn't display the kind of artistic advances that would compensate for the underdeveloped story.

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Peter Bradshaw

Guardian

08/10/2001

The animation and script still look as crummy as ever.

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David Aldridge

Radio Times

01/23/2019

2/5

As ever, accompanying grown-ups should either take a good book or, better still, avoid the film completely by bribing another adult to go along instead.

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Sebastian Zavala Kahn

Más Gamers

10/20/2018

2/5

Perfect for fans of the franchise; anyone else, though, will probably get bored and annoyed. [Full review in Spanish]

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Mark Halverson

Sacramento News & Review

08/07/2008

2/5

The lengthy battles here become tiresome in a film that says Pokmons live to battle but also know when to quit.

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Milo G

@RT36980390 Jan 10

Felt like the plot was easy to guess. There's little to no story given on the connection between Entei and Unown. Good scenery and love that Ash's mom gets a larger part in this movie

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John K

@WQCMI Dec 27

Better than the 2nd one, but not a good movie. The story, on paper, does sound like an interesting idea, but the execution was very poor as its a generic story about magic and kidnapping. I do like the movie return of Brock as Ash's companion and the movie debut of Wobbuffet, but the real catch also came in the form of these CGI Pokémon called "Unown" which looks like they belong from a cutscene of a PS1 game.

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Alex O.

@Smoovechoa Jul 13

Same as 2nd. Cool new Pokémon, same action not As brilliant

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Stephen C

@bob25009 05/14/2025

The worldwide gross is $68,411,275.00 over a budget of $16,000,000.00. All ages admitted.

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Stephen C

@dogfood23111 12/29/2024

LOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Will G

@Wgoodeve 12/23/2024

My family saw this in theaters when I was a kid. Gen 1 and 2 Pokémon are cool. Entei was awesome in this movie. The unknown were interesting. I used to collect the cards.

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Synopsis

Young Pokémon trainer Ash Ketchum and his loyal friends journey to the beautiful mountain town of Greenfield, where they will encounter the Unown, the most mysterious of all Pokémon, in Kids' WB! Presents "Pokémon 3: The Movie." The third big-screen installment in the infinitely popular Pokémon mythology is really two stories in one. The feature-length adventure, "Spell of the Unown," is accompanied by a bonus 22-minute short, "Pikachu and Pichu," starring the much-loved Pikachu.

Director: Kunihiko Yuyama
Producer: Norman J. Grossfeld, Choji Yoshikawa, Yukako Matsusako, Takemoto Mori
Screenwriter: Takeshi Shudo, Hideki Sonoda
Distributor: Warner Bros. Pictures
Production Co: Warner Brothers/Seven Arts
Rating: G
Genre: Kids & Family, Adventure, Anime
Original Language: Japanese
Release Date (Theaters): Apr 6, 2001, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Feb 4, 2017
Box Office (Gross USA): $17.1M
Runtime: 1h 33m
Sound Mix: Dolby Stereo, Dolby A, SDDS, DTS, Surround, Dolby Digital, Dolby SR
Aspect Ratio: Flat (1.85:1)