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Yu-Gi-Oh!

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Young Yugi (Dan Green) must use his game skills to defeat his bitter rival (Eric Stuart) and an Egyptian mummy.
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Critics Consensus

Don't watch the TV show or play the card game? Then this movie is not for you.

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Tasha Robinson AV Club 07/28/2014
Effectively a strategy guide and commercial in vaguely filmic form. Go to Full Review
Nell Minow Common Sense Media 12/29/2010
2/5
More infomercial than movie. For series fans only. Go to Full Review
Andrea Gronvall Chicago Reader 01/08/2007
Like the gods, the trading cards are capricious, with ever-changing rules and strategies so intricate that only Yu-Gi-Ohlogists will fully enjoy this adventure. Go to Full Review
Mat Brunet AniMat's Review (YouTube) 12/08/2023
6/10
I find it to be enjoyable not as an action-packed and immersive anime filled with cool monsters battling each other, but as this mindless cheesy movie where you can turn off your brain and just have fun with the goofiness of the situations and the acting. Go to Full Review
Lucy Barrick Radio Times 07/28/2014
2/5
Only fans of the series will be able to follow the largely incomprehensible plot -- and the bog-standard animation won't win it any new ones. Go to Full Review
Total Film 07/28/2014
1/5
A 90-minute advert in search of a storyline. Go to Full Review
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Stephen C @bob25009 Nov 11 Success in 1 hour, 29 minutes, and 26 seconds!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Dubbed and subtitled in worldwide studios!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! See more Mark J Jul 11 Massive fan of the series, this film does not capture that spirit. Managed to rush and drag at the same time. See more D3Z 1 Feb 25 As much as I am a massive fan of the Yu-Gi-Oh! franchise, the film itself is less than stellar. I really do not know where to begin with whether this is based upon a plot that not only does not seem to go anywhere throughout the entire film, but makes little to no sense. Even though Joey and Tristan both provide a bit of comic relief, the characters and villain lack any sort of development or growth that pretty much led a rather underwhelming and disappointing animated feature. I would possibly recommend sticking to either the animated series or the other two films Bonds Beyond Time and the Dark Side Dimensions which fares slightly better. See more Oaklee D @ODie63 11/03/2024 Loved Yu-Gi-Oh as a kid and still love it as an adult. This film adaptation was a fun time across the board. See more Cyrus K @Keyflame626 11/13/2022 I admit it, i am not a fan of the Yu gi oh anime even though i grew up with it. My problems with the anime are that the story was overly complicated for me to understand. And the characters are forgettable to the point where i can't remember most of their names or personalities. And most of those problems reside in this movie. The plot is overly complicated and the characters are as forgettable as last week's lunch. And it doesn't help that the voice acting is abysmal (even for 4Kids standards), and the fact that this is nothing but a blatant advertisement. But the animation is somewhat OK (i guess). but that is not nearly enough to save this poorly acted, overly complicated, forgettable, blandly animated, advertisement. See more john f 07/11/2022 My five-year-old daughter wanted to watch it, and I must say I was surprised she sat through the whole thing, as I struggled to stay awake. It's basically an infomercial for selling their trading cards. I suppose some of the animation is decent (what likely helped keep my daughter engaged), but the script is in the "so bad it's really bad" territory. See more Read all reviews
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Movie Info

Synopsis Young Yugi (Dan Green) must use his game skills to defeat his bitter rival (Eric Stuart) and an Egyptian mummy.
Director
Hidetaka Ikuta
Producer
Michael Pecoriello, Katia Milani, Norman J. Grossfeld
Screenwriter
Michael Pecoriello
Distributor
Warner Bros. Pictures
Production Co
4 Kids Entertainment
Rating
PG (Scary Combat|Monster Images)
Genre
Fantasy, Adventure, Anime
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Sep 5, 2004, Original
Release Date (Streaming)
Nov 15, 2018
Box Office (Gross USA)
$19.8M
Runtime
1h 30m
Sound Mix
SDDS, Dolby SRD, DTS, Surround
Aspect Ratio
Flat (1.85:1)
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