Detective Pikachu: reviews

What the critics say average 5.6 from 5 outlets

• 6.0 The GuardianSteve Rose Without Reynolds this would be pretty run-of-the-mill; with him it?s a perfectly acceptable family movie. Given the history, that?s a giant leap for Pokémon-kind Read
• 6.0 The WrapJohnny JungleGuts Detective Pikachu slogs, and its joys are fleeting, like a battle with a wild Mewtwo that you just can?t seem to catch. Read
• 6.0 The Hollywood ReporterMichael Rechtshaffen The agreeably glib voice of Ryan Reynolds lends the titular canary-yellow fuzzball some welcome edge in this live-action/animated feature Read
• 5.8 Entertainment WeeklyChris Nashawaty As the wisecracking voice of Pikachu, Ryan Reynolds deserves some sort of special citation for doing the best he can without Deadpool?s (or a decent script) to lean on. But the main problem is that the film?s plot is so frenetic that it?s impossible to determine if it makes a lick of sense. Maybe that was the point. Read
• 4.0 VarietyPeter Debruge Though consistent with the game (with a few extra but obvious twists thrown in for good measure), the story of 'Detective Pikachu' doesn?t allow nearly enough Pokémon-related action, while the quality of the computer animation falls far short of the basic level of competency audiences have come to expect from effects movies. Read