Detective Pikachu's reviews
Media reviews
The Guardian
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
The Wrap
Detective Pikachu slogs, and its joys are fleeting, like a battle with a wild Mewtwo that you just can?t seem to catch.
The Hollywood Reporter
The agreeably glib voice of Ryan Reynolds lends the titular canary-yellow fuzzball some welcome edge in this live-action/animated feature
Entertainment Weekly
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.
Variety
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.