My personal opinion if this movie is that it is worth watching, but when it comes on t.v., not in the theater. The visual aspects of this movie were amazing and seeing some of the most iconic Pokémon brought to life was even more fantastic but unfortunately, that's where my positive review ends.
If you are looking for a Pokémon movie small children can enjoy, this may be a great movie for you. But if you were excited about seeing the Pokémon of your childhood come to life in an epic story.... you may need to keep looking. The feel of this movie was very reminiscent of a regular episode of Power Rangers.
With the trailers highlighting the humor of Ryan Reynolds as Pikachu, I really expected a movie that would be fun for kids but funny and filled with memorable throwbacks for adults.
The only throwbacks were the actual Pokémon and the only funny stuff was already shown in the trailers. The actors weren't great but that didn't really impact my opinion in this case.
All in all it had immense potential and I hope they try again with another Pokémon movie in the future.
Review of Pokémon: Detective Pikachu
