An action-packed slog

It's a mild crowd pleaser for people who are exhausted by blockbusters.

Great example of an old-fashioned, pure-at-heart escapist event movie that doesn't pretend to be anything that it's not and has boat loads of fun being its own ludicrous self.

Close shines in drama with strong language, adult themes.

I have always enjoyed the Pokemon movies. Yes, I know, all of them are very corny, mediocre in some certain areas and sure, even though they're aimed at little kids they're too adult in some fields to be able to guard them with the statement,"Hey, lighten up, it's a kids movie," but all that aside, aren't they still good pieces of entertainment? In my opinion, they are so and I enjoy them greatly. This one is just as enjoyable as the previous three, and certainly cuter. It has some really sweet and touching moments since it is the introduction of the lovable, fresh Pokemon Celebi. It's not the best Pokemon movie, but I do enjoy it more than the third installment, even though the third is not bad, and the entire series is just entertaining, harmless, popcorn family fun and should be considered nothing more, nothing less. This film has some high marks of intensity and interest, especially around the climax/ending, as do all the installments, and the characters, while a bit more lackluster than the previous three, I thought, are still likable and humorous. This films is the lowest rated and most criticized of the four feature length adaptions, and it doesn't deserve that.

Young Sam is walking in the forest when he comes across a rare pokèmon being hunted. Trying to protect the tiny Celebi, Sam suddenly finds himself engulfed in a light before vanishing to safety. They appear back again 40 years later in the same clearing just as Ash and his friends are in the area. Sam tells them of the Celebi and the new friends set out to find it again in order to protect it. This will be a task harder than they imagine though as, unbeknownst to them, The Iron Masked Marauder is after the Celebi with his black pokeball to turn it evil and thus into the most powerful weapon ever.I'm not a Pokèmon fan (mainly because I have had sex at some point in my life – a typical clue that one will not be the target audience for this) but I didn't hate the first movie so when this came on and I was very bored I decided to watch it. The first film had potential because the central character had dark value that threatened to actually create a strong narrative (it didn't of course but it had some good moments). With this film the plot seems to be mostly about introducing a new pokèmon for the fans to care about. This means that there aren't even any vague themes to interest me and the story is very much simple characters in a simple story of bad characters and good characters doing bad and good things respectively. It relies almost totally on the monsters and constant "action" to hold the interest and I suppose in this regard it will suit young children ho really just need colour, movement and noise.The animation is reasonably good but the pocket monsters themselves are quite bland with lots of soft edges and no real threat or grit about them – the evil Celebi in its nest is the exception though as it is well done. Meanwhile the human characters are simplistic and delivered in big sweeping gestures and with voices to match. Adults hoping the characters will offer them something to focus on will perhaps not be surprised to learn that there is not.For kids then and has very little for those members of the audience looking for more than just colourful monsters running around the place in a simplistic narrative frame. I'm sure pokèmon fans will love it, but then they would, wouldn't they?

Not one of the better pokemon movies.Two legendary pokemon come into the story. You do get to see how strong Celebi can be, though he turns evil first.Suicune also makes an appearance, he didn't seem that powerful.The Marauder didn't have many strong pokemon at all, except for that taranitar? Some fight scenes with his pokemon may have made it better.Ash and Pikachu meet the much younger Professor Oak, though they don't realise it. Misty I was thinking had it at the end but she didn't get close. I saw this in the credits.Don't expect much here, the worst of the series so far.

The 4th Pokemon movie made me cry when Celebi died. Don't you dare say that Pokemon sucks! I don't like it when people say that.... I've liked Pokemon for 5 or 6 years, so everyone should enjoy Pokemon, including this movie and other Pokemon movies. So, without further ado, please say that Pokemon is great and should be enjoyed by people for all ages. And also, why do Pokemon-haters give low ratings for all or most of the Pokemon movies? I don't understand.... They shouldn't do that.... There's absolutely no reason why people should just vote without proving that Pokemon sucks besides the fact that: 1) Pokemon is for little kids ONLY. 2) Pokemon is stupid. and 3) People shouldn't like Pokemon. I think this is why people don't like Pokemon.