Pokemon - The Movie 2000

Pokemon - The Movie 2000 (2000)

  • 15% of critics liked it
    (65 reviews)

  • 53% of users liked it
    (57,968 ratings)

In this action-packed anime film, fearless Pokemon trainer Ash Ketchum and his pals must try to save Earth from destruction. An evil collector schemes to procure three coveted Pokemon -- Moltres, Zapdos and Articuno -- whose capture will unleash mystical sentinel of the sea Lugia. When the villain… More

Critic Reviews

  • Robert Koehler, Variety

    A much more intense action vehicle for hero Ash Ketchum and his band of pocket monster trainers than its leaden, sometimes claustrophobic predecessor.

  • Lisa Schwarzbaum, Entertainment Weekly

    A din that drowns out all adult howls.

  • Bob Longino, Atlanta Journal-Constitution

    Slightly better than a poke in the eye.

  • Sean Means, Film.com

    One can almost hear a droning noise.

  • Jay Carr, Boston Globe

    Ugly animation, hackneyed plots, one-dimensional characters, and the Pokemon gibberish that makes the Teletubbies sound as if they were speaking the King's English.

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Featured Audience Ratings

  • Lucas M


    Despite the premise, Pokemon - The Movie 2000, is not really exciting like the series and become boring. The end is very violent, what could deviate the younger audience. Rotten.

  • Directors C


    Pokemon 2000 is 2000 times better than the original which was awful. It's still not that good though, it's good to entertain small children though. I'ts not good but its watchable.

  • Alexander D


    A sequel to the unsuccessful anime-based film from just a single year before, POKEMON: THE MOVIE 2000 is nothing good. At all. Even a true-blue fan of the series can easily fall asleep.

  • KJ P


    A downgrade from the original, but with all of the characters back to love, a story about three legendary birds has never been more mesmerizing to me. As an evil mastermind is planning to rule the world with possession of these three birds, he must have one more bird to rule the… More

  • Jim C


    Eh

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