This is one where I don’t agree too much with Honest Trailers. My kids thought DETECTIVE PIKACHU was pretty good. They liked it. Of course, it helps that the eldest is a stone-cold Mewtwo fan.
Come to think of it, I liked it too. I’m not steeped in Pokemon lore, but it was fun. I enjoyed it.
Short version: I liked it, and so did the kid. Well, one of them. The other one went home with Mom because this was an experiment.
Continue reading My mini-review of Detective Pikachu.My kids want to see Detective Pikachu, but my kids also don’t like going to movie theaters. So this might be what we in the business call an ‘adventure.’ Wish me luck!
The man’s is in that fun, subversive zone where he can get away with not taking serious not-serious things. Like puff pieces about his new movie Detective Pikachu. It’s not very subversive, mind you. Just enough to make the suits roll their eyes a little.
Ryan Reynolds can get away with it, though. Probably everybody in America with a kid into Pokemon is going to be bringing them to this film. Certainly my kid insisted. When you’ve got that going for you, you can be a little bit of a PitA to the suits.
I know that people were having difficulty believing that Detective Pikachu is really a thing, but it was a video game and everything (video from April).
Live action. Ryan Reynolds is the voice of Detective Pikachu.
Oh, do I have your attention now? I certainly am thinking about seeing it. I didn’t really ‘do’ Pokemon, but… Ryan Reynolds, man. That could work.
