Underplayed Gems

Detective Pikachu (2019)

Detective Pikachu poster
Original title
Pokémon Detective Pikachu
Directed by
Rob Letterman
Genre
action film, adventure film, fantasy film, comedy film, science fiction film, crime film
Country
United States, Japan
Runtime
1h 44m
Rated
PG
Rating
6.9 of 10 from 7,396 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

A teenage boy named Tim teams up with a wisecracking, highly intelligent Pikachu to find his missing father. They follow clues through a world where humans and Pokémon live together in a big city.

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What happens

Pokémon Detective Pikachu is a 2019 live-action animated fantasy comedy film and the first live-action film based on the Pokémon franchise. It is loosely based on the 2016 video game Detective Pikachu. Directed by Rob Letterman, who co-wrote it with Dan Hernandez, Benji Samit, and Derek Connolly, the film stars Ryan Reynolds as the voice and motion capture of Pikachu, with Justice Smith, Kathryn Newton, Suki Waterhouse, Omar Chaparro, Chris Geere, Ken Watanabe and Bill Nighy in live-action roles. The plot follows Detective Pikachu and his partner Tim Goodman as they attempt to solve the mysterious disappearance of Tim's father, Harry. Filming took place from January to May 2018 in Colorado, England, and Scotland. Detective Pikachu was released in Japan on May 3, 2019, and in the United States on May 10, by Warner Bros. Pictures. The film received generally positive reviews from critics and grossed $433 million against a $150 million budget, becoming the second-highest grossing video game film adaptation at the time. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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