Pokémon Detective Pikachu | reviewed by: William O'Donnell | August 5, 2019
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Decently paced with fun visuals. The acting ranges from convincing to Disney channel broad. Pokemon fans will rejoice.
| genre | Adventure | Family |
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| synopsis | In a world where people collect pocket-size monsters (Pokémon) to do battle, a boy comes across an intelligent monster who seeks to be a detective. |
| lead actors | Ryan Reynolds | Justice Smith | Kathryn Newton | Bill Nighy | Ken Watanabe | Chris Geere | Suki Waterhouse | Josette Simon | Alejandro De Mesa | Rita Ora | Karan Soni | Max Fincham | Simone Ashley | Edward Davis | Diplo | Omar Chaparro | Ben Fox | Kadiff Kirwan | Rob Delaney | Priyanga Burford | Ikue Otani | Bern Collaço | Fiona Hardingham | Jordan Long | Zoë Scott | Bernardo Santos | Ruth Horrocks | Jag Patel | Abbie Murphy | Paul Lawrence Kitson | Sofia Abbasi | Gurnita Kaur Kahlon | Daniel Eghan | Crystal Wingx | Belal Sabir | James Galvin | Charlie Rhea Esquér | Rebecca Lawson-Turner | Deborah Rock | Nick Owenford | Géraldine Lamarre | Kevin Matadeen | Savannah Pages | Ian Morine | Georgie Carter | Alex Klaus | A.k. Steppa | Jackson Kai | Benjamin Coakley | Joellee Evans | Daniel Rennis | Iulia Filipovscaia | Rishi Gupta | Preeti Malhotra | Matthew Cox | Wong Charlie | Susanne Schraps | Henrique Rizzo | Tommy Gorman | Riley Fusilero | Jonathan Dodson | Lana Ish-Muhametova | Nina Kumar | Armani La Wong | Emily Ng | Baltazar Oliva | Nicole Reece | Clem So | Winson Ting | Rina Hoshino | Kotaro Watanabe | Ryoma Takeuchi |
| director | Rob Letterman |