While “Sonic the Hedgehog” fans fumed over the film treatment of their spiny pal — prompting director Jeff Fowler to redo Sonic’s toothsome look for…
While “Sonic the Hedgehog” fans fumed over the film treatment of their spiny pal — prompting director Jeff Fowler to redo Sonic’s toothsome look for his upcoming movie — “Pokémon” enthusiasts will adore the titular yellow cutie of “Pokémon Detective Pikachu.”
He’s fuzzy with rosy cheeks, a lighting-bolt-shaped tail and… a deeply sarcastic, wise-cracking voice? Yes, the tiny, electrically charged chipmunk-mouse-banana hybrid is voiced by Ryan Reynolds. Although the actor doesn’t drop F-bombs like he did in “Deadpool,” Reynolds lends the furball the superhero’s same world-weary city talk. It sure ain’t type-casting, but it works tremendously well.
So does most of this weird movie, especially for fans. If you know every Pokémon from Bulbasaur to Mewtwo, traded the cards, played the Game Boy cartridges, watched the animated TV show and know every word to its earworm of a theme song, you’ll be pleased as an adult to find that this film is a much less costly and time-consuming investment.
