Rob Letterman
Is Pokémon Detective Pikachu a classic telling of the Pokémon journey? No, but is it a welcome glare of personality and hope? Absolutely.
In a world where people collect Pokémon to do battle, a boy comes across an intelligent talking Pikachu who seeks to be a detective.
Horror movies geared towards the younger generation are sometimes hard to come by, likely because a large portion of kids do not like to be scared. To make a horror movie for kids, then, you have to somehow tread the line between scary and lighthearted. Luckily, Goosebumps finds that balance, managing to capture not only the charm of Stine’s work, but the scares as well, without straying too far in either direction.
Why are you here, Jack Black? You weren’t a part of my childhood. No, you were the uncredited side character during my awkward adolescent years!