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All-Reviews.com Movie/Video Review
The Powerpuff Girls Movie
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 out of 4
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Starring: Cathy Cavadini, Tara Charendoff Director: Craig McCracken
Rated: PG RunTime: 80 Minutes Release Date: July 2002 Genres: Animation, Kids |
 Review by Susan Granger 2½ stars out of 4
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If it seems like there are more family films right now, that's true. There are
40 G and PG-rated movies set for this summer - and it's already paying off at
the box-office. Most of these have moderate budgets and a built-in small-fry
audience who bring along their parents.
The heroines of this animated adventure are the squeaky-voiced, saucer-eyed five
year-old triplets who have captivated the Cartoon Network. Created by director
Craig McCracken with a collaborative screenplay by Charlie Bean, Lauren Faust,
Paul Rudish and Don Shank, the story tells how they were accidentally created in
the laboratory of Professor Utonium (voiced by Tom Kane). Each energy-propelled
girl has a distinctive signature color. Redheaded Blossom (voiced by Catherine
Cavadini) is the leader. Adorable, blond Bubbles (voiced by Tara Strong) is the
artist, and green-tinted, brunette Buttercup (voiced by E.G. Daily) is the
feisty fighter. Narrated by the Mayor (Tom Kenny) of Townsville, the good vs.
evil plot shows how the sly kindergarten girls must earn their superhero status
after making two disastrous mistakes which nearly destroy the city which they're
supposed to protect. Eventually, they marshal their forces to battle the
nefarious outcast monkey, Mojo Jojo (voiced by Roger L. Jackson), and his ape
army of warlords who have been instructed: "Wake up and seize the town!" While
there are some raucous, scary scenes of destruction and death, they should not
adversely affect the rambunctious rugrats who routinely view this kind of
cartoon mayhem on the tube. Think of the violence in "Pokemon." On the Granger
Movie Gauge of 1 to 10, "The Powerpuff Girls" is a fast, frenetic, funny, even
punny 6 - aimed specifically at a grade-school audience. More power to the
teensy, candy-colored trio!
Copyright © 2002 Susan Granger
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