BelSports This is a coming of age storyline that you've seen in one form or another for decades. It takes a truly unique voice to make yet another one worth watching.

Siflutter It's easily one of the freshest, sharpest and most enjoyable films of this year.

Nayan Gough A great movie, one of the best of this year. There was a bit of confusion at one point in the plot, but nothing serious.

Justina The film never slows down or bores, plunging from one harrowing sequence to the next.

adesunandar The Pokemon First Movie and pokemon generation 1 movie with mew (my favorite pokemon) and mewtwo as the legendary pokemon.The Story really good, and the feeling when the pikachu's cried for ash really touching and I had cried a lot when I saw that scene.The Fighting scene were originated just like Pokemon generation 1 series, and with comedy inside I can give this movie high rate. sometimes I can Laugh with this crispy jokes and sometimes I felt sad with the sad story inside

Owen Ogletree I loved Pokémon growing up. I stopped watching it around 2009-ish and moved on to other things. However I have recently been revisiting Pokémon and have decided to do a Pokémon movie marathon.The first in the series is definitely a good one. I'll admit there is some nostalgia-related bias here, but I enjoyed it as a whole.It does have some flaws. It is basically your typical "bad guy vows to take over the world" story and the animation has not aged well. There are also some questionable scenes. For example, Ash trying to punch Mewtwo was kind of stupid and the "pokemon tears ex machina" scene was pretty contrived.However, there is much to enjoy. The characters were as likable as ever. Mewtwo is an awesome Pokemon. Some of his powers, while outlandish, were wicked cool. You also gotta love Mew.The Pokémon battles and the battle between Mew and Mewtwo will give Pokémon fans some excitement. I also appreciated the messages that we must all live in peace and that it matters more how you live your life than why you were created.Revisiting my childhood was an absolute joy. As for the quality of the movie, I wouldn't call it great, but it was definitely very good and worth watching for Pokémon fans.RATING: B

Jip Van Linschooten Even though I am older I can still enjoy watching this movie. When I was a kid this movie made me cry. The part where Ash turned into stone was really sad. And then Pikachu would touch Ash to see if he is still alright, but he didn't respond. Then Pikachu and after him all the other Pokemon who were there would start to cry. The first time I saw this as a kid I started to cry as well. Even now when I rewatch it I still cry. It's just a really sad moment and I was so happy when Ash woke up again thanks to the tears of all the Pokemon. So I will always remember this sad moment. And whenever I look back at my childhood this moment will show up.This movie did not only have sad moments but also very cool moments. For instance the battle between the Pokemon of the trainers and the cloned Pokemon of Mewtwo.This movie is made for kids but I can still enjoy it when I'm older. This movie just means so much to me.That's why I give this movie a 10 out of 10.

lisafordeay I remember as a little girl I was a huge fan of Pokemon. Everyday I would watch all the Pokemon cartoons and enjoy them whenever they were on TV.I even collected all the Pokemon cards too and would swap them with my former best friend who was also a fan of Pokemon too. Then in 1998 it got turned into a movie and I was super excited about it my mom brought me to see it and it was the first film I ever seen in the cinemas. This film Pokemon The First Movie: Mewtwo strikes back is about a cloned version of Mew who escapes from a laboratory who created Mewtwo by using Mew's DNA, and creates more cloned Pokemon's using a special machine that creates them. So its up to Ash and his friends who travel to a mysterious island by mysterious vikings(really James and Jesse from Team Rocket in disguise) and they come across a secret hiding place where they meet a brainwashed nurse(who is working for Mewtwo who she calls My Master).But can Ash and his gang save the day and stop Mewtwo making more cloned Pokemon's. One scene I remember in this film was the part where Ash turns to stone and Picahiu cries and all the other Pokemon's cried too and he is magically brought back to life again(yeah Tangled anyone where Rapunzel's tear brought back Eugene back to life again?).Overall I found this film forgettable as I haven't seen this film since 2000 as I used to have it on VHS but sadly my cousin destroyed the VHS tape by accident and I was devastated when it got broke. And I remember Christina Aguilrea sung a song called We're A Miracle in the ending credits. As a kid I loved this movie,now I just find it well terrible. I guess I just moved on from being a hardcore Pokemon fan and moved to other films that I am a huge fan of. But this film does hold a special place in my heart as it was the first film I seen. The acting is meh,the story is kinda complicated as its like watching a Sci-Fi flick about cloning. I guess if you are new to Pokemon then you might like it but like I said im gone past my Pokemon days now.3/10