Pokémon: Mewtwo Returns

Pokémon: Mewtwo Returns

An all-new Johto movie adventure!

Directed by Masamitsu Hidaka

Produced by OLM, Shogakukan Production

200163 min6.8 / 10

A mid-stakes Pokémon adventure that balances action and capture-plot mechanics with philosophical questions about identity and purpose for artificially created beings.

The Team Rocket leader, Giovanni, has found Mewtwo in a remote area of the Johto region. As Giovanni tries to re-capture Mewtwo, Ash and his friends are kidnapped by Domino, a new Team Rocket member, while trying to rescue Pikachu from Jessie and James. The Clone Pokemon are also captured and are then used as bait for Mewtwo. The situation then becomes a battle between the wills of Mewtwo and Giovanni; and Mewtwo also tries to discover if it and the clones have a purpose in life, even though they are products of science.

Where to watch

Not available in United States — it streams in other countries.

Questions people ask

  • Does Pokémon: Mewtwo Returns end with hope? Somewhat. More hopeful than 70% of films.

  • Is Pokémon: Mewtwo Returns easy watching? Somewhat. More comforting than 67% of films.

  • Is Pokémon: Mewtwo Returns sad? Somewhat. More sad than 61% of films.

  • Is Pokémon: Mewtwo Returns scary? About average. Almost exactly mid-range.

  • Is Pokémon: Mewtwo Returns violent? About average. Almost exactly mid-range.

These describe how the film comes across, measured across the whole film and compared with other well-known films. They are not a content list — nothing here was counted or checked scene by scene, so for age-suitability or specific content use a classification board or a dedicated content-warning service.

54/ 100

Cinnamon Score

How much this film gives you that nothing else will, and whether it delivers.

Familiar shape, done well.

Rarity81

How unlike any other film this one feels

Surprise29

How much more it delivers than it promises

Love60

How much audiences actually like it

The highest scores in the catalogue →

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Same Mood as Pokémon: Mewtwo Returns

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Like Pokémon: Mewtwo Returns, But Darker

Similar, pushed toward heavier and more intense.

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Similar, pushed toward warmer and easier.

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Same territory, far fewer people have seen it.

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