The Powerpuff Girls (2002)

User Rating:

5.9/10   

Director:

Craig McCracken

Writers:

Craig McCracken (television series "The Powerpuff Girls")
Charlie Bean (writer) ...

Release Date:

3 July 2002 (USA)

Genre:

Animation | Action | Comedy | Family | Fantasy | Adventure

Tagline:

Sugar, spice and everything nice...these were the ingredients to create the perfect...crime-fighting little girls?

Plot:

The movie shows the origin of the Powerpuff Girls before the cartoon series. It explains why they were born and why they dedicated their lives to fighting crime and the forces of evil.

Plot Keywords:

Girl | Professor | Monkey | Powerpuff Girls | Cartoon

Cast

Cathy Cavadini	...	Blossom (voice) (as Catherine Cavadini)
Tara Strong	...	Bubbles (voice)
Elizabeth Daily	...	Buttercup (voice) (as E.G. Daily)
Roger Jackson	...	Mojo Jojo (voice)
Tom Kane	...	Professor Utonium (voice)
Tom Kenny	...	Mayor / Narrator / Ka-Ching Ka-Ching (voice)
Jennifer Hale	...	Ms. Keane (voice)
Jennifer Martin	...	Sara Bellum (voice)
Jeff Bennett	...	Ace / Big Billy / Grubber / Baboon Kaboom / Go-Go Patrol / Hacha Chacha (voice) (as Jeff Glen Bennett)
Grey DeLisle	...	Linda / Woman at Zoo (voice)
Phil LaMarr	...	I.P. Host / Local Anchor (voice)
Rob Paulsen	...	Hota Wata / Killa Drilla / Blah-Blah Blah-Blah / the Doot Da Doot Da Doo Doos (voice)
Kevin Michael Richardson	...	Rocko Socho / Ojo Tango (voice)
Frank Welker	...	Whole Lotta Monkeys (voice)

Also Known As:

The Powerpuff Girls Movie (USA) (promotional title)
The Powerpuff Girls: The Movie (USA) (working title)

MPAA:

Rated PG for non-stop frenetic animated action.

Runtime:

73 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

DTS | Dolby Digital | SDDS

Certification:

Malaysia:U | Denmark:7 | South Korea:All | Canada:G (Alberta/Quebec) | Canada:PG (British Columbia/Manitoba/Nova Scotia/Ontario) | USA:PG (certificate #39077) | South Africa:PG | Netherlands:6 | Argentina:Atp | Australia:G (cable rating) | Australia:PG (original rating) | Finland:K-7 | France:U | Germany:6 | Norway:7 | Peru:PT | Philippines:G | Spain:7 | Sweden:7 | UK:PG | Brazil:Livre

Company:

Warner Bros. Pictures

Trivia:

When giant Mojo Jojo rips open the side of the building he's climbing with the Powerpuff Girls in tow, it shows the interior of the second floor of Cartoon Network studios with caricatures of the actual employees.

Goofs:

Continuity: When building JoJo's machine, Blossom takes a bottle of Chemical X from Professor's laboratory. When she puts the bottle in the machine she flips it upside-down but the words Chemical X are still right side up.

Quotes:

Buttercup: Get your hands off him, you darn dirty ape!

Movie Connections:

References "Superman: Monkey Fun (#2.13)" (1997)

Soundtrack:

That's What Girls Do

Standard drill: Love the show, love the movie. Hate the show, hate the movie.

I, for one, loved the movie. There was enough action, humor and fun to make this a movie well worth paying for. The animation is simplistic, yet very cool and there are movie references galore. Quick warning for parents: One of the girls utters the word "damn." There's also some violence, so this isn't for real little children (under age 7). But if you can read this review, you're old enough to see it. PS-If you hate the show, don't bother. It's great, but it doesn't stray from the teevee show.