In "Pokemon Heroes," a pair of dolphin-like sibling creatures are the center of intrigue. Latias and Latios--the newest characters from the Pokemon Ruby and Pokemon Sapphire video games--make their big-screen debut in this spunky adventure.

| Original Score: 2.5/4 | Jul 28, 2023

[A] sunny, gentle action yarn with numbingly repetitive chase scenes and bouncy interludes of playtime.

| Apr 9, 2019

Pokémon Heroes features fewer gratuitous pokéfights than its precursors, and also lacks a dutifully over-repeated moral, but it doesn't replace these Pokémon staples with anything substantive.

| Apr 9, 2019

It's a pity, since more could be done with the core concept of Pokémon: something more emotional and interesting, and less childish. [Full review in Spanish]

| Original Score: 1.5/5 | Nov 17, 2018

Below-average for series and too violent for younger kids.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Dec 27, 2010

Full Review | Original Score: 3/5 | Oct 7, 2005

[I]t seems these things are being made and released by rote. If no one went, would the next one come out anyway?

Full Review | Original Score: 2/5 | Jan 4, 2004

The result is impressive but does little to further the experience.

| Jul 2, 2003

There are, alas, the requisite new characters and this round it's a pair of winged critters with high-pitched grating 'voices' that sound most awfully like Mr. Bill from Saturday Night Live.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Jun 23, 2003

We've seen it all before, and too many times.

| Original Score: 2/4 | Jun 10, 2003

It's a pointless exercise in animated tedium.

| Original Score: 1.5/4 | Jun 6, 2003

An easily avoided waste of time.

| Original Score: 1.5/4 | Jun 6, 2003

At worst, you're paying to see something you can basically see on television.

Full Review | Original Score: 1.5/4 | Jun 5, 2003

The new characters' voices are even more grating and annoying than in previous installments, and some of the animation seems downright archaic.

Full Review | Original Score: 2/4 | May 23, 2003

All that a piece of product like Pokemon Heroes will inspire is the urge to nap.

| Original Score: 1/4 | May 21, 2003

Kids will revolt, parents will snooze, and I will be downright giddy if I never encounter another Pokmon movie as long as I live.

| Original Score: 0/5 | May 18, 2003

Full Review | Original Score: C- | May 17, 2003

Those who haven't fallen under the Pokmon spell will find little here to convert them.

Full Review | May 17, 2003

You'd have to classify Pokemon Heroes as an action movie, but with the static long shots and inert faces, it's more like an inaction movie.

Full Review | Original Score: 2/4 | May 16, 2003

If you still have Pokmon fans at your house, I suppose there's no harm in taking them to see this movie; but with Pixar's Finding Nemo set to open in a couple of weeks, surely you can find something better to do this weekend.

Full Review | Original Score: 1.5/4 | May 16, 2003