Pokémon the Movie: I Choose You!

Play trailer

0:30

Pokémon the Movie: I Choose You!

2017

1h 38m

Adventure

Fantasy

Anime

Play Trailer

Watchlist

Watchlist

Tomatometer

Popcornmeter

33%

Tomatometer

9 Reviews

63%

Popcornmeter

500+ Ratings

Ash turns 10 years old and becomes a Pokémon trainer when Professor Oak gives him his first Pokémon.

Mike McCahill

Guardian

One of Ash's contemporaries describes his encounter with this rainbow-hued bird as 'a priceless experience.' Two decades' worth of vanished, irretrievable pocket money would say otherwise.

Rated: 2/5

Nov 1, 2017

Full Review

Brian Costello

Common Sense Media

Some positive messages, but best for fans only.

Rated: 2/5

Aug 12, 2019

Full Review

Sebastian Zavala Kahn

Más Gamers

A rushed and narratively inert summary of some episodes from the anime that made an impression on a whole generation. [Full review in Spanish]

Rated: 2.5/5

Jun 30, 2019

Full Review

Gareth Evans

Starburst

The movie is at its best when it is using the themes of its predecessor to tell its own story rather than the moments which essentially sell fans more of the same with a fresh coat of paint.

Rated: 8/10

Feb 2, 2018

Full Review

Yip Wai Yee

The Straits Times (Singapore)

Still, there are some improvements here from the original anime. Visually, the animation is lovely to look at, with the glittering rainbow-coloured feathers of the mystical Ho-Oh character especially mesmerising. If only the story is as compelling.

Rated: 2.5/5

Nov 22, 2017

Full Review

Allegra Frank

Polygon

The Pokmon anime has hardly adhered to the rules of the original games. But Pokmon: I Choose You! goes a step further, ending with a moment so bizarre that my entire theater howled in disbelief.

Nov 14, 2017

Full Review

Read all reviews

Audience Member

It's fine, just fine. But as a pokemon fan, having incineroar in a region with Johto legendary and all of a sudden being in Kanto 10 seconds later proves to me this movie is a weird Mish mash of franchises

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

06/09/25

Full Review

Stephen C

What a ****ing failure from heck!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

05/14/25

Full Review

Dominic C

I mean, Piplup is my favorite Pokemon ever, so yeah

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

05/08/25

Full Review

Boc T

Better to think of it as a reboot of Ash's journey and not a remake, this did a good job to get younger kids into Pokemon. Definitely some things I didn't like, especially with Pikachu near the end, but the rest of the movie is fine.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

06/15/24

Full Review

Idan Charles L

Why does this exist, it's not canon and not that good tbh

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

06/01/24

Full Review

Liam D

This is a boring and lazy retread of the first episode in the anime but that includes a moment that is so bafflingly terrible that it’s actually insulting to Pokemon fans

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

05/23/24

Full Review

Read all reviews

Read More

Read Less

POST RATING

WRITE A REVIEW

EDIT REVIEW

Kunihiko Yuyama

Director

Rica Matsumoto

Ash Ketchum

Ikue Ōtani

Pikachu

Unshô Ishizuka

Professor Samuel Oak

Megumi Hayashibara

Jessie

Shin'ichirô Miki

James

Pokemon the Movie: I Choose You!: Fathom Events Trailer

0:30

View more videos

View more photos

Synopsis

Ash turns 10 years old and becomes a Pokémon trainer when Professor Oak gives him his first Pokémon.

Director: Kunihiko Yuyama
Producer: Susumu Matsuyama, Satoshi Shimohira, Atsushi Chiku, Hidenaga Katakami, Dina Hawana
Screenwriter: Shoji Yonemura, Takeshi Shudo, Satoshi Tajiri
Production Co: Shogakukan-Shueisha Productions, Novel Entertainment Productions, TV Tokyo, Pikachu Project '99, Shogakukan, Oriental Light and Magic
Genre: Adventure, Fantasy, Anime
Original Language: Japanese
Release Date (Streaming): Dec 10, 2017
Runtime: 1h 38m

Most Popular at Home Now