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Detective Pikachu is so wholesome Im lawful good now: Review
https://mashable.com/article/pokemon-detective-pikachu-review/
With the global Pokémon craze set off by Pokémon Go‘s massive success, it’s easy to forget that this is a for-kids brand. But it is. And Detective Pikachu knows it.
That’s not meant to be a knock on the movie, though some might disagree. Having Ryan Reynolds there in the starring role, bringing his genetically snarky man-voice to lovable Pikachu, sets certain expectations in this post-Deadpool world.
But Detective Pikachu has a more wholesome and kid-friendly tale to tell. It’s the story of Tim Goodman — yes that’s the character’s name, and yes it’s delightfully on the nose. He’s a young man who’s a bit of a drifter. He used to be a Pokémon trainer, but he grew up and left that phase of his life behind.
When we meet Tim, his mother’s out of the picture and his father Harry is just a few steps shy of estranged. Or was. The story opens with Tim getting the news that his dad is dead. He was a detective in Ryme City, a metropolis-meets-social experiment in human/Pokémon equality, and he was working on a big case when he died under mysterious circumstances.
So Tim heads off to set Harry’s affairs in order, but his plans hit a snag when he runs into dear old dad’s former partner, a Sherlock hat-wearing Pikachu. Only this one is different from all the other Pokémon. For most people, Pokémon can only say their species name in a cutesy voice. But Tim hears perfect English, in Reynolds’ voice, coming from his dad’s Pikachu.
The two set off to solve the mystery that the senior Goodman had been chasing. Pikachu may be able to talk, but he doesn’t remember a moment of what happened — or really, anything else. An address inside his adorable little hat brought him to Detective Goodman’s office, but it’s clear that someone has wiped his memory.