Detective Pikachu -

Here’s a text-based overview of Detective Pikachu : (2019) is a live-action/CGI film based on the Pokémon franchise, itself adapted from the 2016 video game Detective Pikachu .

In Ryme City — a metropolis where humans and Pokémon live side by side without battles — former aspiring detective Tim Goodman (Justice Smith) learns his estranged father, Harry, has died in a car accident. Traveling to Harry’s apartment, Tim discovers a talking Pikachu (voiced by Ryan Reynolds) who has amnesia but believes he was Harry’s partner. Only Tim can understand Pikachu’s human speech. Detective Pikachu

Praised for its inventive world-building and Reynolds’ performance; criticized for a convoluted third act. It remains the highest-grossing video game film adaptation until The Super Mario Bros. Movie (2023). Here’s a text-based overview of Detective Pikachu :