The defence The Popcorn Loyalist
“Sincerity is not manipulation.”
The film risks embarrassment to make emotion communal, and that openness is harder than fashionable detachment.
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The Powerpuff Girls Movie
Animation · Action · Family · 2002
After destroying the city of Townsville in a game of tag, a trio of superpowered little girls must redeem themselves by stopping a vengeful monkey's plot for world domination.
Movie details
The Powerpuff Girls Movie
“Saving the world before bedtime!”
2002 Animation · Action · Family 1h 14m
Critical arithmetic
One number, for now.
Scores change. Arguments endure.
TMDB
6.8 / 10
Community rating
After destroying the city of Townsville in a game of tag, a trio of superpowered little girls must redeem themselves by stopping a vengeful monkey's plot for world domination.
CriticWise case file
What this film says about your taste.
Not a recommendation score. A measure of how closely the film’s taste signals resemble yours.
The archetype split
Who fights over The Powerpuff Girls Movie?
For the defence
The Popcorn Loyalist
“Big screen, big feelings, no apologies.”
Read their case For the prosecution
The Cool Ironist
“Feeling things is a little embarrassing.”
Read their objectionThe split comes from the same five-axis model used by the test, not audience ratings or review sentiment.
Taste neighbourhood
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Names above the title
The people responsible.
Cast & crew
Directed by
Craig McCracken
Written by
Lauren Faust · Amy Keating Rogers · Craig McCracken · Don Shank
Cathy Cavadini
Blossom (voice)
Tara Strong
Bubbles (voice)
E. G. Daily
Buttercup (voice)
Roger L. Jackson
Mojo Jojo (voice)
Tom Kane
Professor Utonium (voice)
Tom Kenny
Mayor / Narrator / Ka-Ching Ka-Ching (voice)
Jennifer Hale
Ms. Keane (voice)
Court is in session
Put The Powerpuff Girls Movie on trial.
Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.
The prosecution The Cool Ironist
“The strings are showing.”
Every cue tells you exactly what to feel and when, leaving sentiment to do the work character should have done.