The Powerpuff Girls
Warner Bros. Pictures | Release Date: July 3, 2002 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
65
METASCORE
Generally favorable reviews based on 25 Critic Reviews
Positive:
16
Mixed:
9
Negative:
0

Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
100
San Francisco ChronicleTim Goodman
Clearly, great fun. Read full review
80
Village VoiceMark Holcomb
The rapid-fire satirical sophistication (scatology notwithstanding) and lovingly rendered pulp surrealism of this sequence should delight adults, while kids will get a charge out of the heroines' grown-up-defying chutzpah. Read full review
80
The A.V. ClubNathan Rabin
It's a good movie infused with moments of greatness. Read full review
78
Austin ChronicleMarc Savlov
Brilliant, wacky, and utterly charming fluff, with millions of mad monkey minions to boot. Read full review
75
Entertainment WeeklyLisa Schwarzbaum
The three kindergarteners make up for their lack of irony with laser-power eyes, radical post-post-postfeminist blithe confidence, and some of the coolest retro-futuristic animation style this side of Gerald McBoing-Boing. Read full review
75
The Globe and Mail (Toronto)Liam Lacey
One of the more ingenious and fresh surprises of the summer. Read full review
70
The New York TimesStephen Holden
What's really so appealing about the characters is their resemblance to everyday children. They're wildly energetic, competitive and (sometimes dangerously) impulsive. But they also learn from their mistakes, and their instincts are good. More power to them. Read full review
70
L.A. WeeklyRobert lloyd
All you really need to know, finally, from a consumer angle, is that it is not boring, and looks fantastic, and maintains the wit and spirit of the original, and that -- it takes care of the grown-ups first. There are obscure puns and cultural references for Mom and Dad, dog pee and monkey poo (metaphorical) for the kids, and fighting for . . . everybody! Read full review
70
Los Angeles TimesGene Seymour
Has the right mix of sugar and spice for a satisfying rush. Read full review
70
Film ThreatMichael Dequina
May be formulaic but never fails to find other ways to entertain. Read full review
70
New Times (L.A.)Gregory Weinkauf
A piquant entertainment and zeitgeist reflector designed to embolden little thrashettes.
70
SalonStephanie Zacharek
It's a universe invented for our delight and pleasure and nothing else, a world made up of colors not found in nature but in a little girl's sock drawer. In Powerpuff Girls, shapes, images and colors make up the most crucial part of the message. It's a hot-pink little movie. Read full review
67
Seattle Post-IntelligencerPaula Nechak
Don't give the kids any sugar before this one -- it's so hyperactive it'll send them into overdrive without it. Read full review
63
Boston GlobeTy Burr
Forgoes that split-level wit to concentrate on mere rock 'em sock 'em mayhem. Read full review
63
Chicago TribuneScott L. Powers
"The Movie" is bigger, brighter and boomier on the big screen than the series is on cable, but is it any better? The short answer is no, but that's not necessarily bad. Read full review
63
New York PostMegan Lehmann
When the Powerpuff Girls blink those soulful dinner-plate peepers, you could forgive them anything - even their movie's wafer-thin excuse for a plot. Read full review
60
VarietyJoe Leydon
Small children who will accept it as rock-'em, sock-'em excitement with a touch of gender-specific empowerment, and hipper teens and grown-ups who can appreciate the whole thing as a semisatirical hoot. Read full review
60
Washington PostDan Via
Offers cleverness and charm that are hard to come by in the summertime multiplex. Read full review
60
TV Guide MagazineAngel Cohn
The action sequences are so franticly dizzying that they make "Run Lola Run" look as though it unfolds in slow motion. Read full review
50
Baltimore SunChris Kaltenbach
There's a wonderfully funny and relentlessly cute 45-minute cartoon within The Powerpuff Girls Movie; unfortunately, it's padded out with almost as much filler.
50
USA TodayMike Clark
Isn't much, it's just lively enough to placate its limited audience to make it an easy choice over "Scooby-Doo's" stale Alpo. Read full review
50
Chicago ReaderHank Sartin
Though the action is a bit intense for very young kids, it's probably no worse than what they see on television. Read full review
50
Philadelphia InquirerCarrie Rickey
Half enjoyable goof, half an uncomfortable panorama of urban terrorism that just doesn't sit well after Sept. 11. Read full review
50
Portland OregonianStephen Whitty
All in all, as products go, The Powerpuff Girls Movie is an honest one, probably better constructed than the trio's lunchbox and a little more reasonably priced than their T-shirts. But it's still a product, not a picture. Read full review
50
New York Daily NewsElizabeth Weitzman
While the series is smart enough to have inspired an army of adult fans, too little of its droll intelligence is on view here. Instead, the film feels like a rote effort made for some quick box-office bucks.
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