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This full-length adventure features an animated epic so big, so funny and spectacular that only The Powerpuff Girls can handle it! Created by a perfectly powerful experiment, Blossom, Bubbles and Buttercup explode into action as the new kids in Townsville! But after one enthusiastic game of tag, they nearly destroy their beloved city. Now called social freaks, they turn to the mysterious Mojo Jojo for help...but this sinister simian has other plans--big plans--like leading an array of evil monkeys to destroy the world! Join the celebration as The Powerpuff Girls save Townsville and the world for the very first time...before bedtime!
"The right mixture of sugar and spice for a satisfying rush." Gene Seymour, Los Angeles Times/Newsday
"Fantastic" Sean Edwards, Fox TV
"Television hasn't had a trio of female do-gooders like this since Charlie's Angels." Washington Post
Editor's Note
If the POWERPUFF GIRLS television show packs a punch, then their first movie delivers a serious wallop. POWERPUFF GIRLS creator Craig McCracken takes his widely popular characters--Blossom, Bubbles, Buttercup, and their posse--and kicks it up a few notches with a stylish look that's easy on the eyes and engaging to all audiences.The film begins with a flashback to the POWERPUFF GIRLS' early days, when they were but a glimmer in the eye of their father-creator Professor Plutonium. The three girls--who are cute to the point of distraction--are not the pride of Townsville like they are on TV. They are persecuted as "freaks" because they cannot control their special powers. Who could have predicted that a nuclear-powered game of tag would wreak havoc on Townsville? It's clear that the girls must redeem themselves, so they turn to the evil Mojo Jojo, unaware that he's the evil ape they will come to know and hate later. The animation's retro 1950s lounge-style background art, its impossibly vibrant and often-changing colors, and its eerie 3-D effects create a pleasingly cinematic feel. The result is a deeper, resonating picture. The filmmakers did not abandon the naïve style that gave the original POWERPUFF GIRLS television show its trademark charm, making the movie all the better.
| Features | Scene Access | | Subtitles: English, French, Spanish | | Audio: English Dolby Digital 5.1; French, Spanish Dolby Digital Stereo | | Interactive Menus | | Dexter's Laboratory Bonus Cartoon "Chicken Scratch" | | Cartoon Network Sneak Peeks | | DVD-ROM Features | | Deleted Scenes | | Character Commentaries | | Theatrical Trailer | | Cast Interviews With New Animation | | Behind-The-Scenes Footage | | Director's Commentary |
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Release Information
| | Studio: Warner |
| Release Date: 2/3/2004 |
| Running Time: 86 minutes |
| Original Release Date: 2002 | | Catalog ID: 23016 | | UPC: 00085392301621 | | Number of Discs: 1 |
Audio & Video
| | Original Language: English | | Available Audio Tracks: English, Spanish Dubbed | | Available Subtitles: English | | Video: Color |
Aspect Ratio | | 4:3 |
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| | Professional Reviews | Chicago Sun-Times
"...It's a reminder that plain ol' pen and ink can still be as thrilling as more high tech effort....The Powerpuff Girls are smart, resourceful and strong, as well as funny, caring and infinitely lovable..." 07/03/2002 p.43Box Office
"...THE POWERPUFF GIRLS is a confluence of kiddie entertainment, sophisticated wit and symbolic graphic design..." 09/01/2002 p.157 Sight and Sound
"...The team behind the Emmy-nominated series THE POWERPUFF GIRLS and DEXTER'S LAB, have created an enjoyable plausible world in which nothing is as it seems..." 11/01/2002 p.53-4 Total Film
"...The most inventive, action-crammed, hyperkinetic ani-movie of the year..." 11/01/2002 p.113 |
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