Angels_Review This is actually an interesting first movie showing how the Powerpuff girls and Mojo Jojo was born. It's actually rather touching to see how much the 4 actually get along on the first day. It shows they are pretty normal except for the powers. They just want to have fun and be loved. They have trouble finding acceptance in a world that doesn't really want them.I have no idea how the mayor has even been elected because he is really stupid. Nothing he does really makes any sense. When the town is being destroyed, he goes and gets a pickle instead of wanting to figure out how to stop it. And even after worlds, all he is worried about is how they 'killed' the pickles.Mojo Jojo is really odd. First off, 2 days after he is given his 'special powers,' he said that he was discriminated for too long. 2 days is not a long time.The art style is perfect to the actual TV show. I really don't see much difference between the two. Everyone has a very black large outline that makes them stand out from the background which is normally diluted tones of gray or pink. Some characters are overly round where others are exaggerated angles. In fact, the Professor is all angles, and even his shoulders don't move when he is stretching out his neck. The girls are rather chibi looking even though this is an American made cartoon. The whole show is rather stylized in itself.The voices are alright, it is an American Cartoon so you don't have the choice of hearing two different voices for the characters. Sometimes they do have problems in the script though. I can't stand how Mojo Jojo talks, mostly in third person and has a rather rapid fire monologue with a lot of pauses. Actually, it's like the old Godzilla shows where they were dubbed over in English. He also seems to use really really bad puns too.

Steve Pulaski The Powerpuff Girls Movie plays less like a film and more like an adrenaline rush for one of the most breakneck seventy-three minutes of your life. The show, unseen by me, was an apparent cult success for Cartoon Network, around the same time as Dexter's Laboratory, along with boasting a similar fast-paced style and brightly colored atmospheres. All kidding aside, this film provided me with some of the most eventful cartoon action sequences in a long time and some of the most rapid fire events in recent memory.The film gives us the simplistic origins story of the girls who were created by a straight-laced scientist named "The Professor" (voiced by Tom Kane). The girls, named Blossom (Cathy Cavadini), Bubbles (Tara Strong), and Buttercup (E.G. Daily) seem to be normal, bug-eyed sprouts, but they possess uncanny superpowers such as the ability to fly, utilize eye-lasers, and run at speeds unimaginable.After their game of tag kindly ventures out beyond school boundaries and their damage to the city is ubiquitous and devastating, the girls are reprimanded by The Professor, who urges them not to use their powers in public. But when The Professor is arrested in connection with the girls' destruction, the girls must find their way home from school without guidance. They are misled into the clutches of an ominous figure named "Jojo" (Roger L. Jackson) who forces the girls to utilize their powers for his project that he states will bring good to society. Upon completion, it does the opposite and unleashes a hellish wrath on the town of Townsville with Blossom, Bubbles, and Buttercup to blame. They must figure out a way to stop "Mojo Jojo," a name he adopts upon creating this plan, and win back the trust of their kind professor and the rest of the town.A majority of the skinny film is action; almost nonstop carnage. It's quite the blink-and-you-miss-it entertainment. In the day and age of genial sincerity, more often than not with a burdening life lesson, brought to you by Pixar, The Powerpuff Girls Movie is rather low on the meter of animated entertainment, but the film's concise runtime, kinetic action scenes, a cheerily comforting family story elevate it to a level that I can recommend. Its theatrical release is somewhat strange. This kind of thing could fit nicely on Cartoon Network's daytime lineup. And it would be nice if everyone would talk about three octaves lower, but these petty problems do not distract from the kinetic style and animation clearly at hand here.Voiced by: Cathy Cavadini, Tara Strong, E.G. Daily, Roger L. Jackson, and Tom Kenny. Directed by: Craig McCracken.

James Simms When I first heard that this film will be a prequel to the series at first I thought it wasn't a good idea to go with that direction but after seeing the trailers & TV spots I figured that the staff maybe on to something! We already know about the PPG's origin but what this film reveals is something more, it reveals what happens after the girls were born, how everything gets in center staged or come into place and see how the characters that we know develop and becoming who they are today as we know them! Also the film delivers action which made the TV show so appealing to the eyes of viewers! Something we viewers get to see rarely in animated films now-a-days along with the fact that animated films rarely get PG ratings. Practically the film is basically cleverly aimed for both fans & non-fans who don't know PPG since this will give non-fans an introduction of what PPG is all about, kids & adults alike! And as the title says... You'll won't see animated film like this! Not by a long shot you won't!

Benjamin Cox This is something of a guilty pleasure for me. Of the many cartoons on Cartoon Network, the Powerpuff Girls are arguably one of the better shows on offer (along with Johnny Bravo) and I'm not ashamed to admit that I'm something of a fan. Although it is a superhero show, there is a knowing wink to it all, such as the brilliant "Beat Alls" episode. This is their first movie and while it looks and feels like the TV show, it also feels disappointingly empty as though this is simply a feature-length episode.For those who don't know, the show is set in the city of Townsville and focuses on the efforts of Professor Utonium (voiced by Tom Kane) to seek a solution to the crime epidemic sweeping the city. During an experiment, he accidentally knocks some powerful Chemical X into the mix and the resulting explosion creates three cute little girls, all with fantastic super powers. Blossom (Cathy Cavadini) is the forthright leader of the three, Bubbles (Tara Strong) is a giggling little bundle of fun and Buttercup (Elizabeth Daily) is a tomboy with a violent temperament. Unfortunately, they are not the only ones effected by Chemical X and soon, super-smart monkey Mojo Jojo (Roger Jackson) is on the loose and forces the girls into using their fledgling powers for good.If you've ever seen the show then you'll know pretty much all you'll need to about "The Powerpuff Girls" and this introduction to the show won't cover any new ground. If you've never seen the show then this will either draw you in or turn you away. I'd forgotten how incessantly noisy the show is, filled with characters talking at ninety miles an hour (Mojo is particularly guilty of this) and lots of special effects. It is also quite crudely animated, roughly on a par with "South Park" and the aforementioned "Johnny Bravo". But it is entertaining with plenty to keep kids attention fixed on screen and the odd flash of witty referencing for adults. But as I said at the start, this is basically an extended episode - there wasn't anything new for the movie and if I'd paid to see it in a cinema, I would probably have been disappointed. And personally, I don't like the Mojo Jojo character - I'd have preferred to see Him or the Gangrene Gang, who only make a cameo here.Deciding a rating for this film was tricky. It does have its faults and to be honest, I'd be happier watching the TV show. This felt drawn-out and padded with filler (the scene in space seemed completely pointless), even though it is a perfect transition from small screen to silver screen. It's a shame because the show is good fun (most of the time) and most fans will enjoy the film. But quite frankly, a 25-year-old bartender isn't exactly the target audience so it was unlikely I'd be raving about this picture. This is obviously meant for kids glued to the Cartoon Network and as a piece of shameless self-promotion, it works. But I just didn't enjoy the film as much as the TV show. Here's hoping they get it right for the "Johnny Bravo" movie.