It took way too long to get going, however. Most of the first half was fillerish, even if a few parts were pretty funny, and i'd definitely cut a lot of it out. However, it picked up nicely in the second half, and remained entertaining through the end.
Though the plot wasn’t the best it had some aspects to compensate well. The fight scenes were the usual high quality that the movies offered, especially the excellent climax scene. There was some very funny bits, too. I especially liked the parts with Sudowoodo. The professor’s Chansey was great too. And the animation and direction was great too, as is the standard for the movies, though I wasn’t particularly a fan of the extremely obvious CGI in spots, which looked like we took a trip into Wii Sports Resort. In particular, the shockingly dark scene with Zeraora's nightmare stood out well.
Overall, an okay movie. Any fan of the series should like it.
