The Powerpuff Girls (2002)

Director:

Craig McCracken

Writers:

Craig McCracken (television series "The Powerpuff Girls")
Charlie Bean (writer) ...

Release Date:

3 July 2002 (USA)

Genre:

Animation | Action | Adventure | Comedy | Drama | Family | Fantasy

Tagline:

Sugar, spice and everything nice...these were the ingredients to create the perfect...crime-fighting little girls?

Plot:

The movie shows the origin of the Powerpuff Girls before the cartoon series. It explains why they were born and why they dedicated their lives to fighting crime and the forces of evil.

Plot Keywords:

Professor | Monkey | Powerpuff Girls | Villain | Sister

Cast

  (Complete credited cast)

Cathy Cavadini	...	Blossom (voice) (as Catherine Cavadini)
Tara Strong	...	Bubbles (voice)
Elizabeth Daily	...	Buttercup (voice) (as E.G. Daily)
Roger Jackson	...	Mojo Jojo (voice)
Tom Kane	...	Professor Utonium (voice)
Tom Kenny	...	Mayor / Narrator / Ka-Ching Ka-Ching (voice)
Jennifer Hale	...	Ms. Keane (voice)
Jennifer Martin	...	Sara Bellum (voice)
Jeff Bennett	...	Ace / Big Billy / Grubber / Baboon Kaboom / Go-Go Patrol / Hacha Chacha (voice) (as Jeff Glen Bennett)
Grey DeLisle	...	Linda / Woman at Zoo (voice)
Phil LaMarr	...	I.P. Host / Local Anchor (voice)
Rob Paulsen	...	Hota Wata / Killa Drilla / Blah-Blah Blah-Blah / the Doot Da Doot Da Doo Doos (voice)
Kevin Michael Richardson	...	Rocko Socho / Ojo Tango (voice)
Frank Welker	...	Whole Lotta Monkeys (voice)

Also Known As:

The Powerpuff Girls Movie (USA) (promotional title)
The Powerpuff Girls: The Movie (USA) (working title)
Las chicas superpoderosas: La pelicula (Argentina) (Venezuela) [es]
Las chicas superpoderosas (Colombia) [es]
Las supernenas: La película (Spain) [es]
Le film des super nanas (Canada: French title) [fr]
Le superchicche - Il film (Italy) [it]
Les supers nanas - The powerpuff girls, le film (France) [fr]
Meninas Superpoderosas - O Filme (Brazil) [pt]
Powerpuff Girls Movie (Sweden) [sv]
Powerpuff Girls: I tainia (Greece) (TV title) [el]
Powerpuff girls - elokuva (Finland) [fi]
Powerpuff jentene movie (Norway) [no]
Ta dynata koritsia (Greece) (DVD title) [el]

MPAA:

Rated PG for non-stop frenetic animated action.

Runtime:

73 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

DTS | Dolby Digital | SDDS

Certification:

Malaysia:U | Denmark:7 | South Korea:All | Canada:G (Alberta/Quebec) | South Africa:PG | USA:PG (certificate #39077) | Canada:PG (British Columbia/Manitoba/Nova Scotia/Ontario) | Netherlands:6 | Argentina:Atp | Australia:G (cable rating) | Australia:PG (original rating) | Finland:K-7 | France:U | Germany:6 | Norway:7 | Peru:PT | Philippines:G | Spain:7 | Sweden:7 | UK:PG | Brazil:Livre

Company:

Warner Bros. Pictures

Trivia:

The television scene which Mojo Jojo punches during the opening credit sequence displays an image from Craig McCracken's student film Whoopass Stew! (1992), which was the basis of the original "The Powerpuff Girls" (1998) series.

Goofs:

Continuity: Just after the fight scene between Blossom and Buttercup while they are on the asteroid, when Buttercup says "Oh, yeah, 'cause you know I'll kick your butt!", Blossom is seated on top of Buttercup's back. Immediately after that, when she says "No, because I know...oh, never mind," the camera pulls back, revealing that she seems to have instantaneously stood up from Buttercup and walked away from her. We never see her do this.

Quotes:

Mojo Jojo: Aw, you're actually trying to stop me? That is so cute.
Bubbles: Try, nothing.
Blossom: We will stop you.
Buttercup: Who you calling cute?

Movie Connections:

References "Superman: Monkey Fun (#2.13)" (1997)

Soundtrack:

That's What Girls Do

Cool style, clever moments

ramble

Really neato animation and art direction. Clever bits, like the "News Flash" logo on TV was the one from Sesame Street! I laughed really hard sometimes...

It unfortunately didn't keep its momentum after the first 15 min (when the plot becomes important), but it's only an hour film. I did enjoy the film overall though.

Relatively hard techno music in a kid's film is interesting...

ramble> Recommended if you like the series, or if you're interested in seeing a seriously different animation style.