The Powerpuff Girls Movie

Director: Craig McCracken

Overview

The most adorable little superheroines in all of Townsville make the jump to the big screen in this feature-length animated adventure based on the popular Cartoon Network series The Powerpuff Girls. Brilliant scientist Professor Utonium (voice of Tom Kane) is performing an experiment in his lab when Jojo, a monkey trained to assist the professor, accidentally drops a bottle of hyper-powerful Chemical X into a mixture of sugar, spice, and everything nice. To the professor's surprise, what should emerge from the subsequent chemical reaction but three little girls: bright and practical Blossom (voice of Cathy Cavadini), sweet and sunny Bubbles (voice of Tara Strong), and tomboyish Buttercup (voice of Elizabeth Daily). Professor Utonium discovers that the girls have remarkable powers and super-human strength, and he hopes they'll be able to improve life in the crime-infected City of Townsville. However, after their first day at Pokey Oaks Kindergarten with Ms. Keane (voice of Jennifer Hale), the girls learn that having super powers can be both a blessing and a curse. Rejected by their classmates and quite unhappy, the girls are easily swayed when Mojo Jojo (voice of Roger L. Jackson), a superintelligent monkey in a turban, asks them to help him with a campaign to save the city. What the girls don't know is that Mojo Jojo is actually the monkey who once assisted the Professor; now he's embraced evil and hopes to use the Powerpuff Girls as part of his criminal scheme to wrestle control of Townsville away from the dense but well-meaning Mayor (voice of Tom Kenny). The Powerpuff Girls Movie was directed and co-written by Craig McCracken, who created the original television show as well as writing most of the episodes.

Product Details

Release Date:	06/04/2019
UPC:	0883929108770
Original Release:	2002
Rating:	PG
Source:	Warner Home Video
Region Code:	1
Sound:	[Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround]
Language:	English
Time:	1:13:00
Sales rank:	1,157

Special Features

Closed Caption; Cast Interviews with New Animation; Behind the Scenes; Director's Commentary; Deleted Scenes; Character Commentaries; Theatrical Trailer; Dexter's Laboratory Bonus Cartoon: Chicken Scratch; Cartoon Network Sneak Peeks

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

Elizabeth Daily	Actor,Buttercup
Catherine Cavadini	Blossom,Blossom,Actor
Roger L. Jackson	Mojo Jojo,Actor
Tom Kane	Prof. Utonium
Jennifer Hale	Ms. Keane
Jennifer Martin	Sara Bellum
Jeff Bennett	Ace/Big Billy/Grubber
Grey Griffin	Linda/Woman at Zoo
Phil LaMarr	I.P. Host/Local Anchor
Kevin Michael Richardson	Rocko Socko/Ojo Tango,Rocko Socko
Tom Kenny	The Mayor
Jim Cummings	Whole Lotta Monkeys
Grey DeLisle	Woman At Zoo
Jeff Glen Bennett	Grubber
Dell Hake	Conductor
James Venable	Composer

Technical Credits

Craig McCracken

Charlie Bean

Don Shank

Paul Rudish

Lauren Faust

Craig McCracken	Director,Executive Producer,Screenwriter
Donna Castricone	Producer
Brian A. Miller	Executive Producer
Clint Eland	Executive Producer
Charlie Bean	Screenwriter
Don Shank	Screenwriter
Kim Jong-Ho	Director
Paul Rudish	Screenwriter
Nikki Vanzo	Executive Producer
Lauren Faust	Screenwriter
Collette Bennett Sunderman	Casting
Jeong Chang-Yul	Director
Roy Braverman	Sound Editor
Brian Dixon	Sound Mixer
Tom Syslo	Sound Editor
Joel Valentine	Sound Editor,Sound/Sound Designer
Frank Long	Sound Editor
Kevin Siamis	Sound Editor
Eric Freeman	Sound Editor
Daisuke Sawa	Sound Editor

Editorial Reviews

The Powerpuff Girls Movie is, at only 77 minutes long, actually just a widescreen version of the Cartoon Network show, directed by series creator Craig McCracken. The first half serves as the origin of the girls, beginning with their birth in Professor Utonium's (Tom Kane) lab. The animation is relatively the same quality as the original show, with sharp edges, fat black outlines, and solid blocks of color. After the villainous monkey Mojo Jojo (Roger L. Jackson) comes into play, the second half of the movie becomes a nonstop fight scene of chases and laser beams. This scores well with the intended audience who may expect a decent amount of cartoon violence, but it may be a bit of a letdown for adults used to the show's more subversive story lines. The humor is very broad and adult viewers looking for a lot of sly pop culture references or Rocky & Bullwinkle-style asides may be disappointed. However, The Powerpuff Girls Movie still delivers the same attitude and action that has made the show a hit, and the hyper-cute trio continue to reign in as the best until more girl superheroes take over.