The Powerpuff Girls Movie - Who Are You Calling Cute?
by Sharren Bates
The City of Townsville… is being attacked by marauding, genetically-altered, mutant monkeys. Good thing the Powerpuff Girls are here to save the day.
If that was the extent of the Powerpuff Girls Movie, it would still be a very cute, fun kids’ movie but the best thing about this very cute, fun kids’ movie is that it does so much more than tell a simple good guys vs. bad guys story.
There are good animated movies and bad animated movies. The bad ones show good guys and bad guys fighting and eventually the good guys win some hollow victory and the kids go home and bug their parents to buy the Happy Meal tie-in and the action figures and wait for the straight-to-video sequel. The good ones accomplish what all good movies do - they help the audience connect with the characters so that when the good guys do win, we cheer because we’ve begun to care about them.
