Pokémon: Zoroark - Master of Illusions (2010) poster
2010 · family · animation · adventure · fantasy

Pokémon: Zoroark - Master of Illusions

Directed by Kunihiko Yuyama1h 36m2010
ElsewhereIMDb6.13k
  • cosy
  • kinetic
  • gentle
  • inventive
  • redemptive
  • tender
Movie DNA

Cosy, breathless, gentle family / animation, inventive in texture. Redemptive, mid-stakes, tender, hand-scored across twelve axes of taste.

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Ash and his friends must stop a greedy media mogul from using the shape-shifting Zoroark to capture the time-travelling Celebi.

Our read · Pokémon: Zoroark - Master of Illusions (2010) reads as a cosy, breathless, inventive family · animation · adventure entry — gentle in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, tender in temperature, redemptive in outlook. Hand-scored on twelve axes of taste — mood, pacing, weirdness, hope, stakes, humour, reality, density, warmth, auteur, intensity, and era — with a derived palette drawn from its dominant cinematography.

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You want a fun, colorful Pokémon adventure with illusion powers and friendship for the whole family.

ends upliftingyou’ll be fine aftergrabs you earlygrips from the openattention 2/5breezes by
Date nightWith friendsSoloWith parentsKids around

Skip it tonightYou want sophisticated storytelling or are tired of Pokémon formula.

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DNA · twelve axes

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Each axis is hand-scored — not derived from votes or genre averages. The marker shows where this film sits; the gradient fill uses the film's own cinematography palette.

Mood · HeavyCosy
Pacing · Slow-burnKinetic
Intensity · GentleExtreme
Weirdness · ConventionalSurreal
Hope · NihilisticRedemptive
Stakes · IntimateEpic
Humour · NoneBroad
Reality · GroundedFantastical
Density · SparseTwisty
Warmth · ColdTender
Auteur · TransparentSignature
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