I remember going to the store with my father in the 1990s to pick up Pokémon Red Version for Game Boy. I played across the map of the Pokémon universe battling gym leaders, catching as many of the 151 original Pokémon, finding rare candies, and triumphing over the Elite Four. In this nostalgia, I went to see “Pokémon Detective Pikachu.”

“Pokémon Detective Pikachu” is a story about 21-year-old Tim Goodman (Justice Smith) returning to Ryme City to wrap up his father’s affairs after learning of his death in the line of duty as a police detective. Tim meets an electrifying Pikachu (voiced by Ryan Reynolds) convinced that his father was killed under suspicious circumstances. Together, they embark on an investigation that leads them to the highest chambers of power in the Pokémon world.