"Pokémon 3" comes out on top of the other two "Pokémon" movies for being the most creative in displaying and featuring its individual Pokemon and using the story of a little girl to express the Unown's great psychic power.

Thankfully, "Pokémon 3" takes Ash Ketchum's incessant journey to become a Pokémon master out of the spotlight and focuses on a plot line with a little more depth.

A five-year-old girl acquires the ability to manifest her emotions in a tangible reality; a make-believe mother and father encased in an immense crystal palace represents a painful denial of the fact that her parents are gone.

The field of sunflowers outside Professor Oak's home has never before been rendered so life-like.

Producer Norman J. Grossfeld and Director Michael Haigney worked months on end to recreate "Pokémon 3" for American audiences. Thanks to them, Team Rocket has black belts in Pun-Fu.

Veronica Taylor proves herself an incredibly versatile actor by voicing Ash Ketchum with all of the passion his character demands; and at the same time voicing Delia Ketchum with the recalcitrant tenderness true to her character.

Fighting with absolutely no noticeable injury.

The script engorges such themes as "team work" and "family togetherness." It would have received a 10, but most Pokémon trainers disregard the message to "stay in school" by dropping out at age ten to begin their Pokémon master careers.

Phanpy: 74 pounds, 1' 8" tall. Onix: 463 pounds, 28' 10" tall. Phanpy sends Onix flying with a single tackle.