Digimon: The Movie

With the exception of some decent music samplings from Fatboy Slim, Barenaked Ladies, Mighty Mighty Bosstones and Smash Mouth, there is little to distinguish this Pokémon knock-off (only with more action) big screen effort from its little screen anime origins. Confusingly divided into three segments covering an 8-year-period, the primary story--such as it is--revolves around the Digidestined (i.e., the kid heroes and heroines) wrangling their Digimons (digital monsters, which come in the friendly and unfriendly varieties) in a world-affecting battle against one particularly bad Internet Digimon who is merrily chewing up data like a Pac Man gone viral. The "PG" rating is mostly for the violence and mild bathroom humor (such as a farting baby digimon). Not a necessary purchase. Aud: P. (R. Pitman)