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Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl

2003

Gore Verbinski

Johnny Depp, Orlando Bloom, Keira Knightley, Geoffrey Rush ...

7.2

156,021

Adventure. Fantasy. Comedy. Action Set in the Caribbean Sea in the 17th century, this is the story of a gentleman rogue of a pirate, Jack Sparrow. When Captain Jack Sparrow, an eccentric rogue, arrives at Port Royal, he barely avoids going down with his ship. Soon enough, he's in the market for a new one, but not before he saves the life of Elizabeth Swann, the beautiful daughter of the governor. This act of bravery sets into motion a sweeping adventure involving ... [+]

	Media	Author	Review
		Richard Corliss Time	"This is an original work in an antique mood. The actors and authors all have fun with the genre without making fun of it. Rather, they revive it."
		Michael O'Sullivan The Washington Post	"[A] celluloid ship [that sinks] under the weight of its own stupidity."
		Elvis Mitchell The New York Times	"An often frenetic, colorful and entertaining comic adventure"
		Peter Travers Rolling Stone	"[An] epic that drags on for an unconscionable 143 minutes and buries its treasures (...) in briny cliches (...) Depp is comic dynamite (…) Rating: ★★ (out of 4)"
		Peter Bradshaw The Guardian	"A very entertaining and unpretentious pirate picture (...) The film as a whole is very funny"
		Kirk Honeycutt The Hollywood Reporter	"[It] is surprisingly not bad (...) The movie’s flamboyant personalities and tongue-in-cheek action push the envelope of high camp without ever succumbing to sheer silliness."
		Todd McCarthy Variety	"This Jerry Bruckheimer production could have been a lot worse, given the premise, and enough disarming humor, engaging acting and colorful action bursts through to keep things amusing"
		Roger Ebert rogerebert.com	"It's a good thing that Geoffrey Rush and Johnny Depp are on hand to jack up the acting department. Their characters, two world-class goofballs, keep us interested even during entirely pointless swordfights (…) Rating: ★★★ (out of 4)"
		Alan Morrison Empire	"Johnny, the kids and the pirates have a number-one hit on their hands (…) Rating: ★★★★★ (out of 5)"
		J.R. Jones Chicago Reader	"[It] is good swashbuckling fun for the first few reels but eventually slows to a halt under the weight of too many doubloons"
		Nev Pierce BBC	"This is a superb swashbuckler - rousing, funny and spectacular (...) Depp simply steals the show (…) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)"
		Keith Phipps AV Club	"Verbinski knows when to break out the stunning action sequences and when to let his characters dominate the film, and he handles both modes expertly."

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