Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest (2006)

All Critics (220) | Top Critics (43) | Fresh (125) | Rotten (103) | DVD (35)

The new plot has all the appeal of a seaweed sandwich, being dark, salty, and indigestible.

July 17, 2006

Anthony Lane

New Yorker

Top Critic

This second film is pretty much all thrills, special effects and nonstop action -- but with virtually no cohesive or compelling story line.

July 7, 2006 Full Review

Bill Zwecker

Chicago Sun-Times

Top Critic

'Complications arose, ensued, were overcome,' Jack says at one point. Not entirely, but Dead Man's Chest is worth weighing anchor for, regardless.

July 7, 2006 Full Review | Comment (1)

Peter Howell

Toronto Star

Top Critic

In every other way -- as adventure yarn or as satire on that form or merely as an enjoyable entertainment featuring a wonderfully sly and subtle actor -- it is not merely a loser. It is a disaster.

July 7, 2006 Full Review

Richard Schickel

TIME Magazine

Top Critic

For the most part, Dead Man's Chest stands on its own and even makes a few halfhearted attempts to say something.

July 7, 2006

Robert Denerstein

Denver Rocky Mountain News

Top Critic

The second Pirates of the Caribbean movie is a sweet umbrella drink leaving no hangover, two hours and 20 minutes of escapism that once again makes the movies safe for guilt-free fun.

July 7, 2006 Full Review

Michael Booth

Denver Post

Top Critic

An action-packed but too-long flick for kids 12+.

January 1, 2011 Full Review

Jane Boursaw

Common Sense Media

The kind of sensory bombardment that replicates less a Disney theme-park ride than an extended stay at a Guantánamo base cell

August 30, 2009 Full Review | Comment (1)

Fernando F. Croce

CinePassion

Comfortably in the middle ground. It's not as bad as I've heard it described by many, yet, it's far from any resemblance to the masterpiece audiences have described it as.

April 29, 2009 Full Review

Felix Vasquez Jr.

Cinema Crazed

Overblown to the point of monotony, the second installment in the "Pirates of the Caribbean" franchise is a prime example of too much money and not enough story.

April 23, 2009 Full Review

Cole Smithey

ColeSmithey.com

It's a pretty joyless ride, even with all the CGI wizardry a quarter of a billion bucks can buy.

August 7, 2008 Full Review

Jim Lane

Sacramento News & Review

[This sequel] takes what worked the first time and redoes it only bigger and louder - in the process losing all the charm that made the first film so much fun.

July 7, 2008 Full Review | Comment (1)

Steve Biodrowski

Cinefantastique

a good sequel

April 9, 2008 | Comment (1)

Stefan Birgir Stefansson

sbs.is

A patchy and overlong sequel but still full of humour and top-notch action.

March 5, 2008 Full Review | Comment (1)

Ian Winterton

Film4

This movie is the very definition of water torture.

February 28, 2008 Full Review | Comment (1)

Brandon Fibbs

BrandonFibbs.com

It's not as strong as the first installment, but Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest is still entertaining . . . in a big, high-concept way.

July 25, 2007 Full Review

James Plath

Movie Metropolis

As you'd expect from a sequel, everything that made the original interesting is amplified to within an inch of its life.

July 14, 2007 Full Review | Comment (1)

Joe Lozito

Big Picture Big Sound

I had a ball watching the film as it careened from set piece to set piece, whether it be a chase scene, a sword fight or a battle on the seas.

May 31, 2007 Full Review

Ted Murphy

Murphy's Movie Reviews

Surpasses its predecessor in making entertainment out of nonsense.

May 20, 2007 Full Review

Mark Dujsik

Mark Reviews Movies

Dead Man's Chest is simply something we've been missing most of this entire summer - a film that's truly alive.

March 24, 2007 Full Review | Comment (1)

Brian Tallerico

UGO

No doubt will end up one of the most popular and successful sequels in cinema history, but like the small act that grows too big too soon, the initial enchantment has faded.

February 22, 2007 Full Review | Comment (1)

Rex Roberts

Film Journal International

• 1. Jack Sparrow: We're not free yet, love.
  – Submitted by Islam J (2 months ago)
• 1. Cutler Beckett: No doubt you've discovered that loyalty is no longer the currency of the realm, as your father believes.
  2. Elizabeth Swann: And what is?
  3. Cutler Beckett: I'm afraid currency is the currency of the realm.
  4. Elizabeth Swann: Then perhaps we can come to some sort of understanding. I'm here to negotiate.
  5. Cutler Beckett: I'm listening. [Held at gunpoint]... I am listening intently.
  – Submitted by Sean G (6 months ago)
• 1. Jack Sparrow: No, no! More wood! Big fire! I am chief! Want big fire!
  – Submitted by Alexander K (7 months ago)
• 1. Davy Jones: Do you fear death? Do you fear that dark abyss? All your deeds laid bare, all your sins punished? I can offer you an escape.
  – Submitted by Typhon Q (8 months ago)
• 1. Davy Jones: Damn you Jack Sparrow!
  – Submitted by Typhon Q (8 months ago)
• 1. Jack Sparrow: Hello beastie.
  – Submitted by Typhon Q (9 months ago)

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