Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides (2011)
Average Rating: 5.1/10
Reviews Counted: 254
Fresh: 84 | Rotten: 170
It's shorter and leaner than the previous sequel, but this Pirates runs aground on a disjointed plot and a non-stop barrage of noisy action sequences.
Average Rating: 4.9/10
Critic Reviews: 42
Fresh: 11 | Rotten: 31
It's shorter and leaner than the previous sequel, but this Pirates runs aground on a disjointed plot and a non-stop barrage of noisy action sequences.
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Movie Info
Johnny Depp returns to his iconic role of Captain Jack Sparrow in an action-packed adventure. Crossing paths with the enigmatic Angelica (Penélope Cruz), he's not sure if it's love-or if she's a ruthless con artist who's using him to find the fabled Fountain of Youth. When she forces him aboard the "Queen Anne's Revenge," the ship of the legendary pirate Blackbeard (Ian McShane), Jack finds himself on an unexpected adventure in which he doesn't know whom to fear more: Blackbeard or Angelica,
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Cast
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Johnny Depp
Captain Jack Sparrow -
Penelope Cruz
Angelica -
Geoffrey Rush
Captain Hector Barbossa -
Ian McShane
Blackbeard -
Kevin McNally
Joshamee Gibbs -
Sam Claflin
Philip -
Astrid Bergés-Frisbey
Syrena -
Stephen Graham
Scrum -
Keith Richards (II)
Captain Teague -
Greg Ellis
Groves -
Damian O'Hare
Gillette -
??scar Jaenada
The Spaniard -
Anton Lesser
Lord John Carteret -
Roger Allam
Prime Minister Henry Pe... -
Judi Dench
Society Lady -
Christopher Fairbank
Ezekiel -
Paul Bazely
Salaman -
Bronson Webb
Cook -
Richard Thomson
Derrick -
Yuki Matsuzaki
Garheng -
Robbie Kay
Cabin Boy -
Steve Evets
Purser -
Deobia Oparei
Quartermaster -
Gemma Ward
Tamara - First Mermaid -
Sebastian Armesto
King Ferdinand -
Juan Carlos Vellido
Spanish Sea Captain -
Tristan Laurence Perez
Spanish Fisherman -
Norberto Moran
Spanish Castaway -
Gerard Monaco
Spanish Soldier -
Tyrone Lopez
Spanish Soldier -
Luke Roberts
Captain of the Guard -
Daniel Ings
Guard -
Emilia Jones
English Girl -
Patrick Kennedy
English Father -
Jody Halse
Jailor -
Clifford Rose
Bailiff -
Paul Hunter
Foreman -
Jorgelina Guadalupe Airal...
Mermaid -
Brea Berrett
Mermaid -
Toni Busker
Mermaid -
Sanya Hughes
Mermaid -
Antoinette Nikprelaj
Mermaid -
Derek Mears
Master-at-Arms -
Danny Le Boyer
Yeoman -
Kitt Barrie
Courtroom Wench -
Stephen Morphew
Courtroom Heckler -
Alan Utley-Moore
Justice Smith
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All Critics (256) | Top Critics (42) | Fresh (84) | Rotten (170) | DVD (11)
Depp, grimacing, edges in and out of the action and seems irrelevant and bored most of the time.
Top CriticI've never seen a film in which what was actually onscreen seemed so irrelevant.
Ahoy me hearties, No. 4 is surprisingly not bad.
The franchise is getting tired, but Penelope energizes it...
It's never quite clear what the relationship between Jack and Angelica is. Sometimes it's love, sometimes it's hate; it probably depended on who was writing the script that day.
Ian McShane gives Blackbeard as much menace as a goofball romp can handle.
A movie so dark, dank and devoid of coherence that you'd swear it exists only to pillage gullible buckos of their bucks.
Great production design and a couple well done action scenes make this one somewhat enjoyable.
Competent, but joyless.
There is fun to be had and it's exciting (for a moment) to see Captain Jack Sparrow on the big screen again but the overall production suffers from franchise burnout.
The action ... ranges from fun swashbuckling, to tedious parrying, to outright terribly edited, CGI funk that completely defies any kind of physical presence.
"Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides" is not really a bad film, it's more so a disappointing and forgettable one
... continues not only the tale of (the Sparrow and Barbossa) rivalry but also why (and how well) they ever worked together to begin with.
By the end of the film you get the feeling that Depp himself is wondering just how much longer he can fake the funk for a paycheck.
Captain Jack Sparrow is running on fumes in this enjoyable, but middling, forgettable sequel.
It's not as bad as everyone says. It's just missing the playfulness of the first two films.
If it had been cut to about 90 minutes, this could have been a bright and breezy adventure that zipped along at a cracking pace. As it is, it's a rather bloated actioner that has one or two great moments.
You know the old saying 'less is more?' I present to you exhibit A: 'Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides.'
Continues to steer the same course as its predecessor sequels, focusing on convoluted storylines that zap all the fun and energy that made the first film so great.
An unsteady plot and mostly juvenile humor take over for much of the film's 137 minutes, which though blessedly shorter than installments two and three still feels a little long.
Director Rob Marshall stages slapstick like dance choreography and action like a theme park ride. Which I guess is appropriate...
After four movies, Pirates is beginning to feel a bit like a soggy, waterlogged plank that's been afloat in the salty sea a bit too long.
Saying that less is more with reference to a film that vomits so much over its audience is absurd yet oddly appropriate here.
Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides suffers from an extraordinary lack of imagination, something that cannot be said of its predecessors, convoluted and impenetrable though they may have certainly been.
Disney-sanitizer wafts through--there are few bloody, mercenary moments. Some action sequences are cartoonish. And for such a talky picture, the dialogue's not charged enough.
This is a darker, more soulful entry with some fun set pieces. But it's definitely wearying and no amount of candle-lit exposition can make a slight plot interesting. Time to lay anchor for good?
Audience Reviews for Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides
Super Reviewer
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- Captain Jack Sparrow: Did everyone see that? Because I will not be doing it again!
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- Angelica: What were you doing in a Spanish convent anyway?
- Captain Jack Sparrow: Mistook it for a brothel. An honest mistake.
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- Syrena: Philip, I can save you. You need only ask.
- Philip: I seek but one thing.
- Syrena: What is that?
- Philip: Forgiveness. If not for me, you'd have never been captured.
- Syrena: Ask.
- Philip: Forgive me.
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- The Spaniard: You are a fool. You seek in this place what only faith can provide.
- Blackbeard: Faith. In faith there is light enough to see, but darkness enough to blind.
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- Blackbeard: You know when I feel closest to our Maker? When I see suffering, pain, and anguish, when the true design of this world is revealed.
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- Mermaid: Are you my jolly sailor?
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I dont quite know what to say here. It was not as convoluted plot wise as the second two but did not have the charm of the first.