Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003)
Average Rating: 7.1/10
Reviews Counted: 206
Fresh: 162 | Rotten: 44
May leave you exhausted like the theme park ride that inspired it; however, you'll have a good time when it's over.
Average Rating: 6.4/10
Critic Reviews: 43
Fresh: 30 | Rotten: 13
May leave you exhausted like the theme park ride that inspired it; however, you'll have a good time when it's over.
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Following his surprise-hit American remake of The Ring in 2002, director Gore Verbinski took on Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl, the second of recent films to be based upon Disney theme-park rides (the first being The Country Bears). When Elizabeth Swann (Keira Knightley), the daughter of Governor Swann (Jonathan Pryce) is kidnapped by a group of pirates led by Captain Barbossa (Geoffrey Rush) and taken aboard their ship, The Black Pearl, Will Turner (Orlando Bloom), the
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Cast
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Johnny Depp
Jack Sparrow -
Geoffrey Rush
Captain Barbossa -
Orlando Bloom
Will Turner -
Keira Knightley
Elizabeth Swann -
Jack Davenport
Norrington -
Kevin McNally
Joshamee Gibbs -
Jonathan Pryce
Governor Swann -
Zoe Saldana
Anamaria -
Treva Etienne
Koehler -
David Bailie
Cotton -
Lee Arenberg
Pintel -
MacKenzie Crook
Ragetti -
Trevor Goddard
Grapple -
Isaac C. Singleton Jr.
Bosun -
Brye Cooper
Mallot -
Dylan Smith
Young Will Turner -
Greg Ellis
Officer Groves -
Martin Klebba
Marty -
Lauren Maher
Scarlett -
Paula Jane Newman
Esterlla -
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All Critics (206) | Top Critics (43) | Fresh (178) | Rotten (45) | DVD (58)
Here -- in a Jerry Bruckheimer-produced high-seas adventure that incorporates roaring cannons, oddball comedy, a love story and more than a touch of the supernatural -- Depp unleashes his theatrical bravado. He's hilarious.
Depp invests this overfed, action-tractioned swashbuckler with a voluptuous wit and spry spontaneity it surely doesn't deserve.
Top CriticBuries its treasures -- mainly Johnny Depp in eye shadow and dreads as Captain Jack Sparrow -- in briny clichés.
Pirates reminds me of a vintage MGM musical, a movie that is more choreographed than directed, and one that serves up good clean fun of the PG-13 variety.
At, say, 85 minutes, this would have been a jolly little swashbuckler, but at 143 it turns into an unholy trial.
An awkward pirate epic that's jampacked with energy, ambition and spectacular effects.
Rip-roaring fun for kids who don't mind skeletons.
Entertaining, exciting, and engrossing with a genuine feel of adventure along with excellent performances, this is truly worth watching.
Were it not for Johnny Depp's crassly reassured character creation of scoundrel pirate Captain Jack Sparrow, there would be nothing to relish in this overlong and witless waste of celluloid based on a Disneyland ride.
It's just a lot of fun.
Pirates of the Caribbean turns out to be a Hollywood blockbuster in the best sense of the word: a glorious piece of large-scale entertainment
one of the all time greatest adventure flicks
It now strikes me as one of the best of the genre.
Oops, there I go again talking about Johnny Depp. Get used to that. He's all you'll remember from the movie.
The whole feature film is one giant ride -- which considering its origins is perhaps to be expected. ... Depp gives his loosest and looniest performance yet -- and it is spectacular.
Pirates of the Caribbean is exactly what you look for in a summer blockbuster, all while delivering a much-needed overhaul to the classic pirate flicks of the golden years.
Are the DVD extras worth the doubloons? Arrgh, heartily, matey! They're a very three-disc treasure chest worth a keelhauling to own.
Audience Reviews for Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
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- Captain Barbossa: You know Jack, I thought I had you figured out. But it turns out you're a hard man to predict.
- Jack Sparrow: Me? I'm dishonest, and a dishonest man you can always trust to be dishonest. Honestly. It's the honest ones you want to watch out for, because you never know when they're going to do something incredibly stupid.
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- Jack Sparrow: Gentlemen! You shall always remember this as the day that you almost caught Captain Jack Sparrow!
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- Jack Sparrow: I know those guns.
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- Captain Barbossa: You better start believing in ghost stories Miss Turner, you're in one!
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- Jack Sparrow: The last time you left me a pistol with one shot.
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- Jack Sparrow: All hands to the boats! [Barbossa looks at him] Sorry. You give the orders.
- Captain Barbossa: Gents, take a walk.
- Jack Sparrow: Not to the boats?
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Foreign Titles
- Fluch der Karibik (DE)
- Pirates Of The Caribbean (UK)
