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Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003)
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Reviews Counted:37
Fresh:24
Rotten:13
Average Rating:6.3/10
Consensus: May leave you exhausted like the theme park ride that inspired it; however, you'll have a good time when it's over.
Theatrical Release:Jul 9, 2003 Wide
Box Office: $305,343,252
Synopsis: Loosely inspired by the time-honored Disney theme-park ride, PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: THE CURSE OF THE BLACK PEARL is a swashbuckling high-seas tale directed by Gore Verbinski. When Captain Jack... [More]
Starring: Johnny Depp, Orlando Bloom, Keira Knightley, Geoffrey Rush
Director: Gore Verbinski
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Reviews for Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black...
Top CriticBuries its treasures -- mainly Johnny Depp in eye shadow and dreads as Captain Jack Sparrow -- in briny clichés.
07/31/03
Top CriticPirates 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.
07/25/03
Top CriticAn awkward pirate epic that's jampacked with energy, ambition and spectacular effects.
07/16/03
Top CriticThis movie is far too long.
07/14/03
Top CriticPirates steams ahead on a mirthless course of script beats and busy action sequences, coldly steered by director Gore Verbinski to the boom-blast-blare coordinates of producing commodore Jerry Bruckheimer.
07/11/03
Top CriticIsn't so much a pirate movie as it is the idea of a pirate movie.
07/11/03
Top CriticCertainly, Pirates has its moments. But it's definitely no 'E' ticket.
07/11/03
Top CriticAn overstated, unashamedly silly summer adventure.
07/10/03
Top Critic[Johnny] Depp is the single best reason to see Pirates of the Caribbean if you're past the age of 10.
07/09/03
Top CriticPirates will enthrall kids and amuse adults. Its only failing is that at 2 hours and 15 minutes, it's about 20 minutes too long.
07/09/03
Top CriticThere is much by way of noise, computer-generated action, big sets and breezy laughs, and practically nothing to intrude on your thought processes afterwards.
07/09/03
Top CriticPirates of the Caribbean is a movie that you ride around in circles for 2 hours and 23 minutes, until at last it brings you back where you began, exhausted and a lot dizzier.
07/09/03
Top CriticA monotonous, repetitive spectacle of endless shipboard sword fights and pirate ghosts in the moonlight.
07/09/03
Top CriticAn improbably entertaining, if overlong, adventure that brings new meaning to the term 'summer camp.'
07/09/03
Top CriticPirates of the Caribbean tends to overstay its welcome.
07/09/03
Top CriticWhile the plot and action are all deliberately familiar, director Gore Verbinski steers a continual course for sheer, mindless, rope-swinging, crow's-nest-hollering summer fun.
07/09/03
Top CriticA pretty fun ride all by itself.
07/09/03
Top CriticForget the film and check out [Depp], because there's a superlative to be witnessed here: This has gotta rank among the weirdest performances in the zany annals of the silver screen.
07/09/03
Top CriticA movie that charms the audience and then outstays its welcome.
07/09/03
Top CriticLatest News for Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse...
September 21, 2009:
Dick Cook Departs Disney; Will Pirates 4 Suffer? 
Dick Cook's sudden exit from Disney shocked a lot of people Friday night -- and one of them was Johnny Depp, who's hinting that this might keep him away from a fourth "Pirates... More...
September 11, 2009:
Weekly Ketchup: Johnny Depp sails On Stranger Tides
This week's Ketchup features a surprising low dosage of remakes (just one newly announced one), as a week that was shortened by Labor Day sees an emphasis more on casting news... More...
August 03, 2009:
A Pirate's Life for Rob Marshall?
According to Variety's sources, Disney is "on the verge" of putting Rob Marshall at the helm of the fourth "Pirates of the Caribbean." More...
April 08, 2009:
Verbinski Won't Direct Fourth Pirates Movie
The fourth "Pirates of the Caribbean" adventure will need to find itself a new director before setting sail: Gore Verbinski has announced that he's departing the franchise to... More...
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