Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl Reviews

Rip-roaring fun for kids who don't mind skeletons.

Full Review | Original Score: 4/5

Entertaining, exciting, and engrossing with a genuine feel of adventure along with excellent performances, this is truly worth watching.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/4

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.

Full Review | Original Score: C-

It's just a lot of fun.

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one of the all time greatest adventure flicks

| Original Score: 5/5

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.

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Oops, there I go again talking about Johnny Depp. Get used to that. He's all you'll remember from the movie.

Full Review | Original Score: 2.5/4

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.

Full Review | Original Score: A-

Depp invests this overfed, action-tractioned swashbuckler with a voluptuous wit and spry spontaneity it surely doesn't deserve.

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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.

Full Review | Original Score: 4/5

Depp's highly strange, oddly magnetic, and irresistibly entertaining performance energizes the overextended, two-hour-plus proceedings.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/4

It echoes the ambition, mischief, boyish glee, and whimsical wit of 80s adventure films like Raiders of the Lost Ark, Gremlins, The Goonies, and The Princess Bride....

| Original Score: B+

If you think the title is long, wait until you see the movie.

Full Review | Original Score: 4/10

Tthe real surprise here is how strong the writing holds up.

Full Review | Original Score: 4/5

Comes close to recreating some of the bigger-than-life wonder that we experience at the movies in our childhood. Depp is a fey, hilarious wonder.

Full Review | Original Score: 4/5

May cause you to sing "Yo, ho-ho and a bottle of rum" and shout phrases such as "Tie the scurvy dogs to the yardarm" just for the fun of it.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/4

It's a rare thing when I come out of a movie theater these days saying the words, 'Geez, I hope they do a sequel to this thing.'

Full Review | Original Score: 4.5/5

Depp is wonderful here, and Sparrrow is the best creation of the movie year.

Full Review | Original Score: 3.5/4

...Full of colorful visuals, amazing special effects, and plenty of silly fun for the whole family.

Full Review | Original Score: 4.5/5

Both kids and adults will thoroughly enjoy this movie. It's a lot of fun and well worth checking out. I highly recommend checking it out on the big screen.

Full Review | Original Score: 9/10