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

It's just a lot of fun.

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one of the all time greatest adventure flicks

| Original Score: 5/5

Full Review | Original Score: 3.5/5

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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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

Full Review | Original Score: 3.5/5

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+

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 Review | Original Score: 3/5

...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