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Yellowbeard (1983)

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This colorful spoof of pirate movies had all the makings of a classic farce and yet sank straight to Davy Jones' locker at the box-office, for despite it's all-star international cast of famous comedians, and despite the fact that it was largely co-written by "Monty Python"-veteran Graham Chapman and former "Fringie" Peter Cook, the darned thing just wasn't funny. The sketches center around the core story of the dread pirate Yellowbeard's quest for a fabulous treasure, the map for which is

PG, 1 hr. 37 min.

Action & Adventure, Comedy

Jun 27, 2006

MGM

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All Critics (12) | Top Critics (2) | Fresh (2) | Rotten (8) | DVD (4)

Chapman as Yellowbeard thankfully sustains us with a mesmerizing performance, as does Kahn whenever she's on-camera. There just aren't enough laughs.

June 17, 2006 Full Review Source: Movie Metropolis | Comment
Movie Metropolis

no laugh track to save us from dud after dud.

June 7, 2006 Full Review Source: Filmcritic.com | Comment
Filmcritic.com

More good than bad, worth owning.

November 9, 2005 Comment
MovieCrypt.com

The humor is as spotty as the pirates are ratty.

March 26, 2005 Comment
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Audience Reviews for Yellowbeard

Pretty lame film with a sterling cast of legends most of which are sadly no longer with us, you could look at this as another 'Monty Python' type film along side others like 'Jabberwocky' and 'Time Bandits' but alas this film doesn't have much of the laughs and visual flair that those films do. The plot is your basic

April 17, 2011
phubbs1

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Take actors from Mel Brooks, Monty Python, and Cheech & Chong movies and you get this slightly funny mess. John Cleese who was actually in the movie said it was the worst script he had ever read and Marty Feldmon died during filming.

November 23, 2010
Godless

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