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Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End (2007)

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Reviews Counted: 206 Fresh: 92  Rotten:114 Average Rating: 5.5/10
 
Consensus: POTC: AWE provides the thrilling action scenes, but mixes in too many characters with too many incomprehensible plot threads.
 

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Runtime: 2 hrs 49 mins

Theatrical Release: May 25, 2007 Wide

Box Office: $309,404,152

Synopsis: After the action of PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: DEAD MAN'S CHEST, anti-hero Jack Sparrow (Johnny Depp) is trapped in the netherworld of Davy Jones's locker. Barbossa (Geoffrey Rush) has returned from the dead to aid Will Turner (Orlando Bloom) and Elizabeth Swann (Keira Knightley) in their... After the action of PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: DEAD MAN'S CHEST, anti-hero Jack Sparrow (Johnny Depp) is trapped in the netherworld of Davy Jones's locker. Barbossa (Geoffrey Rush) has returned from the dead to aid Will Turner (Orlando Bloom) and Elizabeth Swann (Keira Knightley) in their quest to rescue the beloved captain. They journey to Singapore to ask for help from notorious pirate Sao Feng (Chow Yun-Fat), and with this new alliance, they travel to the edge of the earth to find Jack. Then they will join forces with the world's most powerful pirates to unite against Lord Brackett (Tom Hollander) and the East India Company. AT WORLD'S END is an exercise in excess, boasting a running time of nearly three hours and a labyrinthine map of double- and triple-crosses. Characters return from the dead and change allegiances with ease, thanks to the magic of Tia Dalma (Naomie Harris) and the pirate code of ethics--or lack thereof. Though the third film in the series is filled with action and special effects befitting any blockbuster, it's the performances that make the movie memorable. Depp has earned an Oscar nod for his role as Jack, but he's not the only one who shines. With Jack locked away, the film sits on the strong shoulders of Rush, as well as Stellan Skarsgard as Bootstrap Bill and the brilliant British actor Bill Nighy as Davy Jones. Despite having to act behind a mess of CGI tentacles, Nighy nearly steals the show, as in the previous films UNDERWORLD and LOVE ACTUALLY. This is literally and figuratively the darkest entry in director Gore Verbinski's trilogy, as the film trades the sunny skies of the Caribbean for the world's most treacherous seas. There's plenty of rum-soaked humor, but it's balanced by betrayal and sacrifice. [More]

Genre: Action/Adventure

Starring: Johnny Depp, Orlando Bloom, Keira Knightley, Geoffrey Rush, Bill Nighy

Director: Gore Verbinski
Screenwriter: Terry Rossio, Ted Elliott
Producer: Jerry Bruckheimer
Composer: Hans Zimmer

DVD Info

Release:

Dec 4, 2007

[DVD Details]

DVD Features:

  • Region 1
  • Keep Case
  • Anamorphic Widescreen - 2.35

Audio:

  • Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround - English, Spanish
  • Subtitles - Spanish - Optional

Additional Release Material:

  • Audio Commentary - Filmmaker's Commentary
  • Bloopers of the Caribbean

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Ho-hum, ho-hum - it's the same old bilge again!

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07/07/08
Steve Biodrowski
ESplatter
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3.5/5

a little disapointing, but still fun

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04/09/08
Stefan Birgir Stefansson
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2/5

A few laughs, some fantastic CGI and a great cameo from Keith Richards aside, this is turgid and tiresome.

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03/05/08
Ian Winterton
Channel 4 Film
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6/10

Both sequels to the original film are confusing and long. But the third does improve on the second, because at least something happens.

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03/03/08
Jeff Bayer
The Scorecard Review
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5/10

At World's End's greatest sin, just like the second film, is that it forgets to be fun.

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02/28/08
Brandon Fibbs
BrandonFibbs.com
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It's unlikely many fans will have the patience to sit through this soulless, yet visually enticing voyage to nowhere more than once.

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01/02/08
Bruce Bennett
Spectrum (St. George, Utah)
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Although visually impressive, At World's End is a bitter disappointment considering how fresh and exciting the crew was just a few years ago.

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12/09/07
Ryan Cracknell
Movie Views
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Not for the logically minded or the seasick prone, the film, like its two predecessors, is a dizzing concoction of multiple simultaneous stories taking place either in the real world or anybody's unhinged imagination, take your pick.

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11/30/07
Prairie Miller
NewsBlaze
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2.5/4

For a long time -- although definitely not all the way to the interminable finale of this whale of a nautical exercise -- you're likely to enjoy what you'll see

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11/08/07
Janos Gereben
Entertainment Insiders
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6/10

When it hits, it is absolutely the best of the three films, but when it misses, it is endlessly tedious.

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09/14/07
Tim Brayton
Antagony & Ecstasy
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1.5/4

Yo ho ho and a bottle of regulations!...has the soul of a three-hour U.N. committee meeting. Gods' bodkins, me hearties, this movie blows like a whale from the vasty deep.

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07/31/07
Kyle Smith
KyleSmithOnline.com
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2/5

POTC: At World's End strives for epic-ness, but it's not an epic. It's fluff. And fluff should never, ever exceed more than 1 hour and 47 minutes, including end credits.

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07/26/07
Randy Shulman
Metro Weekly (Washington, DC)
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3/4

The best in the series.

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07/14/07
Joe Lozito
Big Picture Big Sound
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Jerry Bruckheimer hasn’t produced a movie this undignified since Pearl Harbor -- that cornucopia of corn and bombast, where he ransacked history and sullied patriotism.

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07/11/07
Armond White
New York Press
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The wild, unstoppable commercial success of the Pirates franchise has freed Verbinski to spend a lot of time on flights of fancy and mythological asides.

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07/10/07
Martin Scribbs
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It is not a great film, but it captures an innocence rarely seen in theaters, let alone in mega-hyped summer blockbusters.

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07/03/07
Rob Humanick
Stranger Song
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2.5/4

"At World's End" is a sweepingly ambitious movie that, alas, takes too long making its point, and far less effort in doing something meaty with the opportunities given to it.

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07/01/07
David Keyes
Cinemaphile.org
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1/6

Mind-bogglingly, there’s virtually no swordplay for the first two hours; when Keith Richards shows up for his soused cameo, the visual joke hangs in the air.

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06/30/07
Joshua Rothkopf
Time Out New York
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3/5

Buoyed by luck, comedy and state-of-the-art special effects, it has not only survived the journey intact, it's also washed down its decks, ready for a whole new cycle of movies to begin.

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06/30/07
Steve Rose
Guardian [UK]
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