Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003)
79 %
Reviews Counted: 195 Fresh: 154 Rotten:41 Average Rating: 7.1/10
Consensus:
May leave you exhausted like the theme park ride that inspired it; however, you'll have a good time when it's over.
Runtime: 3 hrs 32 mins
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 Sparrow (Johnny Depp), an eccentric rogue, arrives at Port Royal, he barely avoids going down... [More]
Genre: Action/Adventure
Starring: Johnny Depp, Orlando Bloom, Keira Knightley, Geoffrey Rush, Jonathan Pryce
Director: Gore Verbinski
Screenwriter: Terry Rossio, Ted Elliott
Producer: Jerry Bruckheimer
Composer: Klaus Badelt
Screenwriter: Terry Rossio, Ted Elliott
Producer: Jerry Bruckheimer
Composer: Klaus Badelt
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11/01/07
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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.
05/31/07
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02/09/06
Depp's highly strange, oddly magnetic, and irresistibly entertaining performance energizes the overextended, two-hour-plus proceedings.
01/03/05
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....
12/06/04
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.
07/06/04
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.
06/23/04
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.'
03/04/04
Depp is wonderful here, and Sparrrow is the best creation of the movie year.
02/28/04
...Full of colorful visuals, amazing special effects, and plenty of silly fun for the whole family.
02/10/04
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