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40 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 88USA TodayClaudia PuigUSA TodayClaudia PuigFinally, there's a big-budget popcorn movie that delivers what moviegoers hunger for: humor, action, thrills and charismatic characters. Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl is the summer blockbuster we've been waiting for.
- 75Charlotte ObserverLawrence ToppmanCharlotte ObserverLawrence ToppmanA film that dares to be smart, reasonably complicated and scary while swashing its buckles.
- 75Seattle Post-IntelligencerSean AxmakerSeattle Post-IntelligencerSean AxmakerVerbinski puts a Jackie Chan flourish of high energy and gymnastic action on the swashbuckling stunts and swordplay and keeps this lark sailing along.
- 75Boston GlobeTy BurrBoston GlobeTy BurrPirates offers something for everyone: Bloom and Depp for the ladies, big action and Knightley for the men, self-aware gags for the postmodern crowd, Depp and Rush for fans of top-rank scenery chewing.
- 75New York Daily NewsJami BernardNew York Daily NewsJami BernardLetting any other actor run wild like this could have been a disaster, but Depp's peculiar buccaneer is an instant classic of actorly charisma.
- 70Village VoiceEd ParkVillage VoiceEd ParkConvoluted but diverting.
- 50New York PostLou LumenickNew York PostLou LumenickTrimming half an hour from this bloated, 143-minute blockbuster would have highlighted the film's treasures, not the least of which is Johnny Depp's endearingly eccentric performance as Captain Jack Sparrow.
- 50Rolling StonePeter TraversRolling StonePeter TraversDepp swans through this swashbuckler with a scene-stealing gusto unseen since Marlon Brando in "Mutiny on the Bounty." He's comic dynamite, but this plodding, repetitive bore should walk the plank for timidly refusing to light his fuse.
- 20L.A. WeeklyL.A. WeeklyThe booty here is 100 percent fool's gold.