Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides

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Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides

PG-13

2011

2h 16m

Adventure

Action

Fantasy

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The checkered past of Capt. Jack Sparrow (Johnny Depp) catches up to him when he encounters Angelica (Penélope Cruz), a beautiful pirate that Jack once loved then left. Angelica forces him to accompany her to the Queen Anne's Revenge, the ship of the notorious Blackbeard (Ian McShane). Accompanied by a zombie crew, the trio sets sail to find the legendary Fountain of Youth. However, Jack's rival, Barbossa (Geoffrey Rush), also seeks the fountain, as does a ship from Spain.

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Critics Consensus

It's shorter and leaner than the previous sequel, but this Pirates runs aground on a disjointed plot and a non-stop barrage of noisy action sequences.

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Sara Michelle Fetters

MovieFreak.com

06/03/2011

2/4

just wish this movie had made me feel something, anything, even disappointment or anger. Instead, all I'm left in is a benign state of indifference.

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David Denby

The New Yorker

05/23/2011

Depp, grimacing, edges in and out of the action and seems irrelevant and bored most of the time.

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David Edelstein

New York Magazine/Vulture

05/23/2011

I've never seen a film in which what was actually onscreen seemed so irrelevant.

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Brian Eggert

Deep Focus Review

06/07/2023

2/4

But there’s more of commercial in this film than cinema, and the entire project stinks of that ‘obligatory Hollywood sequel’ stench.

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Rene Jordan

El Nuevo Herald (Miami)

08/09/2022

This badly constructed script drowns, and not for a lack of action. [Full review in Spanish]

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Mike Massie

Gone With The Twins

11/30/2020

4/10

From the very opening scene, it's apparent that the magic that once coursed through the veins of the original has all but run dry.

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TWMax65

1d

In summary, I still don’t think this movie should’ve been made. The stakes are so much lower than the other 3 movies before it and it doesn’t have the same likable and cool characters that the franchise did previously. While the guy who played the villain Blackbeard did a good job and while it is a decently fun and suspenseful adventure, it feels more like a whacky/weird Indiana Jones movie than a Pirates of the Caribbean movie. I like it a little but not really because it’s such a large step down from At World’s End, which should’ve ended things given it’s quality and it’s satisfying conclusion!

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Tyler S

@tylerking24 2d

Just so uninteresting. I normally don't care for sequels when they are unneeded, and this is definitely one. Should've ended the franchise after the last film. Even the characters just felt less interesting. And its not like the movie itself did anything wrong, it just was not very appealing.

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Sam M

Nov 28

Uninspired garbage dragging a mediocre franchise through the dirt with characters no one could possibly care about and a story both predictable and utterly ignorable at the same time.

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Jake D.

@Pippen Nov 4

Beginning was great. Rest of it sucked. Three stars.

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James E

Oct 6

Not a bad film on its, its actually fairly entertaining. The only thing pulling this down is that it is sequel to a vastly superior trilogy.

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Jared G

@Evenstar33 Sep 22

Is Angelica a great character? No. Other than her I loved the characters introduced. The mermaids were fantastic! Adding a missionary to be onboard a pirate ship was very comical also. Blackbeard was a great villain. As much as I love Will and Elizabeth, it was great just not having to shoehorn them in for one film and let us see Jack and Barbosa banter.

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Synopsis

The checkered past of Capt. Jack Sparrow (Johnny Depp) catches up to him when he encounters Angelica (Penélope Cruz), a beautiful pirate that Jack once loved then left. Angelica forces him to accompany her to the Queen Anne's Revenge, the ship of the notorious Blackbeard (Ian McShane). Accompanied by a zombie crew, the trio sets sail to find the legendary Fountain of Youth. However, Jack's rival, Barbossa (Geoffrey Rush), also seeks the fountain, as does a ship from Spain.

Director: Rob Marshall
Producer: Jerry Bruckheimer
Screenwriter: Ted Elliott, Terry Rossio
Distributor: Walt Disney
Production Co: Walt Disney Pictures, Jerry Bruckheimer Films
Rating: PG-13 (Intense Seq. Act/Adv Violence|Innuendo|Sensuality|Some Frightening Images)
Genre: Adventure, Action, Fantasy
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): May 20, 2011, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Jan 1, 2014
Box Office (Gross USA): $241.1M
Runtime: 2h 16m
Sound Mix: Dolby, DTS

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