Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides
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When Jack crosses paths with a woman from his past, he's not sure if it's love...or if she's a ruthless con artist using him to find the fabled Fountain of Youth.
What critics thought
DivisiveThe fourth Pirates installment was largely dismissed by critics as a noisy, incoherent franchise running on fumes — the stripped-down plot was meant to be a fix, but most found it just as muddled as its predecessors, only emptier. A minority of reviewers argued that trimming the bloat actually worked, and that Penélope Cruz injected enough energy to make it passable blockbuster entertainment; the majority weren't buying it.
“it's not as staggeringly misjudged as the third part, because it is just nothing, it is just a big empty nothing, whereas part three I think was an active atrocity, it's just nothing at all”
Mark Kermode·BBC Radio 5 Live
“little more than a clothesline from which to dangle all of the obligatory set pieces”
James Berardinelli·Reelviews
“the series has needed this streamlining”
Tasha Robinson·The A.V. Club
“It has nary an original idea and still doesn't make much sense, but it's lost all pretensions that it should”
Andrew Barker·Variety
“feels as fresh and bracingly exhilarating as the day Jack Sparrow first swashed his buckle, infusing new reckless energy into a franchise that shows no signs of furling its sails”
Ann Hornaday·The Washington Post
Genres
Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Cast & Crew
Rob MarshallDirector
Johnny DeppJack Sparrow
Penélope CruzAngelica
Geoffrey RushHector Barbossa
Ian McShaneEdward "Blackbeard" Teach
Kevin McNallyJoshamee Gibbs
Sam ClaflinPhilip
Àstrid Bergès-FrisbeySyrena
Stephen GrahamScrum
Keith RichardsCaptain Teague
Richard GriffithsKing George
Greg EllisGroves
Damian O'HareGillette
Hans ZimmerComposer
Terry RossioWriter
Ted ElliottWriter
Dariusz WolskiCinematographyPirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides
When Jack crosses paths with a woman from his past, he's not sure if it's love...or if she's a ruthless con artist using him to find the fabled Fountain of Youth.
What critics thought
DivisiveThe fourth Pirates installment was largely dismissed by critics as a noisy, incoherent franchise running on fumes — the stripped-down plot was meant to be a fix, but most found it just as muddled as its predecessors, only emptier. A minority of reviewers argued that trimming the bloat actually worked, and that Penélope Cruz injected enough energy to make it passable blockbuster entertainment; the majority weren't buying it.
“it's not as staggeringly misjudged as the third part, because it is just nothing, it is just a big empty nothing, whereas part three I think was an active atrocity, it's just nothing at all”
Mark Kermode·BBC Radio 5 Live
“little more than a clothesline from which to dangle all of the obligatory set pieces”
James Berardinelli·Reelviews
“the series has needed this streamlining”
Tasha Robinson·The A.V. Club
“It has nary an original idea and still doesn't make much sense, but it's lost all pretensions that it should”
Andrew Barker·Variety
“feels as fresh and bracingly exhilarating as the day Jack Sparrow first swashed his buckle, infusing new reckless energy into a franchise that shows no signs of furling its sails”
Ann Hornaday·The Washington Post
Genres
Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Cast & Crew
Rob MarshallDirectorJohnny DeppJack SparrowPenélope CruzAngelicaGeoffrey RushHector BarbossaIan McShaneEdward "Blackbeard" TeachKevin McNallyJoshamee GibbsSam ClaflinPhilipÀstrid Bergès-FrisbeySyrenaStephen GrahamScrumKeith RichardsCaptain TeagueRichard GriffithsKing GeorgeGreg EllisGrovesDamian O'HareGilletteHans ZimmerComposerTerry RossioWriterTed ElliottWriterDariusz WolskiCinematographyStream
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