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Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End
Buena Vista Pictures
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FILM:
GAMES:
MPAA RATING: PG-13 for intense sequences of action/adventure violence and some frightening images
Starring
Johnny Depp,
Geoffrey Rush,
Orlando Bloom,
Keira Knightley,
Jack Davenport,
Bill Nighy,
Jonathan Pryce,
and
Lee Arenberg
In the follow-up to Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest, we find our heroes Will Turner (Bloom) and Eizabeth Swann (Knightley) allied with Captain Barbossa (Rush) in a desperate quest to free Captain Jack Sparrow (Depp) from his mind-bending trap in Davy Jones Locker while the terrifying ghost ship, The Flying Dutchman and Davy Jones, under the control of the East India Trading Company, wreaks havoc across the seven seas. (Walt Disney Pictures)
| GENRE(S): |
Action
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Adventure
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Comedy
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Fantasy
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| WRITTEN BY: |
Ted Elliott (also characters)
Terry Rossio (also characters)
Stuart Beattie (characters)
Jay Wolpert (characters)
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| DIRECTED BY: |
Gore Verbinski
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| RELEASE DATE: |
DVD: December 4, 2007
Theatrical: May 25, 2007
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| RUNNING TIME: |
168 minutes, Color |
| ORIGIN: |
USA |

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88
Chicago Tribune
Michael Wilmington
The most visually spectacular, action-packed and surreal of the adventures of Capt. Jack Sparrow (Johnny Depp).

75
Charlotte Observer
Lawrence Toppman
I won't be able to talk anybody into or out of the Pirates of the Caribbean experience now, so I'll simply offer sage advice: Hit the bathroom just before it starts. To miss any five-minute chunk of this densely plotted trilogy-capper will leave you confused.

70
Los Angeles Times
Carina Chocano
Exciting, distracting and quite possibly permanently concentration impairing, what Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End offers is a wonderfully scenic medley of impressive action sequences so lengthy, elaborate and numerous that remembering what came before becomes a kind of test of mental focus.

70
The Hollywood Reporter
Michael Rechtshaffen
More than ever, Depp masterfully keeps the enterprise afloat, even when the sheer weight of all those other characters threatens to throw it off-course.

70
The New York Times
Jeannette Catsoulis
The cannibals, coconuts and landlocked locations have been replaced by the high-seas high jinks that made the first film so enjoyable.

70
Washington Post
Stephen Hunter
Funner, biggerer, brighterer, bolderer, Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End is not only okay, it may even be close to good. A lavish spectacle illuminated by Johnny Depp's swishing pirate captain, the movie has its dull moments, but not many.

70
Chicago Reader
Andrea Gronvall
Depp plays multiple versions of Sparrow, who now suffers from a split personality; his shtick is funny, but the players are all upstaged by the astonishing special effects, superior to those of earlier installments in creating a wondrous and menacing world.

67
Christian Science Monitor
Peter Rainer
Depp and Rush are still in there plugging away. They’re troupers, but the series is all used up. If there is to be another sequel it will have to be called "Pirates of the Caribbean – At Wit's End."

63
TV Guide
Maitland McDonagh
It's almost three hours long, and that's a lot of time to invest in what is, essentially, a theme-park attraction you can't ride.

63
Boston Globe
Ty Burr
You can bet your parrot "Pirates" will be back, even if "At World's End" hasn't the foggiest idea when to quit.

63
New York Daily News
Jack Mathews
A sumptuous feast for the eyes and an occasionally exhilarating stimulant to the heart. But beware my hearty: It will tie your rum-soaked brain in knots.

63
ReelViews
James Berardinelli
The last 60 minutes offer adventure as rousing as anything provided in either of the previous installments. Unfortunately, that doesn't account for the other 108 minutes of this gorged, self-indulgent, and uneven production.

60
Empire
Helen O'Hara
The plot's a trippy, twisty mess, and it's far too long, but it looks fantastic and makes some bold choices in its execution. And once again Jack's back to save the day.

60
Variety
Brian Lowry
The third voyage in the "Priates" trilogy could be touted as "The biggest, loudest and second-best (or second-worst) 'Pirates' ever!" -- not necessarily a ringing endorsement, but honest.

60
Slate
Dana Stevens
Like all abstract art, At World's End is best approached non-narratively, as an experience rather than a story.

60
Film Threat
Pete Vonder Haar
The action IS pretty engaging, Sao Feng and his gang of South Asian cutthroats are a nice addition, and the constant plot explication does require you to pay attention.

58
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
William Arnold
It's an even more tedious storytelling mess, with a plot so muddled it's impossible to accurately describe, generating zero interest in its characters and grinding on for nearly three endless hours.

50
Miami Herald
Rene Rodriguez
The longest and talkiest installment in the blockbuster Pirates trilogy, At World's End doesn't even have the decency to provide a good action sequence until more than two hours in.

50
Premiere
Ethan Alter
Even Depp's increasingly tired antics can't lighten the dour mood; in fact, Sparrow is completely overshadowed here by Rush's lively turn as Barbossa.

50
Newsweek
David Ansen
The longest, grimmest and least funny of the trilogy.

50
Rolling Stone
Peter Travers
The good news first: Keith Richards totally rocks it playing pirate daddy to Johnny Depp's Capt. Jack Sparrow. The deep rumble of his voice and those hooded eyes that narrowly open like the creaky gates of hell make him what the rest of this three-peat is not: authentically scary...So what's the bad news? Richards is onscreen for barely two minutes.

50
Entertainment Weekly
Owen Gleiberman
Knightley's Elizabeth becomes a pirate captain this time. You know a franchise has run its course when it has a buccaneer heroine who looks as if she'd hate to get her face smudged.

50
New York Post
Lou Lumenick
It's not a total shipwreck, but abandon hope all ye seeking a coherent, much less satisfying, narrative. Expect instead a reported $300 million worth of eye candy, delivered with enormous technical skill.

50
Philadelphia Inquirer
Carrie Rickey
Ultimately the voyage is so choppy and long (2 hours, 48 minutes) that into the third hour I found myself yawning, "Yo-ho-hum and a very sore bum."

42
The Onion (A.V. Club)
Scott Tobias
What started out as a fleet one-off swashbuckler with novel supernatural elements has become loaded and graceless, with each new entry barreling across the goal line like William "The Refrigerator" Perry.

40
Village Voice
Nathan Lee
Long before the third, fourth, or fifth climax in this endless, obligatory summer diversion, I slunk into my seat in a passive, inattentive stupor, fully submitting to the fact that I hadn't the slightest idea what the hell was going on.

40
The New Yorker
Anthony Lane
"Gentlemen, I wash my hands of this weirdness," Captain Jack says. Sir, you speak for us all.

40
Time
Richard Schickel
Their film is not so much thought out as strung together -- colorful incident upon colorful incident, but without logic, gathering suspense or any attempt to establish emotional connections between audience and actors.

40
Austin Chronicle
Marc Savlov
Like the Flying Dutchman, this third Pirates outing is an empty vessel haunted by the ghosts of its sabre-rattling betters.

40
Salon.com
Stephanie Zacharek
This is a glazed, inhuman, cluttered piece of work, a storytelling mishmash that buries the considerable charms of its actors under heavy drifts of silt.

40
Wall Street Journal
Joe Morgenstern
A ponderous pirate saga, 168 minutes long, with more doldrums than "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner." Those doldrums are relieved from time to time by spectacular effects.

38
The Globe and Mail (Toronto)
Rick Groen
The whole d--- thing can be summed up in three little words: yo ho hum.

38
USA Today
Claudia Puig
The pirate ship has hit foul waters, and even the sharp wit and charm of everyone's favorite buccaneer can't save it.

33
Baltimore Sun
Michael Sragow
A movie made at wits' end. There are four or five authentic laughs in the whole 170-minute extravaganza.

33
Portland Oregonian
Shawn Levy
The loudest, dumbest, slowest, least entertaining and most annoying by a very comfortable margin.

25
San Francisco Chronicle
Mick LaSalle
Has no narrative throughline, no emotional spine. It's a mess.


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