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  • 2012
  • PG
  • Columbia Pictures
  • 1 h 28 m
  • 2012
  • PG
  • Columbia Pictures
  • 1 h 28 m

Summary In The Pirates! Band of Misfits, the luxuriantly bearded Pirate Captain – a boundlessly enthusiastic, if somewhat less-than-successful, terror of the High Seas. With a rag-tag crew at his side, and seemingly blind to the impossible odds stacked against him, the Captain has one dream: to beat his bitter rivals Black Bellamy and Cutlass L...

Directed By: Peter Lord, Jeff Newitt

Written By: Gideon Defoe, Kevin Cecil, Andy Riley

  • 2012
  • PG
  • Columbia Pictures
  • 1 h 28 m
  • 2012
  • PG
  • Columbia Pictures
  • 1 h 28 m
The Pirates! Band of Misfits
Metascore Generally Favorable Based on 31 Critic Reviews
73
User Score Generally Favorable Based on 151 User Ratings
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Summary In The Pirates! Band of Misfits, the luxuriantly bearded Pirate Captain – a boundlessly enthusiastic, if somewhat less-than-successful, terror of the High Seas. With a rag-tag crew at his side, and seemingly blind to the impossible odds stacked against him, the Captain has one dream: to beat his bitter rivals Black Bellamy and Cutlass L...

Directed By: Peter Lord, Jeff Newitt

Written By: Gideon Defoe, Kevin Cecil, Andy Riley

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Metascore
Generally Favorable Based on 31 Critic Reviews
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13% Mixed
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0% Negative
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Metascore
Generally Favorable Based on 31 Critic Reviews
73
87% Positive
27 Reviews
13% Mixed
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0% Negative
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90
Apr 26, 2012
The movie is a curiosity cabinet of visual pleasures but so breezy and lightly funny that you may not realize at first how good it is.
By Manohla Dargis FULL REVIEW
80
Apr 25, 2012
The lunacy begins early in The Pirates! Band of Misfits and never lets up.
By Bill Goodykoontz FULL REVIEW

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Generally Favorable Based on 151 User Ratings
7.0
69% Positive
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25% Mixed
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6% Negative
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Generally Favorable Based on 151 User Ratings
7.0
69% Positive
104 Ratings
25% Mixed
38 Ratings
6% Negative
9 Ratings

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10
PrimeCO
Apr 26, 2018
This is Aardman's most hilarious movies yet! Almost every single piece of dialogue has some kind of joke or sense of comical tone, and they all hit! It's a stop motion gem that no Aardman fan or moviegoer should miss.
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Knicksfan7
May 9, 2012
Watching this took me back to the good old days of being younger. I loved this movie, just like i loved Wallace and Gromit and Flushed Away, if you are a fan of Wallace and Gromit then you will love The Pirates! It was such a funny, wonderful film. The animation was beautiful and the voices were perfect. Just a great film all around. The Pirates is a film that won't disappoint, theres fun for everyone. 10/10
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80
Mar 26, 2012
A delightful romp whose varied pleasures should please kids all along the age spectrum.
By John DeFore FULL REVIEW
75
Apr 26, 2012
The movie could also teach something to the makers of "Pirates of the Caribbean" about delivering a story quirky enough to actually stick with you.
By Tom Russo FULL REVIEW
75
Apr 23, 2012
Suffused with satire, wit, and the dry, tongue-in-cheek flavor of comedy one rarely finds in American productions, this stop-motion animated excursion pokes fun at pirate conventions while representing icons Queen Victoria and Charles Darwin as a bitch and a twit, respectively.
By James Berardinelli FULL REVIEW
63
Apr 27, 2012
The movie is missing the zippy chases and lovable characters of Aardman studio's previous films ("Arthur Christmas," "Chicken Run").
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40
Apr 27, 2012
What you won't find amid the clashing cutlasses and flashing foils, however, is anything resembling a rapier wit.
By Mike Scott FULL REVIEW
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alejandro970
Sep 8, 2019
Aarr! Aardman gets back to it's house recipe: stopmotion. Now showing the relentless efforts of a bunch of varmints and his captain for being recognized "the pirate of the year". Humor a-la Monty Phyton, cultural references and historical characters makes it works as a short feature of Wallace & Gromit.
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GagaForGhibli
Jun 3, 2012
The Visuals Are Charming As Well As Everything Else In The Movie.. I Have To Bring My Score Down From A 8 To A 6 Because The Voice's Are Really Bad... I Think Everyone Wanted This To Be Bigger And Better... Sadly I Really Wanted Alot More... Still Not A Bad Movie... 60%
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mschoa
May 10, 2012
It's a fun movie overall, mocking certain elements of British society - the stuffed-shirts, mainly. Loyalty and ambition are two themes that run through the movie.
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2
NoCellphones
Jul 29, 2012
Just to begin on a lighter note, the map travel animations were mildly amusing, at best. With that behind us, take away Peter Pan
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PaperThing
May 15, 2012
Rolling up to the theater, I realized at the time that the Avengers still wasn't out yet. Oh well, I thought, brimming with cheer on a warm Saturday afternoon, I can always watch "The Pirates! Band of Misfits", after all, I really liked their previous work. How wrong I was. This movie is utterly boring and camp. If you take your children to see this, you will be bored. None of the animation was interesting, and no jokes were funny. All of the jokes are childish and ridiculous slapstick and, the worst of all, telegraphed puns. "Pirates! Band of Misfits" is not surprisingly funny like "Arthur Christmas" was, or genuinely funny or heartfelt like many of the "Wallace and Gromit" films. This film is frustratingly and soul-grindingly long.
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Production Company Columbia Pictures, Sony Pictures Animation, Aardman Animations
Release Date Apr 27, 2012
Duration 1 h 28 m
Rating PG
Genres
Tagline It's a plunderful life
Website http://www.facebook.com/PiratesMovie
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Awards

Academy Awards, USA
• 1 Nomination
Annie Awards
• 5 Nominations
Golden Trailer Awards
• 3 Nominations

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