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  • 2017
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  • SP Distribution
  • 1 h 56 m
  • 2017
  • R
  • SP Distribution
  • 1 h 56 m

Summary When rookie journalist Jay Bahadur (Evan Peters) has an inspiring chance encounter with his idol (Al Pacino), he uproots his life and moves to Somalia looking for the story of a lifetime. Hooking up with a local fixer (Barkhad Abdi), he attempts to embed himself with the local Somali pirates, only to find himself quickly in over his head...

Directed By: Bryan Buckley

Written By: Jay Bahadur, Bryan Buckley

  • 2017
  • R
  • SP Distribution
  • 1 h 56 m
  • 2017
  • R
  • SP Distribution
  • 1 h 56 m

The Pirates of Somalia

Metascore Mixed or Average Based on 11 Critic Reviews
54
User Score Generally Favorable Based on 24 User Ratings
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Summary When rookie journalist Jay Bahadur (Evan Peters) has an inspiring chance encounter with his idol (Al Pacino), he uproots his life and moves to Somalia looking for the story of a lifetime. Hooking up with a local fixer (Barkhad Abdi), he attempts to embed himself with the local Somali pirates, only to find himself quickly in over his head...

Directed By: Bryan Buckley

Written By: Jay Bahadur, Bryan Buckley

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Metascore
Mixed or Average Based on 11 Critic Reviews
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36% Positive
4 Reviews
55% Mixed
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9% Negative
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Metascore
Mixed or Average Based on 11 Critic Reviews
54
36% Positive
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55% Mixed
6 Reviews
9% Negative
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Dec 7, 2017
Even Bahadur’s stupid voiceover writing becomes funnier over time as we realize the clichés and groaners only serve to show what an ultimately lame writer Bahadur was—that it was his bravery, stubbornness, hope, inquisitiveness and stupidity that made him great.
By Jacob Oller FULL REVIEW
70
Apr 28, 2017
This incendiary true story boasts a charismatic central performance from rising star Peters (X-Men, TV’s American Horror Story), whose everyman charm helps drive a narrative which has a tendency to get entangled in its own worthy intentions.
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63
Nov 24, 2017
The real delight here is Barkhad Abdi, the “I am captain now” pirate of “Captain Phillips.”
By Roger Moore FULL REVIEW
60
Dec 9, 2017
This stranger-in-a-strange-land adventure has enough appeal to sustain its limited theatrical release.
By John DeFore FULL REVIEW
50
Dec 7, 2017
Writer-director Bryan Buckley's film is ultimately more interested in the journalist than his story.
By Keith Watson FULL REVIEW
50
Apr 28, 2017
Despite an excellent secondary cast and an interesting story, Dabka fails in its aspirations due almost entirely to its own smugness.
By Lauren Humphries-Brooks FULL REVIEW
38
Dec 8, 2017
This is part of the movie’s problem. Aside from it being another how-I-made-out-in-an-“exotic”-locale narrative. The film means for us to delight in Jay’s flouting of conventions.
By Glenn Kenny FULL REVIEW

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Generally Favorable Based on 24 User Ratings
6.6
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10 Ratings
54% Mixed
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4% Negative
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Generally Favorable Based on 24 User Ratings
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42% Positive
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54% Mixed
13 Ratings
4% Negative
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Production Company Hungry Man, BCDF Pictures, Kalahari Pictures
Release Date Dec 8, 2017
Duration 1 h 56 m
Rating R
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Tagline He risked everything to tell their story.
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