A few laughs, some fantastic CGI and a great cameo from Keith Richards aside, this is turgid and tiresome.
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03/05/08
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End (2007)
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Reviews Counted:12
Fresh:7
Rotten:5
Average Rating:5.4/10
Consensus: POTC: AWE provides the thrilling action scenes, but mixes in too many characters with too many incomprehensible plot threads.
Theatrical Release:24-05-2007
Synopsis: After the action of PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: DEAD MAN'S CHEST, anti-hero Jack Sparrow (Johnny Depp) is trapped in the netherworld of Davy Jones's locker. Barbossa (Geoffrey Rush) has returned from... [More]
Starring: Johnny Depp, Orlando Bloom, Keira Knightley, Geoffrey Rush
Director: Gore Verbinski
Reviews for Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End
1 - 12 (sorted by date; UK critics are listed first)
Top CriticBuoyed by luck, comedy and state-of-the-art special effects, it has not only survived the journey intact, it's also washed down its decks, ready for a whole new cycle of movies to begin.
06/30/07
Top CriticWorld's End is duller than a Disneyland ride during a power cut.
06/30/07
Top CriticThe unfunny doppelgängers only remind us, unfortunately, of how formulaic and mechanical this once inspired turn has become.
06/30/07
Top CriticThe 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.
05/23/07
Top CriticThe entire franchise seems on the verge of collapse, propelled to construct ever more grandiose flights of fancy. Without those sequences, there would be nothing there -- but a movie cannot exist on rollick alone.
05/27/07
Top CriticNot 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.
05/25/07
Top CriticWorth seeing for the jaw-dropping action, the doses of irreverent humor and of course the star power of Depp, Knightley, Rush, Orlando Bloom, Bill Nighy, Chow Yun-Fat and a host of other talented actors who utter their lines with Shakespearean gusto.
05/25/07
Top CriticThe cannibals, coconuts and landlocked locations [of Dead Man's Chest] have been replaced by the high-seas high jinks that made the first film so enjoyable.
05/24/07
Top CriticFor the diligent and the faithful, director Gore Verbinski and screenwriters Terry Rossio and Ted Elliott, laboring under the bombastic tutelage of Jerry Bruckheimer, have assembled another collection of exciting set-pieces with bellowed dialogue.
05/23/07
Top CriticMore than ever, Depp masterfully keeps the enterprise afloat, even when the sheer weight of all those other characters threatens to throw it off-course.
05/23/07
Top CriticPOTC: At World's End clocks in at more than 2¾ hours, but, unlike last year's bloated sequel, at least possesses some semblance of a destination, making it slightly more coherent -- if no less numbing during the protracted finale.
05/23/07
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