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Pirates Of The Caribbean The Curse Of The Black Pearl 145 minutes, USA (2003), 12A
(4.0)
Rating: 4.0 Stars
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Disneyland's popular attraction gets the lavish Jerry Bruckheimer treatment in this tale of undead pirates, cursed gold and heroic derring-do that pays homage to and slyly subverts Hollywood's classic swashbucklers. Johnny Depp and Orlando Bloom star

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Pirates Of The Caribbean The Curse Of The Black Pearl: Never mind the cursed Aztec treasure of the story, the real curse has been recent pirate movies in general, with audiences consistently telling the likes of Pirates, CutThroat Island and Hook to take a long walk off a short plank. Huge credit should go to screenwriters Ted Elliot and Terry Rossio for wittily deconstructing and refurbishing an over-familiar genre, just as they did in Shrek...
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