Variety
Serves as a welcome corrective, reviving the fun, feather-light frivolity that any film based on a Disneyland ride ought to exhibit.
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Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides
In their fourth adventure, Jack Sparrow (Johnny Depp) and Captain Hector Barbossa (Geoffrey Rush) embark on a quest to find the elusive Fountain of Youth. Also stars Penelope Cruz, Gemma Ward and Judi Dench.
Sparrow crosses paths with a woman from his past, Angelica (Cruz) - but is this love or is she a con artist using him to find the Fountain of Youth for herself? When she forces him aboard the Queen Anne's Revenge, the ship of the formidable Blackbeard (Ian McShane), Jack's thrust into an adventure in which he doesn't know who to fear more: the pirate or the woman?
Based on the pirate novel On Stranger Tides by Tim Powers and the first in the Disney series not to be directed by Gore Verbinski. This time it's Rob Marshall (Nine, Chicago) at the helm.
2011137 minsUSA
ActionAdventureComedyFantasy
- Director:
- Rob Marshall ('Nine', 'Chicago', 'Memoirs of a Geisha')
- Writer:
- Ted ElliottTerry RossioStuart BeattieJay Wolpert
- Cast:
- Johnny DeppIan McShanePenélope CruzGeoffrey RushRichard GriffithsGemma WardStephen Graham
Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides / Reviews
TVNZ
Hoist the main sail, shiver your timbers and ready your hearties, it's back to the high seas we go...
Full reviewTotal Film
Not as incomprehensible, or interminable as At World’s End, but no amount of flash and filigree can conceal a disappointingly soulless, directionless adventure-by-numbers.
All swash, little buckle: welcome back to the theme park ride that NEVER ENDS...
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The New York Times
It is by far the least strange of all the "Pirates" episodes so far, with none of the cartoonish exuberance or creepy-crawly effects that made its predecessors intermittently delightful.
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Hollywood Reporter
Captain Jack Sparrow is back in excellent form for his fourth adventure in Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides, which is more serious in the hands of a new director, Rob Marshall, and thanks to Penelope Cruz it's also a good deal sexier.
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Empire Magazine
An overly complicated plot and poorly thought-out characters detract from the flashes of charm that Cap'n Jack still emits. Despite quality set-pieces and the best efforts of the cast, this is dull and crossbones.
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Dominion Post
This is stodgy direction, without any flourish or swagger, in the service of a film with nothing on its mind but pulling in the most money for the least expended effort.
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