Storyline
Jack Sparrow, a freewheeling 17th-century pirate, quarrels with a rival pirate bent on pillaging Port Royal. When the governor's daughter is kidnapped, Sparrow decides to help the girl's love save her.
Directors
Cast
Mackenzie Crook, Johnny Depp, Martin Klebba, Joe Grisaffi, David Bailie, Orlando Bloom, Geoffrey Rush, Jonathan Pryce, Zoe Saldana, Michael Berry Jr., Kevin McNally, Keira Knightley, LeJon, Treva Etienne, Angus Barnett, Israel Aduramo, Jack Davenport, Lee Arenberg, Damian O'Hare, Christopher S. Capp, Isaac C. Singleton Jr., Giles New, Greg Ellis, Guy Siner, Ralph P. Martin, Paula J. Newman, Paul Keith, Dylan Smith, Lucinda Dryzek, Lauren Maher, Vanessa Branch, Luke de Woolfson, Michael Sean Tighe, Dustin Seavey, Christian Martin, Trevor Goddard, Vince Lozano, Matthew Bowyer, Brye Cooper, Ben Wilson, Antonio Valentino, Mike Babcock, Owen Finnegan, Ian McIntyre, Sam Roberts, Ben Roberts, Félix Castro, Mike Haberecht, Rudolph McCollum, Gerard J. Reyes, M. Scott Shields, Christopher Sullivan, Craig Thomson, Fred Toft, Jerry Gauny, Maxie J. Santillan Jr., Michael Earl Lane, David Patykewich, Tommy Schooler, Finneus Egan, D.P. FitzGerald, Tobias McKinney, Michael A. Thompson, Michael W. Williams, Jose Zelaya, Don LaDaga, Gregory Alosio, Jordi Caballero, Paul Gagné, James McAuley, Bob Elmore
Trailer
Reviews
88
Finally, there's a big-budget popcorn movie that delivers what moviegoers hunger for: humor, action, thrills and charismatic characters. Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl is the summer blockbuster we've been waiting for.
75
Charlotte Observer
A film that dares to be smart, reasonably complicated and scary while swashing its buckles.
75
Verbinski puts a Jackie Chan flourish of high energy and gymnastic action on the swashbuckling stunts and swordplay and keeps this lark sailing along.
75
Boston Globe
Pirates offers something for everyone: Bloom and Depp for the ladies, big action and Knightley for the men, self-aware gags for the postmodern crowd, Depp and Rush for fans of top-rank scenery chewing.
75
New York Daily News
Letting any other actor run wild like this could have been a disaster, but Depp's peculiar buccaneer is an instant classic of actorly charisma.
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