45
Metascore
39 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 80Boxoffice MagazinePete HammondBoxoffice MagazinePete HammondThis is the perfect summer movie and perhaps the best Pirates of them all.
- 70The Hollywood ReporterRay BennettThe Hollywood ReporterRay BennettCaptain 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.
- 70SalonAndrew O'HehirSalonAndrew O'HehirMarshall delivers old-fashioned swashbuckling action-movie thrills more than computer-engineered grotesquerie.
- 65MovielineStephanie ZacharekMovielineStephanie ZacharekThe picture is cluttered and convoluted and big, and Marshall - taking over the reins from Gore Verbinski - doesn't seem to grasp how exhausting nonstop action can be.
- 50Orlando SentinelRoger MooreOrlando SentinelRoger MooreRepetitious, tedious, and pretty much joyless.
- 40EmpireEmpireAn 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.
- 40Time OutJoshua RothkopfTime OutJoshua RothkopfThe new movie is simpler plotwise (a race to the Fountain of Youth), while at the same time being somehow more deadening.
- 40Village VoiceNick SchagerVillage VoiceNick SchagerAs the seductive and conniving Angelica, Cruz is luminous, albeit not enough to compensate for Marshall shrouding virtually every major set piece in nighttime fogginess.
- 40Arizona RepublicBill GoodykoontzArizona RepublicBill GoodykoontzDepp's performance is still one of the few bright spots in the movie. Richards is back, too, in an all-too-brief appearance as Sparrow's father.