"...It's ornate and breathless..."
Entertainment Weekly "...An often frenetic, colorful and enchanting comic adventure....The dazzling, high-flying silliness is quite an achievement..."
New York Times "...A big-budget popcorn movie that delivers what moviegoers hunger for: humor, action, thrills and charismatic characters..."
USA Today "...[Depp's] performance is original in every atom..."
Chicago Sun-Times "...[With] disarming humor, engaging acting and colorful action bursts..."
Variety "...Depp swans through this swashbuckler with a scene-stealing gusto unseen since Marlon Brando in MUTINY ON THE BOUNTY..."
Rolling Stone "...Depp casts a spell every bit as powerful as any demonic bullion..."
Box Office "..The most satisfying of this summer's blockbusters....Lively, humorous and well-cast..."
Sight and Sound "...The swashbuckling smash stars a hysterical Johnny Depp..."
Us Weekly "[Depp's] dippy delivery gives Gore Verbinski's pirate swashbuckler its gleeful sense of salty swish."
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