Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003) movie poster

Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003)

"Prepare to be blown out of the water."
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👍 91%Google users liked it ⓘ
Critics Score
🎬 71%
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Runtime
2h 23m
Rated
PG-13
Country
United States of America
Language
English
TMDB Rating
7.8/10 (21,972 votes)
Rotten Tomatoes
79%
Metacritic
63

Cast

Johnny Depp as Jack Sparrow · 75% avg
Geoffrey Rush as Barbossa · 76% avg
Orlando Bloom as Will Turner · 73% avg
Keira Knightley as Elizabeth Swann · 72% avg
Jack Davenport as Norrington · 80% avg
Jonathan Pryce as Governor Weatherby Swann · 73% avg
Lee Arenberg as Pintel · 77% avg
Mackenzie Crook as Ragetti · 76% avg

Is Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl good?

Yes. 91% of real audiences liked it, by Google's archived audience score. Critics gave it 71%.

Where it ranks on ThumbScore

Rank in its genre
#37 / 1446 · Adventure
Rank in its year
#4 / 149 · 2003
Rank among its director's films
#1 / 11 · Gore Verbinski

By audience score, among films with 500 or more votes.

Overview

When wily Captain Barbossa steals Jack Sparrow's ship and kidnaps the governor's beautiful daughter, Elizabeth, her childhood friend Will Turner joins forces with Jack to save her and recapture Jack's ship, the Black Pearl. Wikipedia ↗

About the Film

Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl is a 2003 American fantasy adventure film directed by Gore Verbinski, based on the Walt Disney theme park attraction of the same name. The film stars Johnny Depp as Captain Jack Sparrow, an eccentric, perpetually inebriated pirate captain who arrives in the British colonial port of Port Royal just as the ghostly crew of the Black Pearl, led by Captain Barbossa played by Geoffrey Rush, kidnaps the governor's daughter Elizabeth Swann. Blacksmith Will Turner, played by Orlando Bloom, teams up with Sparrow to rescue Elizabeth and reclaim the Black Pearl.

The production was considered an enormous gamble by Hollywood observers, as pirate films had been commercial poison since the 1995 flop Cutthroat Island, and the concept of adapting a theme park ride into a major motion picture was widely mocked. Johnny Depp's performance as Jack Sparrow — inspired by Keith Richards and a cartoon skunk, according to the actor — initially alarmed Disney executives who reportedly worried the character seemed drunk and effeminate, but became one of the most beloved performances in blockbuster history. Depp received an Academy Award nomination for Best Actor, an extraordinary achievement for a summer action film.

The Curse of the Black Pearl earned $654 million worldwide and launched a franchise that would generate over $4.5 billion across five films. The film revived the pirate genre entirely and established a template for Disney's approach to mining its theme park intellectual property for franchise filmmaking.

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