Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales
Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | Release Date: May 26, 2017 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
39
METASCORE
Generally unfavorable reviews based on 45 Critic Reviews
Positive:
11
Mixed:
21
Negative:
13
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Critic scorePublicationBy date
38
The Seattle TimesMoira MacdonaldMay 25, 2017
Directors Joachim Rønning and Espen Sandberg (“Kon-Tiki”) seem to not have the slightest idea how to make this material sing; instead, it’s mostly a noisy, dark 3D blur in which the characters run around a lot, seemingly looking for the exits Read full review
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The PlaylistRodrigo PerezMay 22, 2017
The film is not unlike a classic rock supergroup reuniting to play all the greatest hits, with the payday at the end as the only true motivation, rather than returning with something new to say about their work. Read full review
30
New York Magazine (Vulture)David EdelsteinMay 25, 2017
It’s stuffed to the gills with effects executed by the highest-paid artists and technicians in the business. But it’s still a sorry spectacle. Read full review
30
Austin ChronicleMarc SavlovMay 24, 2017
This ship has sailed, sank, and not to put too fine a bowsprit on it, sucks. Read full review
30
ScreenCrushMatt SingerMay 22, 2017
Dead Men Tell No Tales is the sort of sequel that’s so bad it makes you retroactively wonder why you liked the original film so much in the first place. Read full review
25
Rolling StonePeter TraversMay 24, 2017
Bloated, boring, repetitive, draining. Read full review
25
New York PostSara StewartMay 24, 2017
It’s a little less cute these days to watch his Jack Sparrow swish about drunkenly, knowing the actor’s an abusive lush. Equally wearisome is the spectacle of a once-entertaining franchise staggering around, devoid of purpose. Read full review
25
San Francisco ChronicleMick LaSalleMay 24, 2017
“Dead Men” is a jumble of half-baked impulses. Read full review
20
The New York TimesA.O. ScottMay 25, 2017
Its pleasures are so meager, its delight in its own inventions so forced and false, that it becomes almost the perfect opposite of entertainment. Read full review
20
Screen DailyJohn HazeltonMay 22, 2017
Screenwriter Jeff Nathanson (Catch Me If You Can), taking over from series regulars Ted Elliott and Terry Rossio, doesn’t make much sense out of the typically (for the franchise) convoluted plot, but does manage to bring out a father-child theme that lends the film a little emotional resonance. Read full review
16
ConsequenceBlake GobleMay 24, 2017
There’s no voice, no style, and no real intrigue on hand. It’s all a slow sail to the next outsized setpiece. Read full review
12
Slant MagazineJake ColeMay 24, 2017
Johnny Depp’s perfunctory gestures and flailing pratfalls befit a film that brings the franchise’s theme-park roots full circle. Read full review
0
Wall Street JournalJoe MorgensternMay 25, 2017
This movie is truly unhinged — not crazed, which might be interesting, but devoid of the usual hinges that connect one sequence with another. Read full review
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