Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales
Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | Release Date: May 26, 2017 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
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Generally unfavorable reviews based on 45 Critic Reviews
Positive:
11
Mixed:
21
Negative:
13
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60
IGNJim VejvodaJun 1, 2017
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales manages to be less bloated, dreary, and meandering than the last three entries have been, but it still suffers from many of the same wearisome, dredged-up villains and ho-hum action and comedy that have bedeviled the franchise since its second installment. Read full review
50
The Globe and Mail (Toronto)Kate TaylorMay 25, 2017
The most engaging performance is Javier Bardem’s solidly nasty Captain Salazar, the undead commander of a ghost ship. His disintegrating skin and holey crew are fabulously rendered as evaporating digitizations: It’s the special effects and swelling action sequences that make the movie palatable. Read full review
60
SlateJeffrey BloomerMay 25, 2017
I found Dead Men Tell No Tales to be passably fun and certainly no harder to watch than any of the better-pedigreed blockbusters this year. Read full review
50
St. Louis Post-DispatchCalvin WilsonMay 25, 2017
The franchise has sadly devolved into a cynical cash grab. Read full review
40
Los Angeles TimesKatie WalshMay 25, 2017
There are no new treasures to be found in this installment, which is dragged down by the anchor of a prescribed franchise blueprint. Read full review
50
RogerEbert.comSusan WloszczynaMay 25, 2017
Those who go to see “Dead Men Don’t Tell Tales” might just recognize that hollow feeling as they leave the theater. Read full review
50
Washington PostMichael O'SullivanMay 25, 2017
Loud, overstimulating and hard to take in all in one sitting, it feels like the vacation that you’ll need a vacation from. Read full review
50
Tampa Bay TimesSteve PersallMay 25, 2017
Calling Dead Men Tell No Tales the most entertaining Pirates of the Caribbean movie since the original is a backhanded compliment with all the bilge water under the bridge since then. Time to deep six Capt. Jack Sparrow. This franchise should tell no more tales. Read full review
40
VoxEmily VanDerWerffMay 25, 2017
Dead Men Tell No Tales tries to serve far too many masters with its story. Read full review
40
Arizona RepublicBill GoodykoontzMay 24, 2017
This movie is exhausting. Read full review
58
The A.V. ClubIgnatiy VishnevetskyMay 23, 2017
Waste enough of the audience’s time with the adventures of a couple of uncharismatic dinguses, and Depp’s stage-drunk, innuendo-laced, cabaret-emcee shtick starts to creep back into being funny. Read full review
50
Village VoiceAlan ScherstuhlMay 23, 2017
The proportions of good parts to not are more generous than they’ve been in years, though there’s still much too much of the usual undead sea dogs killing their prisoners and rumbling on about curses. Read full review
50
We Got This CoveredMatt DonatoMay 22, 2017
Dead men may tell no tales, but with Disney's latest Pirates sequel, I'm not convinced that living men can tell tales with any more intrigue. Read full review
40
EmpireDan JolinMay 22, 2017
Not the return to form you might have been hoping for. Its story might cover all the same beats as the 2003 original, but there’s little of that film’s spark or spirit. Read full review
40
VarietyAndrew BarkerMay 22, 2017
The franchise has lost a bit of its luster with every successive installment, but never has a “Pirates” film felt this inessential, this depressingly pro forma. Read full review
40
The Hollywood ReporterJohn DeForeMay 22, 2017
Scodelario, of the Maze Runner films and Andrea Arnold's Wuthering Heights, is just about the only member of the cast who seems to believe she's expected to be more than a thin generic functionary or flamboyant scene-stealer. Read full review
40
Time Out LondonEllie Walker-ArnottMay 22, 2017
Unfortunately for everyone, Captain Jack Sparrow is still slurring and staggering around the Caribbean. Whatever charm and charisma Johnny Depp once had in this role is well and truly lost at sea. Read full review
60
The TelegraphRobbie CollinMay 22, 2017
The gonzo-Wagnerian backstory the franchise subsequently built up hasn’t been sufficiently pruned – and with so many characters to juggle, the story feels less like a coherent chain of events than a bundle of obligatory subplots. Read full review
40
The GuardianMike McCahillMay 22, 2017
Dead Men Tell No Tales moves at a faster rate of knots than any Pirates film; trouble is, nothing has really been added. It’s the same soggy ride, set to a marginally preferable speed. Read full review
60
CineVueJamie NeishMay 22, 2017
It's hardly original nor necessary, but it's a fun and absorbing escapade on the Seven Seas. Read full review
42
The Film StageChelsey GrassoMay 22, 2017
As the coldly calculated Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales proves, it is time to let this series rest in peace, or at the very least, spend the rest of its doomed, immortal days sinking to the bottom of the ocean. Read full review
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