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Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End Reviews

A sample of reviews from critics across the country.

• 70

  out of 100

  The New York TimesJeannette Catsoulis

  The cannibals, coconuts and landlocked locations have been replaced by the high-seas high jinks that made the first film so enjoyable.

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• 70

  out of 100

  Los Angeles TimesCarina Chocano

  Exciting, distracting and quite possibly permanently concentration impairing, what Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End offers is a wonderfully scenic medley of impressive action sequences so lengthy, elaborate and numerous that remembering what came before becomes a kind of test of mental focus.

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• 70

  out of 100

  The Hollywood ReporterMichael Rechtshaffen

  More than ever, Depp masterfully keeps the enterprise afloat, even when the sheer weight of all those other characters threatens to throw it off-course.

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• 60

  out of 100

  VarietyBrian Lowry

  The third voyage in the "Priates" trilogy could be touted as "The biggest, loudest and second-best (or second-worst) 'Pirates' ever!" -- not necessarily a ringing endorsement, but honest.

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• 50

  out of 100

  Entertainment WeeklyOwen Gleiberman

  Knightley's Elizabeth becomes a pirate captain this time. You know a franchise has run its course when it has a buccaneer heroine who looks as if she'd hate to get her face smudged.

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• 40

  out of 100

  Wall Street JournalJoe Morgenstern

  A ponderous pirate saga, 168 minutes long, with more doldrums than "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner." Those doldrums are relieved from time to time by spectacular effects.

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• 38

  out of 100

  USA TodayClaudia Puig

  The pirate ship has hit foul waters, and even the sharp wit and charm of everyone's favorite buccaneer can't save it.

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