Pure Fun!

Rating: 8/10 (15 July 2003)

Johnny Depp. I've always loved him, but I love him even more now. He takes this movie in the palm of his eccentric hand and makes it sing. But also give credit to Gore Verbinski & Co. for making a slick, well-crafted and highly entertaining film. The effects were great, and Geoffrey Rush comes in a close second to Depp in inspired performance.
Sure, you can nitpick and say the fight scenes and some of the other actors were a little flat, but that would be entirely missing the point. By the time the credits rolled I couldn't remember having this much fun at the movies in a very long time.