The most fun I have had at the cinema this summer...

Rating: 8/10 (11 August 2003)

... which just shows you how bad the supposed "big" releases really were. I mean, I had never really heard much about this movie, and only went because I saw Johnny Depp's name on it, and I was more than pleasantly surprised.
This is a good, old-fashioned, swash-buckling, rollicking adventure movie with a few special effects thrown in for good measure.
The cast was great, the effects were there, but did not take over the movie, (perhaps the makers of The Hulk should take note of this comment!) and the script was an old-fashioned Saturday morning crowd pleaser.
Thank God for this movie - the only movie of the summer that has risen above the total dross at the box office.
Roll on December and The Return of the King!