Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides

"Live forever or die trying."

2011 2h 16m EN

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6.6

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6.6

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★6.6TMDB · 15,312🥫32%Rotten Tomatoes●45Metacritic★6.6IMDB · 606,603

AdventureActionFantasy

Synopsis

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When Jack crosses paths with a woman from his past, he's not sure if it's love...or if she's a ruthless con artist using him to find the fabled Fountain of Youth.

“Live forever or die trying.”

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Cast

Johnny Depp
Jack Sparrow
Penélope Cruz
Angelica
Geoffrey Rush
Hector Barbossa
Ian McShane
Edward "Blackbeard" Teach
Kevin McNally
Joshamee Gibbs
Sam Claflin
Philip
Àstrid Bergès-Frisbey
Syrena
Stephen Graham
Scrum

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Rob Marshall
Writers: Terry Rossio, Ted Elliott, Rick Newsome
Languages: English, Spanish
Countries: United Kingdom, United States of America

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MONEY

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Budget of $379M — blockbuster tier. Only ~1% of films ever made reach this.

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ERA

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Released 15 years ago.

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WORLD

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Dialogue crosses 2 languages: English, Spanish.

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WORLD

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International production across 2 countries: United Kingdom, United States of America.

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CINEMA

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Part of the "Pirates of the Caribbean Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.

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CAST

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280+ people credited in cast and crew — a small city's worth of labour.

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DIRECTOR

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Directed by Rob Marshall, shot by Dariusz Wolski. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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DIRECTOR

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Original score by Hans Zimmer. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Rob Marshall directs. Dariusz Wolski behind the camera. Hans Zimmer scores. Wyatt Smith cuts. Profitable at the box office. Produced in United Kingdom, United States of America. Dialogue in English, Spanish.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

1Budget of $379M — blockbuster tier. Only ~1% of films ever made reach this.
2Released 15 years ago.
3Dialogue crosses 2 languages: English, Spanish.
4International production across 2 countries: United Kingdom, United States of America.
5Part of the "Pirates of the Caribbean Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.
6280+ people credited in cast and crew — a small city's worth of labour.
7Directed by Rob Marshall, shot by Dariusz Wolski. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
8Original score by Hans Zimmer. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
9Editor Wyatt Smith shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
10Johnny Depp and Penélope Cruz and Geoffrey Rush carry the top of the cast.
11Marketing tagline: "Live forever or die trying.".
12IMDB entry: tt1298650 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
1315,312 TMDB user ratings logged — serious cultural footprint.
14Classified under 20 themes, including "sea", "ship", "mutiny", "spain".
15Released under 29 different titles around the world.

The technical file

Cinematography: Dariusz Wolski
Original score: Hans Zimmer
Editing: Wyatt Smith
Production design: John Myhre
Costume design: Penny Rose
Makeup / hair: Ve Neill
VFX supervisor: Ben Snow
Sound: Christopher Boyes
Stunt coordinator: George Marshall Ruge
Runtime: 136 min · 2h 16m
Aspect ratio (typical): 1.37:1 (Academy)
Status: Released
Budget: $379,000,000
Box office: $1,046,721,266
Return: 276% of budget
Original language: EN
Certification (US): PG-13
IMDB: Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides (2011)
Rotten Tomatoes: 32% 🥫 Rotten
Metacritic: 45/100
IMDB rating: 6.6/10 · 606,603 votes
MPAA: PG-13

Awards

3 wins & 31 nominations total

Part of

Pirates of the Caribbean Collection

A series of fantasy swashbuckler films based on Walt Disney's theme park ride of the same name. The films follow the adventures of Captain Jack Sparrow and take place in a world ruled by the British Empire, the East India Trading Company and the Spanish Empire, with pirates representing freedom from the ruling powers.

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Andres Gomez2013-10-07
★ 3/10
More of the same ... but it is not funny any more ...
waqas akram2016-11-03
★ 10/10
This is just awesome
John Chard2019-08-21
★ 7/10
View it as a spin off and it's a rollicking treasure seeking adventure. Ok lets have it out front right away, this particular writer loved the first film (Curse of the Black Pearl), was disappointed with the second (Dead Man's Chest) and positively found the third (At World's End) to be an incomprehensible bore. Part 4: On Stranger Tides is a shift in another direction, where a group of piratical characters, some we know well, others new to the fold, embark on missions to find the fabled Fountain of Youth. So think "Indiana Jones", "National Treasures" like adventures (hell even "It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World") and you get the drift here. Expectation of this franchise getting back to the heady days of that first film will be crushed pretty early on. There's a little too much going on here for it to be safe children's fare, but the adults, especially those who remember the serial silliness of adventure films of yore, will have a good time. The action set-pieces are superb, enter high speed carriage chase through London, some spiffing sword play deep in the brewery, Blackbeard (Ian McShane) using his black magic whiles to incarcerate mutineers in a whirl of maniacal ropes, and a mermaid attack that quite frankly rocks - as do the mermaids themselves the sexy vicious teasers they are. Production is as expected top notch, and the cast, in spite of having to battle for screen time in a cast of thousands, are doing fine work (Penélope Cruz a welcome heaving bosom of spunkiness). For sure our main man Captain Jack Sparrow, with Depp just about keeping the characters charm on tap, isn't as dominating a force as we would like, but he leaves his trusty fun mark and the others (Barbosa is back drinking rum out of his newly acquired peg leg) pick up the slack. It's unlikely to get better on revisits, so if you be hardcore POTC from earlier adventures, there's no point going back to se tis one. Those who like the type of films mentioned previously, and don't mind a different direction for the series, then tis holds no fears. 7/10