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May 20, 2011
At the Movies: New ‘Pirates' sails old familiar seas
By CHRISTY LEMIRE
AP Movie Critic
AP Movie Critic
At two hours and 16 minutes, “Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides” — the fourth film in the ridiculously successful Disney franchise — is the shortest in the series. But it still feels overlong and overstuffed: needlessly convoluted yet, at the same time, phoned-in.
| PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: ON STRANGER TIDES |
 Director: Rob Marshall Cast: Johnny Depp, Penelope Cruz, Richard Griffiths, Sam Claflin, Astrid Berges-Frisbey Rating: PG-13 Running time: 136 minutes |
And the fact that this one's in 3-D — because everything's in 3-D, silly thing — does nothing to liven up the action. Those three-dimensional digital effects mainly consist of various swords and snakes and such being flung at our faces.
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