Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest Critic Reviews

It does deliver a combustible combination of ingredients for a summer blockbuster: a cornucopia of action and dazzling effects, some raucous humor and a large dose of Depp's winning charm.Read the full review

Lively is an odd word for something called Dead Man's Chest, but lively it is. You won't find hotter action, wilder thrills or loopier laughs this summer.Read the full review

The slow, uneven beginning is more than compensated for by the rousing climax.Read the full review

Depp is the comic gel that holds the whole enterprise together. The performance is a total delight that somehow combines Bugs Bunny, Peter Pan and Charlie Chaplin.Read the full review

The cast is entertaining, though with an asterisk, and the special effects are often spectacular, though sometimes not.Read the full review

The first of two sequels shot in immediate succession, Dead Man's Chest bears the unenviable burden of racking the pins for both movies, which leaves it with precious few opportunities to have a little fun of its own.Read the full review

It batters you with novelty and works so hard to top itself that exhaustion sets in long before the second hour is over.Read the full review

There is a sense of bloat and where-do-we-go-from here aimlessness to this unconscionably protracted undertaking.Read the full review

Intermittently fun and high-spirited, Dead Man's Chest sags under the weight of its own running time.Read the full review