In the second film. calculated commercial interests, which are generally guaranteed to kill off genuine audience enthusiasm, have won out.

| Feb 14, 2021

Although the previous film ended rather resolutely, there's no denying that the further tales of Jack Sparrow are significantly suitable affairs for cinematic realization.

| Original Score: 8/10 | Nov 21, 2020

A loose film, which certainly does not offer what it promises. [Full Review in Spanish]

| Feb 14, 2020

Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest is a great adventure movie. [Full Review in Spanish]

| Feb 14, 2020

An overstuffed adventure that manages to be a slight improvement over the original.

| Original Score: B | Nov 20, 2019

Uneven. [Full review in Spanish]

| Original Score: 2/5 | Jul 17, 2019

Trips over its own feet in its quest to be bigger and better than its predecessor.

| Original Score: 2/4 | Jun 5, 2019

The rollicking adventure, beautifully designed and filled with impressive visual effects, is a boatload of fun.

| Original Score: 3.5/4 | May 30, 2019

A messy film can be just as boring as one where nothing happens and that is the case here.

| Original Score: C- | Mar 12, 2019

The result is an overproduced movie that tries so strenuously hard to be "fun" that it's a chore to sit through. For all its razzle-dazzle production values, the story itself feels cluttered, hard to follow and hard to care about

| Mar 14, 2018

Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest is the best summer movie of the summer. And, of course, you know it's rated "Aargh!"

| Original Score: A- | Jan 5, 2018

An action-packed but too-long flick for kids 12+.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Jan 1, 2011

The kind of sensory bombardment that replicates less a Disney theme-park ride than an extended stay at a Guantánamo base cell

| Aug 30, 2009

Feels like two movies: one good, one pretty pointless, neither of which is worth the hype.

| Apr 29, 2009

Overblown to the point of monotony, the second installment in the "Pirates of the Caribbean" franchise is a prime example of too much money and not enough story.

| Original Score: C | Apr 23, 2009

It's a pretty joyless ride, even with all the CGI wizardry a quarter of a billion bucks can buy.

Full Review | Original Score: 2/5 | Aug 7, 2008

[This sequel] takes what worked the first time and redoes it only bigger and louder - in the process losing all the charm that made the first film so much fun.

| Jul 7, 2008

A patchy and overlong sequel but still full of humour and top-notch action.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Mar 5, 2008

This movie is the very definition of water torture.

| Original Score: 4/10 | Feb 28, 2008

As you'd expect from a sequel, everything that made the original interesting is amplified to within an inch of its life.

| Original Score: 2/4 | Jul 14, 2007