This is an unnecessary film that delivers exactly what the audience expects in the most uninteresting ways.

| Original Score: 2/4 | Apr 4, 2022

Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tells No Tales is not a great film by any means. It is a passable finale to a franchise that has lasted longer than anyone ever anticipated.

| Original Score: 2.5/4 | Feb 18, 2022

Judge it accordingly, I suppose. The newest Pirates film isn't all that great, but it is enjoyable. If this series be your fancy, sail away. If not, stay at the dock. After all, dead-bored movie watchers tell no tales.

| Feb 11, 2022

On the surface, "Dead Men" isn't a film with deep insights. It's action-adventure and fun, but it does have something to say about the lengths to which we will go for those we love.

| Aug 25, 2021

For a movie that never stops moving, Dead Men Tell No Tales is astoundingly dull, choked to death by expensive CGI, lumbering set-pieces, and a script seemingly cobbled together even after production was underway.

| Original Score: 1.5/4 | Aug 16, 2021

A jarring mix of salty humour and treacle-sweet sentiment. But thanks to the old Disney magic, it somehow comes together in the end.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Jun 9, 2021

It contains all the elements you expect from the Pirates franchise and even a few you don't but takes on water in its final half hour.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Mar 1, 2021

The uninspired villains are the major low point (a flashback chronicles baddie Salazar's origins, ignoring the simpler, default explanation that Sparrow merely wronged him).

| Original Score: 6/10 | Dec 5, 2020

This franchise was sunk a long time ago. Perhaps it's finally time to let it rest.

| Original Score: 1.5/5 | Sep 24, 2020

It has some fun action set pieces but the search for the trident isn't interesting and Jack is too unlikable

| Aug 8, 2020

Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales is a high seas adventure cruise with a lot of baggage. Plenty of what has made this franchise fun is on display, but it's accompanied by some of what has also made it tedious.

| Jul 7, 2020

Aside from a handful of new characters, so much of Dead Men Tell No Tales feels like a hamster wheel a familiar gags.

| May 7, 2020

There are only so many directions the franchise can go, and it has already used every PG pirate storyline at least twice.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Feb 5, 2020

Only for diehard franchise fans.

| Original Score: 2/4 | Jan 24, 2020

The whole affair seems lazy, stupid, and tossed off. At least Verbinski knew how to have fun while wasting Disney's money.

| Jan 15, 2020

Dead Men Tell No Tales does nothing new and is exactly what you expect -- and that is perfectly okay.

| Dec 6, 2019

It definitely marks a return to form and offers a promising direction for future instalments.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Nov 13, 2019

[T]his film was such a fun ride (pun intended).

| Original Score: 4.5/5 | Nov 5, 2019

If you're well and truly done with these movies, don't bother checking this one out; it's not exactly a redefinition. It's more of a reprise that sounds better than it has in a long time.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Sep 27, 2019

Fun, fast-paced, and will keep you entertained for a couple of hours...

| Sep 20, 2019