Among its many merits, the film returns the pirate theme to comedy and to children's audiences. [Full review in Spanish]

| Original Score: 8/10 | Jun 14, 2023

Enjoyable enough to retain one’s interest during the brief 88-minute runtime but not quite memorable enough to make a lasting impression.

| Original Score: 2.5/4 | Dec 4, 2022

Why is The Pirates missing much of what helped elevate Aardman to its vaunted standing in the animation world?

| Original Score: 3/4 | Nov 26, 2022

Purists will no doubt be bothered by Aardman's decision to incorporate digital imagery and 3-D, but they use it well here.

| Original Score: 3.0/4.0 | Sep 20, 2020

The result is a hurrah for the return of Aardman's finest. Easily their most enjoyable film since Wallace & Gromit.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Nov 27, 2019

Gideon DeFoe's screenplay is smart and very funny with some very well staged laughs. The direction from Peter Lord and Jeff Newitt is just as smart, full of some laugh out loud sight gags.

| Original Score: B+ | Apr 12, 2019

I think it's a really fun movie.

| Original Score: 7/10 | Feb 14, 2019

The Pirates! Band of Misfits doesn't quite deliver the memorable sea shanty that keeps audiences coming back for another verse.

| Sep 7, 2018

If nothing else, I can say that Aardman's latest is one of the best-looking movies I've seen in 2012...Oh, and the movie also happens to be very funny, a spoof on Pirate pictures without getting all that much weighed down with pop culture.

| Jul 3, 2018

The Pirates! relies more on wit than on double-entendres, and for parents who appreciate quirk, it offers a clever respite from the bathroom gags that populate many family films these days.

| Jun 22, 2018

Solidarity is one of the many values ​​that the film offers to children. [Full review in Spanish]

| Jan 23, 2018

It's a smart film, no doubt about it, and it doesn't skimp on the fun.

| Original Score: 3.5/5 | Sep 28, 2017

Funny for families of all ages, this animated comedy is a rare and delightful treat.

| Original Score: 3.5/5 | Jun 30, 2013

This is one of the few times I watched something from Aardman and found myself watching the clock...

| Feb 19, 2013

This is a good Aardman Animations feature, from a studio that's proved itself capable of being better than good.

| Jan 7, 2013

The Pirates! Band of Misfits is cinematic booty that shines like gold.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Jan 7, 2013

The Pirates! is the first truly great animated film of the year: a painstakingly-modelled laugh riot that boggles the mind while tickling the funnybone.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Jan 7, 2013

Full Review | Original Score: B+ | Dec 28, 2012

It's got great vocal talent and well-done animation, but it proves once again that the story is the key ingredient.

| Original Score: 2.5/4 | Sep 15, 2012

A rollicking good time that offers enough broad comedy mixed with more cerebral sight gags to ensure this will be a family favourite for years to come.

| Original Score: 9/10 | Sep 15, 2012