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Susan Stark, Detroit News: Read more
Janet Maslin, New York Times: T's not possible to believe that Ms. Davis is the highly respected captain of a pirate ship, and it's not even fun to try. Read more
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times: Read more
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Trevor Johnston, Time Out: In this $90m revisionist swashbuckler, we get Geena Davis doing the all-action honours, and a hotchpotch script that seems to think pirate movies are so funny in themselves the need for more humour is superfluous. Read more
Todd McCarthy, Variety: What seemed like a dubious proposition on paper plays even more dubiously onscreen, as "Cutthroat Island" strenuously but vainly attempts to revive the thrills of old-fashioned pirate pictures. Read more
Desson Thomson, Washington Post: It takes a two-hour act of will to keep facing the screen during this moribund movie. Read more