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Soren Anderson, Seattle Times: "Pirates" is fun, though with a running time of more than two hours, it's overlong. And too many of its battle scenes are too dimly lit. Read more
Cary Darling, Fort Worth Star-Telegram/DFW.com: While The Pirates has its moments -- as when Yeo-wol and Jang bond late in the film -- little of it is compelling as comedy, drama or action. About the only thing The Pirates steal is time. Read more
Martin Tsai, Los Angeles Times: It's a derivative trove of swashbuckling action, romance, comedy, special effects and revisionist history - the kind of film that would be pitched to studio execs as "Pirates of the Caribbean" meets "Free Willy." Read more
Michael Nordine, L.A. Weekly: Nothing exposes the pettiness of man's foibles quite like the beauty of the natural world, which almost always loses out in the end. Read more
Nicolas Rapold, New York Times: Neither the action nor the comedy in this action comedy is consistently strong. Read more