New Yorker
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0
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By Bruce Diones
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May 07, 2012
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The action is beautifully staged, delightful, and exciting.
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Newark Star-Ledger
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5
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By Stephen Whitty
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Apr 29, 2012
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The filmmakers have said they are already dreaming up a sequel. They needn't hurry. Whatever treasures these pirates have are well buried.
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Film.com
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0
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By William Goss
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Apr 28, 2012
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To paraphrase a certain man with a certain luxuriant beard, it's only impossible to enjoy if you stop to think about it.
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NPR
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0
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By Ian Buckwalter
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Apr 27, 2012
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Pirates is just what audiences have come to expect from Aardman: smart, adventure-driven comedy with all-ages appeal and an affinity for clever sight gags.
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Boston Globe
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8
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By Tom Russo
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Apr 27, 2012
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The movie looks meticulously crafted, of course, and is consistently, drily amusing.
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Chicago Sun-Times
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9
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By Nell Minow
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Apr 27, 2012
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Another deliriously silly stop-motion animation delight from Aardman, filled with giddy pleasures and witty details.
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TIME Magazine
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0
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By Richard Corliss
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Apr 27, 2012
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The movie ... is a cheerful entertainment, suitable for kids and parents of the brighter stripe. It's just not Nick Park great.
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San Francisco Chronicle
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8
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By Amy Biancolli
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Apr 27, 2012
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That the film happens to be in 3-D, with digitized settings and backgrounds, doesn't detract from the timeworn charm of watching blob-like characters lurch erratically through harebrained comic pratfalls.
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Washington Post
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6
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By Michael O'Sullivan
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Apr 27, 2012
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It makes for an experience that, while geared toward younger, more fidgety audiences, has enough humor to keep Mom and Dad from falling asleep.
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USA Today
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9
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By Claudia Puig
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Apr 27, 2012
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Sure-footed, witty and zany fun.
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Newsday
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8
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By Rafer Guzman
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Apr 27, 2012
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You may laugh more than the child who brought you to "The Pirates! Band of Misfits," a subtly screwball animated comedy with a distinctively British wit.
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New York Post
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8
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By Sara Stewart
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Apr 27, 2012
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The joyfully silly gags in "Pirates!" often feel old-fashioned in a "Looney Tunes"-esque way...
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Globe and Mail
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8
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By Jennie Punter
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Apr 27, 2012
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Designed to please all generations of irreverent humour-lovers, The Pirates! Band of Misfits may not be heart-warming (it is about nasty, scurvy pirates!) but it's breezy rollicking fun.
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Phoenix Movie Examiner
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4
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By Joseph Airdo
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Apr 27, 2012
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Audiences of "The Pirates! Band of Misfits" are sure to suffer from the extremely serious affliction known as Information Overload Syndrome.Deserting the charming simplicity of co-director Peter Lord's last stop-motion animation effort "Chicken Run," the new adventure comedy from Aardman includes everything but the galley sink....
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West Palm Beach and Miami Movie Examiner
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6
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By Steven Lebowitz
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Apr 26, 2012
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There are some lost arts out in the world of filmmaking. Computer animation is now the most popular type of animated movies that are being made. Pixar comes out with a new computer animated movie annually and Dreamworks Pictures can sometimes put out as many as three in a year. One lost art in the world of animation is claymation, which is the art of taking puppets, made from clay, and shooting them one frame at a time, moving them slightly for each frame....
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Tampa Movie Examiner
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4
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By Joe Belcastro
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Apr 26, 2012
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Although this may come across as unprofessional, yours truly nodded off – airplane aisle seat style - during the 88 minute The Pirates!...
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Entertainment Weekly
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8
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By Adam Markovitz
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Apr 26, 2012
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Even when the whimsy in The Pirates! Band of Misfits's history-be-damned story (which also ropes in Charles Darwin) feels a bit forced, the magic of the medium never does.
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Arizona Republic
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8
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By Bill Goodykoontz
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Apr 26, 2012
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I wouldn't use it as a study guide for Victorian history, though it would be fun to see the reaction on the teacher's face when the test was graded.
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Chicago Tribune
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8
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By Michael Phillips
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Apr 26, 2012
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A few hours after seeing the 3-D version of "The Pirates!" I was smiling at the memory of the best bits, some so fleeting they practically dare an audience to catch them on the fly.
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Toronto Star
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8
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By Linda Barnard
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Apr 26, 2012
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Purists can rest easy. This marriage doesn't scupper Aardman's classic clay-based animated heritage and the script is still filled with the kind of dry laughs only the Brits can conjure up, with many of the jokes of the visual variety.
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New York Times
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8
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By Manohla Dargis
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Apr 26, 2012
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A curiosity cabinet of visual pleasures but so breezy and lightly funny that you may not realize at first how good it is. (You're too busy grinning.)
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New York Daily News
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6
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By Elizabeth Weitzman
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Apr 26, 2012
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The result is indeed a rollicking good time, even if Aardman's ambitions don't quite dazzle as usual.
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Time Out New York
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8
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By David Fear
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Apr 25, 2012
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Anyone still doubting that the Claymation studio behind Wallace and Gromit deserves a seat at the grown-ups' table only needs to see its pitch-perfect collaboration with author-screenwriter Gideon Defoe...
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Village Voice
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0
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By Nick Pinkerton
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Apr 25, 2012
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A script that consistently finds fresh outlets for its running gags makes for a sufficiently rollicking pleasure cruise from Britain's Aardman Animations...
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Tampa Bay Times
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7
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By Steve Persall
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Apr 25, 2012
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Exactly how much wind is left in the sails of pirate movies after Capt. Jack Sparrow is an issue. There are only so many ways to buckle a swash, or shiver timbers. When Veggie Tales beats you to an idea for animation, you know rough waters lie ahead.
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McClatchy-Tribune News Service
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5
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By Roger Moore
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Apr 25, 2012
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"Pirates" plays like a fussy film made by fussy little fussbudgets, clever chaps all wrapped up with making perfect Plasticine trees, but who lose track of the forest - the funny movie that is supposed to be animated around all this detail.
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JoBlo's Movie Emporium
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6
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By Chris Bumbray
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Apr 24, 2012
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Harmless fun, with the occasional inspired gag.
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ReelViews
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8
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By James Berardinelli
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Apr 23, 2012
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The Pirates!, like previous Aardman productions, is not just for kids.
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ABC Radio (Australia)
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5
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By CJ Johnson
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Apr 23, 2012
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This is the first time I've gone to an Aardman film and left feeling that there wasn't anything in it for me.
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CinemaBlend.com
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9
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By Katey Rich
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Apr 21, 2012
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Feels perfectly of a piece with everything else the studio has made-- daffy, self-assured, willing to try pretty much anything, and utterly unique.
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Flick Filosopher
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By MaryAnn Johanson
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Apr 17, 2012
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[Not] just a hoot and half -- funny, clever, and wittily animated, basically pure delightful perfection -- but perhaps the sneakiest educational film ever... [F]riends are an excellent sort of booty, but... knowledge is the bestest booty of all.
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Sydney Morning Herald
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8
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By Paul Byrnes
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Apr 16, 2012
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It has a very English kind of daffy humour, absurd but good-hearted, and it is pitched at adults as much as children.
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The Ooh Tray
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By Ed Whitfield
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Apr 16, 2012
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Pirates and Scientists alike should enjoy it, even if the young Darwin is reincarnated as a humourless, prestige seeking weasel. Remember, he wasn't really like that, kids. He was probably a hell of a lot worse.
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Trespass
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0
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By Sarah Ward
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Apr 16, 2012
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Silly, stylish, inventive and enchanting, The Pirates! Band of Misfits is simply good fun.
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At the Movies (Australia)
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5
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By Margaret Pomeranz
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Apr 16, 2012
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There's not a lot of wit involved. And the film, despite its 88 minute running time, seems to run out of puff early on.
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The Standard
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8
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By Matt Neal
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Apr 16, 2012
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The Pirates! does feel a tad sleight, but as with Arthur Christmas, Aardman have hit on a pleasant winner that appeals to all ages.
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Flicks.co.nz
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8
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By James Croot
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Apr 16, 2012
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Pirates' attention to detail and determination to give the audience a rollicking good time is worthy of acclaim.
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Moviedex
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5
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By Anders Wotzke
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Apr 16, 2012
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Forget the rum; it's the fun that's running dry in Aardman Animation's The Pirates! Band of Misfits.
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Matt's Movie Reviews
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6
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By Matthew Pejkovic
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Apr 16, 2012
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Pirates... is a visually appealing film, and there are moments of adventure and comedy spread throughout which will entertain. But enthusiasm can only take a film so far, with Pirates... an enjoyable yet middling animated tale.
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Variety
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By Leslie Felperin
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Apr 16, 2012
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After dipping its toes into pure CG animation for Arthur Christmas, Aardman integrates its feted old-school stop-motion technique with top-drawer visual effects to create the irrepressibly amusing The Pirates! Band of Misfits.
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Hollywood Reporter
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By John DeFore
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Apr 16, 2012
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A delightful romp whose varied pleasures should please kids all along the age spectrum.
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