From Aardman Studios (Wallace and Gromit), a stop-frame animated pirate adventure-comedy featuring the voice talent of Hugh Grant, Jeremy Piven,...
From Aardman Studios (Wallace and Gromit), a stop-frame animated pirate adventure-comedy featuring the voice talent of Hugh Grant, Jeremy Piven, Martin Freeman and Salma Hayek.
This is the high sea tales of a hapless band of pirates, lead by the incompetent Pirate Captain (Grant). Captain and his crew battle Black Bellamy (Piven) and Cutlass Liz (Hayek) in the fearsome 'Pirate of the Year' competition. On route, the met a young Charles Darwin (David Tennant) and battle Queen Victoria (Imelda Staunton).
Based on the first two The Pirates! books - In an Adventure with Scientists and In an Adventure with Whaling - in the cult series by Gideon Defore (who also wrote the screenplay).
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86 %154 reviewsRotten Tomatoes® rating
60 %13,084 reviewsAudience score rating
8+Age suitabilityChildren & Media rating
"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."
Variety"Though we’d love to see how Aardman handle Defoe’s followup, An Adventure With Communists, this amiable but overstretched diversion is unlikely to spawn a Caribbean franchise."
Total Film"It is effortlessly and unassumingly funny - and terrifically smart."
The Guardian"Slick, sharp, funny and thrilling. Pirates! is never less than tremendous fun - but never quite a masterpiece."
Little White Lies"A delightful romp whose varied pleasures should please kids all along the age spectrum."
Hollywood Reporter"Another Aardman triumph. The animation house’s most technically ambitious project so far and, if not quite at the genius level of Wallace & Gromit, still a comedy treasure and far too good just for kids."
Empire MagazineThe Pirates! Band of Misfits | Details
- Runtime
- 88
- Genre
- Kids & Family
- Country of origin
- UK, USA
