The Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists!

    The Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists!
    2012

    Synopsis

    The luxuriantly bearded Pirate Captain is a boundlessly enthusiastic, if somewhat less-than-successful, terror of the High Seas. With a rag-tag crew at his side, and seemingly blind to the impossible odds stacked against him, the Captain has one dream: to beat his bitter rivals Black Bellamy and Cutlass Liz to the much coveted Pirate of the Year Award. It’s a quest that takes our heroes from the shores of exotic Blood Island to the foggy streets of Victorian London. Along the way they battle a diabolical queen and team up with a haplessly smitten young scientist, but never lose sight of what a pirate loves best: adventure!

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    Cast

    • Martin FreemanPirate with a Scarf (voice)
    • Hugh GrantPirate Captain (voice)
    • Imelda StauntonQueen Victoria (voice)
    • David TennantCharles Darwin (voice)
    • Jeremy PivenBlack Bellamy (voice)
    • Salma Hayek PinaultCutlass Liz (voice)
    • Lenny HenryPeg Leg Hastings (voice)
    • Brian BlessedPirate King (voice)
    • Brendan GleesonPirate with Gout (voice)
    • Ashley JensenSurprisingly Curvaceous Pirate (voice)

    Recommendations

    • 83

      Entertainment Weekly

      You can almost smell the brine in the boat helmed by Pirate Captain (Hugh Grant) on his quest to win Pirate of the Year.
    • 80

      The Hollywood Reporter

      A delightful romp whose varied pleasures should please kids all along the age spectrum.
    • 80

      Variety

      Although this family-friendly tale of feckless adventurers pursuing a prize is consistently funnier than "Arthur," in language, humor and attitude it's as endearingly British as Yorkshire pudding, soccer hooliganism and wonky teeth.
    • 80

      Empire

      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.
    • 80

      The Guardian

      It is effortlessly and unassumingly funny – and terrifically smart.
    • 80

      Time Out

      No one else has come close to translating England's homegrown blend of deadpan and madcap for a younger audience, much less with such impressive Claymated technique. You couldn't ask for better lesson in "Anglo-Absurdism for Beginners."
    • 75

      ReelViews

      Suffused with satire, wit, and the dry, tongue-in-cheek flavor of comedy one rarely finds in American productions, this stop-motion animated excursion pokes fun at pirate conventions while representing icons Queen Victoria and Charles Darwin as a bitch and a twit, respectively.
    • 75

      Tampa Bay Times

      The movie's memorable moments involve a silently expressive dodo bird and "man-panzee," stealing the show from human caricatures acting silly.

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