Good old fashioned swashbuckling adventure story hitting all the right beats. The tone is upbeat, fun and the action is well captured. The performances are really good and the film is well cast. The soundtrack is also very impressive. The film is PG 13 so everything is a bit watered down. Lots of cliches and borrowed ideas too though which fans will probably just excuse. The violence is cartoonish and the swearing is laughably tame I'm afraid. Keira Knightley and Orlando Bloom do good job in their roles, (Knightley was only 17 at the time of filming) but the film is completely stolen by Johnny Depp and the character he created.