The Pirate Movie
“Buckle Your Swash and Jolly Your Roger for the Funniest Rock 'N Rollickin' Adventure Ever!”
Certified Crap. CrapScore 67, rated by 1 admin.
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A shipwreck dream turns Gilbert and Sullivan's pirates into an eighties pop-romance adventure. Christopher Atkins supplies wide-eyed sincerity while the film alternates operetta business with beachside musical longing. Its competing ideas make a fascinatingly uneven evening for lovers of theatrical camp.
Nominated by @flabbergasted_jones
The club’s verdict
- Acting
- 7/10
- Plot
- 7.5/10
- Effects
- 4.5/10
- Dialogue
- 7.5/10
- Rewatchability
- 7/10
“The pirates have boarded an eighties pop video.”
@flabbergasted_jones, scored it 67
Synopsis and movie facts
Left behind by her friends on a boat trip, contemporary teen Mabel takes pursuit but is knocked unconscious on an island, where she has a dream involving pirates, sisters, a modern major-general, romance, and adventure.
- Released
- 1982
- Directed by
- Ken Annakin
- Running time
- 104 min
Starring
- Kristy McNichol as Mabel Stanley
- Christopher Atkins as Frederic / Fencing Instructor
- Ted Hamilton as Pirate King
- Bill Kerr as Major-General Stanley / Ice Cream Man
- Maggie Kirkpatrick as Ruth
- Garry McDonald as Sergeant / Inspector
- Chuck McKinney as Samuel
- Marc Colombani as Dwarf Pirate
Research behind this pick
Researched . Explore the film references and reviews below.
- Film reference · themoviedb.org
Canonical film identity, release date, runtime, director credits, cast, genres, synopsis and poster checked against TMDB movie 25872.
- Review · moriareviews.com
The review describes the operetta-pop mixture, romantic montages and Atkins's limited performance.
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