After an inspiring chance encounter with his idol, rookie journalist Jay Bahadur uproots his life and moves to Somalia looking for the story of a lifetime. Hooking up with a local fixer, he attempts to get embedded with the local Somali pirates, only to quickly find himself in over his head.
The Pirates of Somalia has generally received positive reviews.
Review of The Pirates of Somalia (2017)
By Roger Moore (6,008) for Movie Nation (3,875) on 24 Nov 2017
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Review of The Pirates of Somalia (2017)
By Mark Dujsik (2,093) for Mark Reviews Movies (2,037) on 07 Dec 2017
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By John Fink (368) for The Film Stage (3,162) on 30 Apr 2017
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Review of The Pirates of Somalia (2017)
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Review of The Pirates of Somalia (2017)
Review of The Pirates of Somalia (2017)
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Review of The Pirates of Somalia (2017)
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The Pirates of Somalia was released in 2017 and has generally received positive reviews.
Online reviewers have written 35 reviews, giving The Pirates of Somalia (2017) an average rating of 65%.
Overall, cinema-goers prefer the movie, giving it an average score of 81%, compared to film critics, who gave it a lower average score of 62%. Amateur reviewers were more impressed with The Pirates of Somalia than critics were.
With a score of 65%, The Pirates of Somalia is above the average Cinafilm score for movies made in 2017, which stands at 59%.
Other movies from 2017 with similar scores include films like Annabelle: Creation, Revenge and Atomic Blonde.
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