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By Terry Kelleher (9) for Miami Herald (3,319) on 11 Oct 2015

Pop tunes are mixed in with some of the original G&S songs in a pirate period setting that grates on the nerves, as does the inane toilet humor…

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By James Sanford (927) for Kalamazoo Gazette (860) on 29 Aug 2005

Lurches from almost-unwatchable to so-awful-it's-fascinating…

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By David Cornelius (645) for eFilmCritic.com (5,125) on 22 Mar 2005

Christopher Atkins is in it. I rest my case…

Review of The Pirate Movie (1982)

By Nathan Rabin (1,078) for The A.V. Club (5,644) on 08 Dec 2000

The Pirate Movie suggests what Gilbert & Sullivan's original would look and sound like if it were rewritten by a boy-crazed middle-schooler…

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By Gary Arnold (279) for Washington Post (9,851) on 03 Aug 1998

A blockheaded travesty that fancies itself a rollicking update of The Pirates of Penzance…

Review of The Pirate Movie (1982)

By Janet Maslin (949) for The New York Times (9,847) on 09 Jul 1990

The Pirate Movie stars Kristy McNichol and Christopher Atkins in a cut-rate kiddie version of Gilbert and Sullivan, laced with synthetic pop…

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Film critics gave The Pirate Movie (1982) an average score of 22%, indicating generally very negative reviews.

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