Anyone rating this less than 7 clearly doesn't understand the film at all.
When Gilbert & Sullivan first wrote The Pirates of Penzance in the late 1800's, they were writing it in satire of the operatic idiom.
If the film's title wasn't enough of a clue in itself, The Pirate Movie is a satire of the sort of musical adventure cinema we were seeing in the 70's and early 80's (see Grease, Xanadu, The Wiz, Godspell, Jesus Christ Superstar, Man of La Mancha, Rock & Roll High School... the list goes on!). Also, it was just meant to be a lot of fun.
If you are going in, expecting something with the musical mastery of West Side Story, The Phantom of the Opera or Les Miserables, you are looking in the wrong place.
If a film that could be the lovechild of The Goonies and ABBA sounds intriguing, then you are going to have a blast!
So put away your critic's notepad, pop some corn and enjoy!
Review of The Pirate Movie
