![]() ![]() Sure, we see a priest and nuns, but God doesn’t seem to have dominion over anything. Simply put, the worldview is one big mess. I counted three coarse words: misuse of “God” (1), a–(1) and pi-s (1).Įven though the film contains scenes involving a priest and nuns, it’s mostly void of explicit Christian content. There are two kissing scenes, and Carina wears several outfits that show cleavage. ![]() (He describes the figure of Harry’s mom in detail he and his crew joke about “horology,” the study of time he gets excited when Carina undresses to her petticoat he is found in a bank vault with a married woman). There are no bedroom scenes, but Sparrow jokes often about sex. There’s also a scene involving a creepy-looking bald witch who is stirring a potion. Salazar and his crew look like something out of a demonic movie, with blood dripping and flesh rotting. The disturbing images are just as significant. There’s also a comical guillotine scene in which we see realistic-looking heads in a basket. There’s plenty of punching, sword fighting and shooting, too, with a few cannonball battles mixed in. ![]() Salazar kills a man with a sword through the torso, and later he orders his ghost crew to kill several soldiers in similar fashion. Teens likely won’t be bothered but kids might. The poster for Dead Men Tell No Tales hints that it’s a violent, dark film with disturbing images, and Disney gives us exactly that. We also discover Jack Sparrow’s backstory, thanks to some CGI magic (à la Carrie Fisher in Rogue One). Carina also finds her father, and in the end we witness a great example of self-sacrifice. Henry will do anything to find his father, who, in turn, truly wants to be reunited with his son. (Especially if you, like me, appreciate 18th- and 19th-century-era movies with their massive sailing ships.) The story also is easy to follow, even if everything gets a little weird in the end. So, is Dead Men Tell No Tales family-friendly ? Let’s take a look …įor fans of action films, this Pirates film has plenty to enjoy. Red Robin and Dave & Busters are two of the leading partners for this one, which means kids will be hearing a lot about ghosts, pirates and swords in the coming days. Together, the three form an alliance as they seek to avoid Salazar, who is sailing the ocean with his ghost crew on a ghost ship and killing nearly everyone in sight. Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales (PG-13) opens in theaters this weekend, giving us the fifth installment in the Disney Pirates series and officially kicking off the summer movie season.įilmmakers gave Depp’s character a slightly lesser role in this film, choosing instead to spotlight the stories of Turner (Brenton Thwaites) and Carina Smyth (Kaya Scodelario), an astronomer who is looking not only for the Trident but for her own identity. But to find it he must survive the wrath of Captain Armando Salazar-another undead pirate-and he must obtain the help of Captain Jack Sparrow (Johnny Depp), the swashbuckling, womanizing pirate who is very much alive. ![]() Turner, though, isn’t giving up and soon begins searching for a lost treasure called the Trident of Poseidon, which will break the curse and bring his father back to life. “My curse will never be broken,” his father, covered with sea sludge, told him. They even had a conversation one dark night at sea. Sure, it may sound eerie, but Turner, as a boy, met his father face to face. Henry Turner is a determined young man on a seemingly impossible mission: He wants to break the curse that turned his father, the famous pirate Will Turner, into an “undead” ghost. ![]()
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