<P> Mike Ryan of Uproxx criticized the convoluted plot and overabundance of characters, writing: "Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man Tell No Tales is practically incoherent . I've been trying to wrap my head around the' plot,' but it's been futile . I've asked literally eight other people who saw this movie to answer a couple specific questions and no one has been able to do it ." Writing for Rolling Stone, Peter Travers called the film "bloated, boring, repetitive and draining" and gave it one star out of four, saying, "Abandon ship, audiences . Paying cash money to see Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales is the equivalent of walking the plank ." Ignatiy Vishnevetsky of The A.V. Club wrote that the film returns "to the basic formula of the first three Pirates films directed by Gore Verbinski, in which Johnny Depp's louche and campy Jack Sparrow played second banana to an insipid love story...the two romantic leads (...) succeed only in making the shortest movie in the series seem just as long as the rest ." A.O. Scott of The New York Times said of the film, "Its pleasures are so meager, its delight in its own inventions so forced and false, that it becomes almost the perfect opposite of entertainment ." Michael O'Sullivan of The Washington Post remarked that the film was "loud, overstimulating and hard to take in all in one sitting", comparing it to a "vacation that you'll need a vacation from ." Mick LaSalle of San Francisco Chronicle found the film to be "a jumble of half - baked impulses", with the film's directors "trying to pump air and passion into a stinking corpse of a franchise ." </P> <P> Richard Roeper of Chicago Sun - Times gave the film 3 out of 4 stars, saying: "Dead Men works well enough as a stand - alone, swashbuckling comedic spectacle, thanks to the terrific performances, some ingenious practical effects, impressive CGI and a steady diet of PG - 13 dialogue peppered with not particularly sophisticated but (I have to admit) fairly funny sexual innuendo ." Pete Hammond of Deadline.com praised the film, calling it "the most entertaining installment," giving credit to Directors Rønning and Sandberg for creating a "rollicking good time". He praised the visual effects, particularly Salazar and his crew, arguing that it should be in line to receive an Academy Award for Visual Effects . He also gave high praise to Bardem for being able to create such a "fully dimensional villain" under the layers of make - up and CGI, as well as Depp for keeping the film and franchise going . Leah Greenblatt of Entertainment Weekly gave the film a' B', praising the fun nature of the film as well as its visuals, calling it "gorgeously detailed swashbuckling nonsense," but wished that the script had taken more risks instead of following the formula used in previous films . Ashley Esqueda of CNET gave the film a positive review, arguing it brought the franchise back to what made its first two installments so fun, and praised Depp's performance as "delightful as ever ." Brian Truitt of USA Today gave the film 3 out of 4 stars, saying "What was once a past - its - prime franchise seems to have found new life ." Mark Hughes of Forbes opined "Dead Men Tell No Tales isn't as good as the first three films, but it's better than the fourth film", adding "it has mostly good performances, and a couple of great ones . It has fantastic visual effects, lots of humor that works, a lighthearted feel and sense of fun, and many terrific action set pieces to make your eyeballs pop out ." </P> <P> The film was nominated for six Teen Choice Awards: </P> <Ul> <Li> Choice Action Movie </Li> <Li> Choice Action Movie Actor for both Johnny Depp and Brenton Thwaites </Li> <Li> Choice Action Movie Actress for Kaya Scodelario </Li> <Li> Choice Movie Villain for Javier Bardem </Li> <Li> Choice Summer Movie . </Li> </Ul>

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