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The Pirates!: Band of Misfits

In The Pirates! Band of Misfits, the luxuriantly bearded Pirate Captain is joined by a rag-tag crew. With seemingly blind to the impossible odds stacked against him, the Captain has one dream: to beat his bitter rivals Black Bellamy and Cutlass Liz to the much coveted Pirate Of the Year Award. It's a quest that takes our heroes from the shores of exotic Blood Island to the foggy streets of Victorian London. Along the way they do battle with the pirate-hating Queen Victoria and team up with a young Charles Darwin, but never lose sight of what a pirate loves best: adventure!
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What a hilarious movie and with great animation and 3D to boot! This one will leave your family in stitches. This movie features a lot of physical comedy.

The plot is this: The Pirate Captain sets out on a mission to top his rivals Black Bellamy and Cutlass Liz. At stake is the Pirate of the year Award. The quest takes Captain and his crew on a journey, spanning the shores of Blood Island to the fog-shrouded streets of London during the Victorian age. Part of the charm of this film is the pirates being honest about how they love to loot and run people through! Much of the comedy is based on physical humor and exaggeration. However, due to a few intense scenes and the violence (with a lot of humor thrown in) we are recommending the film for ages twelve and above.

Join this group of rebel pirates for several laughs. It’s a pretty harmless way to spend 88 minutes.

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Queen says she hates pirates and wants them sunk; arrows hit pirate in rear; a female pirate cuts a pirate with blade; bullet shot into characters mouth in an exaggerated humorous scene; a lot of physical comedy including pirates being smacked around and smashed into objects; a comment about finding people to skewer; explosions; cannon balls hit the library; a pirate says he enjoys running people through; pirates are briefly seen in hanging cages; a man is smacked in the head; the shooting of pistols; monkey holds gun in a stick-up; sword fight; a character is hit with a pan and a character is hit with a rolling pin although it is heard and not seen.

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A mild innuendo.

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A-1; Crap-1

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Queen says she hates pirates and wants them sunk; arrows hit pirate in rear; a female pirate cuts a pirate with blade; bullet shot into characters mouth in an exaggerated humorous scene; a lot of physical comedy including pirates being smacked around and smashed into objects; a comment about finding people to skewer; explosions; cannon balls hit the library; a pirate says he enjoys running people through; pirates are briefly seen in hanging cages; a man is smacked in the head; the shooting of pistols; monkey holds gun in a stick-up; sword fight; a character is hit with a pan and a character is hit with a rolling pin although it is heard and not seen.

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The drinking of ale and talk of drinking and having beer; the drinking of wine and wine is seen knocked over; a sign at a tavern says, "Gut Rot Ale"; pipe smoking.

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In a non-graphic scene a naked man and woman stand behind a large object on the ship; shirtless man; girl in bath tub.

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Charles Darwin is a character in the film and in one scene a slug is seen turning into a lizard-like creature and then into a monkey and then into Darwin; pirates take pride in their looting and bad behavior but the audience knows it is in fun.

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Edwin L. Carpenter
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