
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End (2007)
At the end of the world, the adventure begins.
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Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End rating: IMDb, Rotten Tomatoes and Metacritic
With 43% on Rotten Tomatoes, backed by 7.2/10 on IMDb and 50/100 on Metacritic, critical reception of this film has been modest.
About Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End
After losing Captain Jack Sparrow to the locker of Davy Jones, Will Turner, Elizabeth Swann, and Captain Barbossa journey to the ends of the earth to rescue him. And as the East India Trading Company tightens its grip on the seas under Lord Cutler Beckett—now in control of Davy Jones—the fate of piracy hangs by a thread. Now, they must unite the pirate lords for one final stand. But as loyalties are tested and alliances shift, each must ultimately choose where they stand in the battle for freedom on the high seas.
Cast of Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End

Johnny Depp
as Jack Sparrow

Geoffrey Rush
as Barbossa

Orlando Bloom
as Will Turner

Keira Knightley
as Elizabeth Swann

Jack Davenport
as Norrington

Bill Nighy
as Davy Jones

Jonathan Pryce
as Governor Weatherby Swann

Lee Arenberg
as Pintel

Mackenzie Crook
as Ragetti

Kevin McNally
as Gibbs

David Bailie
as Cotton

Stellan Skarsgård
as Bootstrap Bill
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End facts
- Budget
- $300M
- Box office
- $961.7M
- Collection
- Pirates of the Caribbean Collection
Our take on Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End
Gore Verbinski closes his original trilogy with the most sprawling voyage of the three, sending Will Turner, Elizabeth Swann and Captain Barbossa to the ends of the earth to reclaim Jack Sparrow from Davy Jones's locker. As the East India Trading Company tightens its grip on the seas, the surviving pirate lords must unite for one last stand, and shifting loyalties keep every alliance uncertain. It's a dense, effects-heavy action-fantasy that rewards attention to its tangled plotting more than casual viewing. Ideal for fans of the earlier films who want scale, seafaring myth and a definitive confrontation over freedom. Newcomers should start at the beginning; this finale assumes you already know the crew.
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Audience opinions
What the audience liked
- •Exotic island adventure creates celebratory swashbuckling excitement
- •Afterlife sequences deliver imaginative fantasy world building
- •British navy conflict adds geopolitical dimension to adventure
What the audience disliked
- •Plot complexity becomes convoluted with multiple storylines
- •Action set pieces drag pacing despite visual spectacle
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