An underwhelming pirate tries to snag a coveted prize from his peers in the latest Aardman animated feature, THE PIRATES! BAND OF MISFITS.
The Pirate Captain, voiced by Hugh Grant, instills little fear in opposing fleets, but is quite popular with his crew, as the captain pumps up his eccentric band of misfits with songs, a sense of camaraderie and “Ham Night” once a week. The Pirate Captain is generally pleased, but is still missing one thing, “The Pirate of the Year” Award, presented to the over-the-seas outlaw who brings home the biggest treasure.
While attempting to snag the top prize, The Pirate Captain must also be weary of the queen, as she’d like nothing better than to wipe all pirates off of the open seas.
Aardman Animation is the next best thing to Pixar, and THE PIRATES! BAND OF MISFITS is another welcomed addition from the creative studio that brought you WALLACE AND GROMMIT. A new crew of charming characters, witty humor and imaginative stop-motion animation livens up the previously played-out pirate film, this time focusing on the eccentricities and silliness of the characters rather than the swash-buckling, swordplay and high seas angst.
Aardman Animation is the next best thing to Pixar, and THE PIRATES! BAND OF MISFITS is another welcomed addition from the creative studio that brought you WALLACE AND GROMMIT. A new crew of charming characters, witty humor and imaginative stop-motion animation livens up the previously played-out pirate film, this time focusing on the eccentricities and silliness of the characters rather than the swash-buckling, swordplay and high seas angst.
Wry British humor is always abundant in Aardman films, and is again, with the lovable, and awkwardly kind lead character, The Pirate Captain at the helm. The whole idea of the featured pirates as kind-hearted oddballs is a nice twist, but THE PIRATES! BAND OF MISFITS takes it one step further. In our current competitive climate, obtaining treasure for a pirate isn’t enough, one must accumulate so much as to win The Pirate of the Year award. Thanks to this riff on modern competitions, the film wonderfully goes over-the-top with hilarious introductions to The Pirate Captain’s competition.
The jokes are steady and consistent featuring a unique crew, a blood thirsty queen and legendary scientist Charles Darwin. THE PIRATES! BAND OF MISFITS is a wonderfully lightweight family film, filled with a treasure chest’s worth of jokes and colorful characters.
Grade: B
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