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Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003)

143 min · Adventure

USPG-13UK12AAUMCAPG

54 BOLD

ScoutScore

Heads up before you watch. Notable content.

Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl scores 54 on the ScoutScore, which is Bold. Heads up before you watch. Notable content. FilmScout maps 20 flagged scenes and 5 marked caution.

A ScoutScore is a living number. We re-check movies against the source and raise or lower it when we find something the first pass missed, so a score you see today can differ from one you saw last month.

What FilmScout flagged

Heads up	15
Caution	5

Content map

How the scenes we flagged in this movie divide up by kind. These are shares of what was flagged, not a level, and not a promise about anything we did not flag: a movie with very little flagged content can still be 80% one kind.

Flagged for violence and action with scary and dark.

Scary and dark	31%
Violence and action	44%
Themes	15%
Sexual content	5%
Substances	4%
Language	1%
All flagged content	100%

Direction is the kind of content flagged. Reach is the ScoutScore, which is how much there is: green at the centre, yellow, orange, then red at the dotted line, which is 100. The scale has no ceiling, so a shape can cross it.

Scenes FilmScout flagged

Heads up Hanging threat and pirate danger established
Heads up Jack and Will sword fight in the blacksmith shop
Caution Black Pearl attacks Port Royal
Heads up Jack confronts cursed pirates in jail
Heads up Barbossa reveals the curse
Heads up Name-calling and mild insults in Tortuga
Heads up Barbossa explains the curse and reveals skeleton crew
Heads up Skeleton pirates revealed in moonlight
Heads up Dead men tell no tales - backstory of Jack's marooning
Caution Blood ritual to lift the curse

Where each one lands in the runtime, and alerts that arrive before it does, are in the app.

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Age ratings by country

AU	M
CA	PG
GB	12A
US	PG-13

Talk about it after

“Jack Sparrow tells Will that the only rules that really matter are what a man can do and what a man can't do. What do you think he means by that, and how does Will figure out his own answer by the end of the story?”

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Common questions

Is Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl okay for kids?

Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl scores 54 on FilmScout's ScoutScore, which places it in the Bold tier. Heads up before you watch. Notable content. FilmScout has mapped 20 flagged scenes in it, covering action, dark imagery, theme. The right answer depends on your child, which is why FilmScout shows you the scenes instead of giving a verdict.

What is the ScoutScore for Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl?

54, which is the Bold tier. The ScoutScore is driven by the intensity of a movie's heaviest moments rather than how many it has.

What is Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl rated?

Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl is rated PG-13 in the United States. Ratings differ by country: AU M, CA PG, GB 12A, US PG-13. A letter rating stamps a whole movie at once, so FilmScout scores it scene by scene instead.

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