Surprise, matey! 'Pirates' is better than you'd think

"Given its heredity (inspired by the Disneyland ride and produced by Jerry Bruckheimer, who is responsible for some of the sloppiest and noisiest action blockbusters of the past two decades), the high-spirited, comic swashbuckler 'Pirates of the Caribbean: Curse of the Black Pearl' is a slight but disarmingly entertaining surprise."