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ARRGH! A PIRATE STORY (2012)

By | October 2012

The goofy tone and overall off-kilter humor of the film are the same as they ever were, and the production values are as creatively sparse as one could come up with, but shaving almost 20 minutes off the original running time makes the film far easier to swallow…

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ARRGH! A PIRATE STORY (2012)

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