Click here to copy URL

Pirates

2021

Elliot Edusah, Jordan Peters, Reda Elazouar, Kassius Nelson ...

Comedy 'Pirates', 'the worlds shortest road movie', follows three eighteen-year-old friends on their journey from North to south London on New Year's Eve 1999.

	Author	Review
United Kingdom	Peter Bradshaw The Guardian	The film pinballs cheerfully about the place, from crisis to crisis, from losing the tickets to getting back the tickets, with no great narrative purpose other than fun (...) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)"	POS
United Kingdom	Fionnuala Halligan Screendaily	"Everyone commits to Pirates as if it’s the first time this story has been told, and in a way, that’s true"	POS
United Kingdom	Leonie Cooper NME	"Its impressive leads don't really get the chance to flesh out their characters beyond the basics, but its short runtime means its relentless pace never dips and there are guaranteed giggles throughout (…) Rating: ★★★ (out of 5)"	NEU
United Kingdom	Charlotte O'Sullivan London Evening Standard	"A sweet and funny romp around London. The casting is spot on in Yates’ larky and unassuming film directing debut"	POS
United Kingdom	Whelan Barzey Empire	"'Pirates' isn't able to fully flesh out the individual journeys of its charming cast. However, it's a worthwhile trade-off for a good laugh (…) Rating: ★★★ (out of 5)"	POS
United States	Austin Chronicle	"Yates is both a terrific visual stylist and director of actors. He packs the movie with era-specific references and cameos, directs with energy and verve, weaving together the plot threads together in an emotionally credible way"	POS
	Marta Bałaga Cineuropa	"Although the realisation that 'eventually, everything changes' is hardly anything new, when it hits you for the first time in your life, it’s a big deal and it breaks your heart. Kudos to Yates for remembering that"	POS

Return to movie

We encourage you to check the reviews' original sources. Intellectual property rights of these reviews belong to their authors and/or the correspondent media from which they have been extracted. If you'd like to help us to add more reviews to your favorite movies, just send us a message.