6 hours ago | The Guardian - Film News | See recent The Guardian - Film News news »
Johnny Depp's Tonto widely seen as pushing 149-minute revival out of shape
It is being billed as a reunion for the team behind the multi-billion dollar Pirates of the Caribbean film series – star Johnny Depp, producer Jerry Bruckheimer and director Gore Verbinski. But the first reviews for The Lone Ranger are unlikely to help the movie mirror the success of its predecessors and recoup a reported $250m (£164m) budget.
At time of writing, the film holds a rating of 29% "rotten" on the review aggregator site Rotten Tomatoes, with several negative Us trade verdicts yet to be counted. The consensus is that Verbinski's over-long (149-minute) film tries too hard to recapture the franchise-launching magic of the first Pirates movie, Curse of the Black Pearl, while Depp's turn as heavily-made-up Native American Tonto ends up distracting attention from its title character, played by the rather less famous Armie Hammer.
Writes Todd McCarthy »
- Ben Child
Similar News Items
Johnny Depp- 10 Films Worth Tracking Down This July (From The Playlist. 1 July 2013, 9:14 AM, PDT)
- Status at the Half: Best Movies of 2013 So Far (From SoundOnSight. 1 July 2013, 9:11 AM, PDT)
- Does Buzz Not Matter In The Summer Of 2013? (From MTV Movies Blog. 1 July 2013, 9:03 AM, PDT)
Alonso Duralde
- Man of Steel reviews: what the critics say (From The Guardian - Film News. 11 June 2013, 4:51 AM, PDT)
- 'Man of Steel' first reviews: What the critics are saying (From Digital Spy - Movie News. 10 June 2013, 8:29 PM, PDT)
- Alonso Duralde's Summer Indie Movie Guide (Video) (From The Wrap. 31 May 2013, 3:40 PM, PDT)
Jerry Bruckheimer
- How The West Was Almost Lost: Inside Near-Death Experience Of 'The Lone Ranger' (From The Playlist. 1 July 2013, 10:25 AM, PDT)
- Interview: William Fichtner Refused to Twirl His Mustache For ‘The Lone Ranger’ (From FilmSchoolRejects. 1 July 2013, 10:00 AM, PDT)
- Disney's Alan Horn Talks 'Lone Ranger' Risks, Jerry Bruckheimer's Future (Q&A) (From The Hollywood Reporter. 1 July 2013, 8:00 AM, PDT)
company.