The Pirates Who Don't Do Anything
Original title: The Pirates Who Don't Do Anything: A VeggieTales Movie
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5.6/10
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Three vegetable friends seek the roots of true heroism during a 17th-century adventure.Three vegetable friends seek the roots of true heroism during a 17th-century adventure.Three vegetable friends seek the roots of true heroism during a 17th-century adventure.
Mike Nawrocki
- Elliot
- (voice)
- …
Phil Vischer
- George
- (voice)
- …
Cam Clarke
- Robert the Terrible
- (voice)
- …
Laura Gerow
- Eloise
- (voice)
Yuri Lowenthal
- Alexander
- (voice)
Cydney Trent
- Bernadette
- (voice)
Keri Pagetta
- Ellen
- (voice)
- (as Keri Pisapia)
Megan Murphy
- Madame Blueberry
- (voice)
Sondra Morton
- Caroline
- (voice)
- (as Sondra Morton Chaffin)
Drake Lyle
- George Jr.
- (voice)
- …
Ally Nawrocki
- Lucy
- (voice)
- …
Patrick Kramer
- Collin
- (voice)
Sloan Yarborough
- Photographer
- (voice)
Joe Spadaford
- Jacob Lewis
- (voice)
- …
John Wahba
- Dungeon Guard
- (voice)
- …
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Did you know
- TriviaPhil Vischer completed the script for this film in 2002 - before Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003) was released. But because of the bankruptcy and buyout of Big Idea Productions, the film wasn't able to start production until late 2005.
- Crazy creditsThe Killer Cheese Curls cavort around the closing credits.
- ConnectionsFollowed by VeggieTales: Lessons from the Sock Drawer (2008)
- SoundtracksSpanish Gold
Words by Phil Vischer
Music by Phil Vischer and Kurt Heinecke
© Bob and Larry Publishing (ASCAP)
Produced by Kurt Heinecke
Featured review
I took my three year old daughter to the theatre to see this movie this afternoon. I've heard criticism of it for not having an explicit enough Christian theme - the Veggie Tales are, after all, a Christian outreach ministry to children. Some seem to think they've "crossed over." For those not familiar with that term, from a Christian point of view, a "cross over" is a Christian entertainer - usually a singer - who moves to the secular side of the entertainment world. Elvis Presley (from gospel singer to king of rock and roll) is probably the best known cross-over. The Veggie Tales crew probably left themselves open to that charge by doing an essentially secular Saturday cartoon for NBC. Having watched this movie, though, I think that particular criticism is unfair. It's true that Christian content isn't explicit in this movie, but it's certainly there. There are constant references to help from above; there's the king who tells the "heroes" that he'll always be with them; the same king looks out for widows and orphans; and there's the over-arching theme of the movie, which is that even little guys like Larry the Cucumber and Pa Grape can become big heroes, a la David and Goliath. So, if you get the analogies, you get the Christian content, much like C.S. Lewis's Chronicles of Narnia.
It wasn't the content that was the problem here. The story is about 3 unlikely heroes somehow going back in time to help rescue a kidnapped princess. The title comes from a "Silly Song by Larry" in one of the VT videos. It's cute, a bit scary at times for wee ones and promotes good values. But the problem as I see it is that Veggie Tales was never intended for the big screen. The videos are fairly short and usually include 3 or 4 different items - stories, songs, etc. The movie essentially takes one theme and goes with it for about an hour and twenty minutes, which is probably too much for the audience of little kids that were present while I was there. I think this was a decent effort to bring the Veggie Tales sense of values to the movies, but I don't think I'd want them to do it again. 6/10
It wasn't the content that was the problem here. The story is about 3 unlikely heroes somehow going back in time to help rescue a kidnapped princess. The title comes from a "Silly Song by Larry" in one of the VT videos. It's cute, a bit scary at times for wee ones and promotes good values. But the problem as I see it is that Veggie Tales was never intended for the big screen. The videos are fairly short and usually include 3 or 4 different items - stories, songs, etc. The movie essentially takes one theme and goes with it for about an hour and twenty minutes, which is probably too much for the audience of little kids that were present while I was there. I think this was a decent effort to bring the Veggie Tales sense of values to the movies, but I don't think I'd want them to do it again. 6/10
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- The Pirates Who Don't Do Anything: A VeggieTales Movie
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- Budget
- $15,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $12,981,269
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $4,251,320
- Jan 13, 2008
- Gross worldwide
- $13,247,725
- Runtime1 hour 25 minutes
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- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1
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