Pirates of the Plain (2003)

Enjoyable kids' film about 18th century pirates loose in 20th century Nebraska, searching for buried treasure. They get there via a wormhole. Tim Curry is the first to arrive, and befriends a young boy who holds a treasure map inherited from his dad. The first half of the film is Curry and the kid bonding. The second half is a rehash of HOME ALONE, and not a very good rehash, unfortunately. Nevertheless, the smaller tykes should eat this up. Curry is great as Captain Jezebel Jack, and Dee "Cujo" Stone is the kid's mom. Directed by John "Ernest Saves Christmas" Cherry on a minuscule budget with South Africa standing in for Nebraska.

Alright, this movie was just about awful. I would have rated it as such, but I had such a good time making fun of "Pirates" I gave it a couple extra stars. The kid is whacked out, makes friends with a douche-bag pirate and they get in all sorts of trouble. When you watch the movie, I think it is best to take on the same schizo affective mentality as the kid in the film. Even better, get plastered. It will make more sense. Only, when you watch Bobby straddling Jezebel Jack on the lazy-boy, what can I say, the disorders surrounding that situation are no laughing matter. Child predation is not acceptable, no matter what century you come from. And kids killing pirates with nail guns? The proper way to kill a pirate is by lynching, everyone knows that. Too much subliminal messaging in this film. I did like the "savage" natives, though. I think the Maybelline company liked them as well.

Most of the voters gave this movie a 10 so obviously 3.4 average is not correct. The arithmetic mean is 7 which is a much better way to judge the viewer's opinion anyway. The film is really fun, not at all cynical, and highly recommended. Pirates travel through time to our world. Is it in the boys imagination or not? See the film and find out. This tape is not at any video seller yet. I hope it comes out instead of stuck on HBO at 6 in the morning.It looks like they had a ball making it too.

Rumours abound that the funds simply weren't there to have this movie released to a major market, and it went straight-to-video for the most part.I am one of the few lucky Tim Curry fans to have seen "Pirates of the Plain" in an actual theater. In January 2000, USA Film Festival hosted KidFilm 2000. Two movies wrapped up the weekend of kid & family oriented movies: the classic "Wizard of Oz" and the new "Pirates of the Plain".The audience was made up mainly of boys (go figure), a handful of girls, and a bunch of parents. I can honestly tell you that EVERYONE in the theater was entranced! Pirates is a genuinely exciting film!A kind of "Home Alone" meets "Muppets Treasure Island", there was something for everyone. The entire audience, including adults, laughed and were amazed throughout the movie.Nutshell: a young boy's hyper-active imagination, a storm, a ship, an audacious pirate, a fight, and a treasure? AND they save the family farm in one afternoon! Who can beat that?!