Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides is a 2011 American fantasy swashbuckler film, the fourth installment in the "Pirates of the Caribbean" film series and the sequel to "" (2007). It is the first film in the series not to be directed by Gore Verbinski, being replaced by Rob Marshall. Jerry Bruckheimer again served as producer. The film is technically a stand-alone sequel to the previous installments. In the film, which draws its plot loosely from the novel "On Stranger Tides" by Tim Powers, Captain Jack Sparrow (Johnny Depp) is joined by
Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides That never really happens." Online reviewer James Berardinelli considered the script "little more than a clothesline from which to dangle all of the obligatory set pieces", and "USA Today"s Claudia Puig found "On Stranger Tides" "familiar and predictable...often incoherent and crammed with pointless details." Mike Scott from "The Times-Picayune" mentions that "while this latest chapter isn't quite sharp enough to restore the sense of discovery that made that first outing so darn exciting, it's enough to make up for most of the missteps that made the third one so darn arrgh-inducing." Writing for "The A.V. Club", Tasha Robinson described "On