Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas
Seen it?2003 | 86 min | Action, Adventure, Animation, Family, Fantasy
Weeknight WatchWhy it’s a Weeknight Watch
It made about 63 times its budget, but middling reviews (44% on Rotten Tomatoes) held it back. Fine if it's on; don't plan your night around it.
Based on critics, audiences, awards, box office and buzz. Details below.Is it for you?
- Who'll love it
- Made for fantasy fans, action fans and families. If you loved Aladdin or The SpongeBob Movie: Search for SquarePants, start here. Audiences love it more than critics do: a crowd-pleaser first.
- The mood
- Feel-good.
- The pace
- Fast-moving, at 1 hr 26 min.
- What might put you off
- Rated PG: scary moments. Worth a look first if you have very young kids.
- Critics were cooler on it than audiences.
The sailor of legend is framed by the goddess Eris for the theft of the Book of Peace, and must travel to her realm at the end of the world to retrieve it and save the life of his childhood friend Prince Proteus.
How it earned its rating
- CriticsBelow par
44% on Rotten Tomatoes, 48 on Metacritic
- AudiencesSolid
7.1 out of 10
- AwardsWeak
0 wins and 1 nomination from smaller awards and festivals
- Box office & staying powerVery strong
$3.8 billion worldwide on a $60 million budget; still draws a steady audience long after release
- Buzz & cultural impactStrong
About 282K people sought it out in the past year
Trailer
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Cast & crew
Directed by Tim Johnson, Patrick Gilmore
- Brad PittSinbad (voice)
- Catherine Zeta-JonesMarina (voice)
- Michelle PfeifferEris (voice)
- Joseph FiennesProteus (voice)
- Dennis HaysbertKale (voice)
- Timothy WestDymas (voice)
- Adriano GianniniRat (voice)
- Raman Hui Shing-NgaiJin (voice)
- Chung ChanLi (voice)
- Jim CummingsLuca / Additional Voices (voice)