The Pirates Who Don't Do Anything - A VeggieTales Movie (2008)

Kids love it, Parents will enjoy the allegory
I was clueless when I first saw the movie, I did not pick up at all on the allegory of this story to a Christian's life today, God using ordinary people to do extraordinary things. I'd love to see the movie again to watch it from that viewpoint alone.

Some parts can be a little scary to young children, like the rock monsters and the cheetos that try to eat one of the characters!

I enjoyed the movie, I would recommend, but there are a few scenes that might scare your children, so be forewarned!

An Excellent Allegory and Ridiculously Fun!
If you and your kids enjoyed the stories of "The Chronicles of Narnia," then this allegorical animated film is for you! Certainly it's different from other Veggie fare, but it's excellent. The animation is beautiful, the story is beautiful, and I laughed out loud throughout the entire feature. Does it mention God? No. But the allegorical nature of the story provides a perfect teaching moment with your kids and is a great segway into a discussion about the nature and character of God.

And it was hysterical to boot!

I get it - sort of!
All in my family are HUGE VeggieTales fans, with a passion. I left the theatre disappointed that there was not talk of God, though of course the King was a God figure, no kidding. I can get a nice - and this is nice - animated story just about anywhere, but we've immersed the family in VT because of how valuable it's been in our spiritual journeys. Phil Vischer's blog wonderfully explains the justifications for the presence/absence of God-talk, which helped me. We missed Bob the Tomato in this, too, small matter. So I get it but don't totally agree with the justifications. Read Phil's blog, though.