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Captain Phillips

2013

Paul Greengrass

Tom Hanks, Barkhad Abdi, Mahat M. Ali, Barkhad Abdirahman ...

7.0

46,576

Drama. Thriller Captain Phillips is a multi-layered examination of the 2009 hijacking of the U.S. container ship Maersk Alabama by a crew of Somali pirates. It is - through director Paul Greengrass's distinctive lens - simultaneously a pulse-pounding thriller, and a complex portrait of the myriad effects of globalization. The film focuses on the relationship between the Alabama's commanding officer, Captain Richard Phillips (Tom Hanks), and the Somali ... [+]

	Author	Review
United States	Todd McCarthy The Hollywood Reporter	"Paul Greengrass and Tom Hanks team up for a pulsating account of the kidnapping of the captain of an American cargo ship by Somali pirates."	POS
United States	Scott Foundas Variety	"The result is a kinetic docudrama that always impresses without ever connecting emotionally in quite the same way as the helmer’s prior 'Bloody Sunday' and 'United 93'."	POS
United States	Eric Kohn IndieWire	"Even while proficiently made, the movie fails to go beyond the call of duty, mainly fueling the same cocktail chatter the events have already inspired."	NEU
United Kingdom	Mark Adams Screendaily	"An enthralling and beautifully made action-drama driven by an absorbing lead performance from Tom Hanks."	POS
United States	Lou Lumenick New York Post	"It falls to Hanks and his movie-star presence to anchor this ambitious enterprise, and he does some of his most impressive acting without saying a word. (...) Rating: ★★★★ (out of four)"	POS
United States	Manohla Dargis The New York Times	"'Captain Phillips', a movie that insistently closes the distance between us and them, has a vital moral immediacy."	POS
United States	Claudia Puig USA Today	"Ambitious, taut and captivating thriller. (...) Rating: ★★★½ (out of four)"	POS
United States	Michael Phillips Chicago Tribune	"It is (...) just about perfect in its wrenching emotion, expressed by an actor clearly up to the challenge of acting in a Paul Greengrass docudrama. (...) Rating: ★★★ (ou of four)"	POS
United Kingdom	Dan Jolin Empire	"Sea Trek: Into Darkness. (...) Both Greengrass and Hanks are on award-deserving form in a riveting, emotionally complex and hugely intelligent dramatisation of a real-life ordeal. Rating: ★★★★★ (out of five)"	POS

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