Captain Phillips Reviews
KJ P
Super Reviewer
October 5, 2013
From it's great pacing to it's astonishing cast, "Captain Phillips" is the type of film that leaves nothing left to explain about this story. Tom Hanks gives one of the best performances of his entire career here and the newcomers (the pirates) are all fantastic and perfectly casted. This film is one of the more realistic films I have seen all year, because everything feels real when it needs to and the emotion is just jumping off the screen and making your heart race until it's final moments, which will leave you in tears. The shaky cam in this film does not bother me too much, since it is a Paul Greengrass feature and that is what he is best known for, and really the only thing that I had any issues with was the trailers giving away a bit too much of the film. Overall, it is one of the most impressive and well-executed films of 2013! Coming into Oscar season, it definitely deserves some nods.
JC
Super Reviewer
October 2, 2013
A rare case in which the movie is better than the book, though Phillips's take on his capture by the Somali pirates was in itself some pretty riveting stuff. Paul Greengrass, who should have won the Oscar for United 93, deftly directs the best drama of this year so far while Tom Hanks rediscovers his acting mojo. Super intense and very well acted. The cinematography and SFX added greatly to the whole experience. (10-2-13)
October 6, 2013
Much more than what the preview was. Yes, it's based on the true story that we already know. But the story moves long very well. Just when you start feeling sympathy for the Somalie pirates, the seals takes them out.
October 1, 2013
A superbly staged thriller from director Paul Greengrass. Hanks is just as great in his role as you'd imagine too, especially during of the the film's closing scenes.
October 6, 2013
Saw this in a sneak preview last night. Once the movie gets into high gear, it does not let you go. Paul Greengrass and Tom Hanks do not disappoint, and you'll find yourself in need of a drink to recover afterwards.
October 6, 2013
I'd love to see this,a real American Hero. We seldom see good movies about true and positive thoughts..I'd be honored to be able to,see this,
March 20, 2013
The parallels between Abdi's Muse and Hanks' Phillips are intriguing and the narrative is thrilling but the film unfortunately devolves into somewhat of a US Navy commercial at moments in its third act.
KJ P
Super Reviewer
October 5, 2013
From it's great pacing to it's astonishing cast, "Captain Phillips" is the type of film that leaves nothing left to explain about this story. Tom Hanks gives one of the best performances of his entire career here and the newcomers (the pirates) are all fantastic and perfectly casted. This film is one of the more realistic films I have seen all year, because everything feels real when it needs to and the emotion is just jumping off the screen and making your heart race until it's final moments, which will leave you in tears. The shaky cam in this film does not bother me too much, since it is a Paul Greengrass feature and that is what he is best known for, and really the only thing that I had any issues with was the trailers giving away a bit too much of the film. Overall, it is one of the most impressive and well-executed films of 2013! Coming into Oscar season, it definitely deserves some nods.
October 5, 2013
Tense, paced out really well & Tom Hanks gives another mesmerizing performance.
bchiasson6
October 5, 2013
Saw the sneak preview showing tonight. Well done; much like Zero-Dark Thirty. Unfortunately, because I remember the actual events as they unfolded on the news when it happened, their wasn't as much suspense as I would have liked. It was, however, an excellent dramatization of our Navy SEALS in action.
October 5, 2013
deserves an Oscar nod for best supporting actor in his portrayal of Muse, the Somali pirate in charge. I'd highly recommend this movie to anyone planning on going to see a movie next weekend.
Captain Phillips is an extremely strong start to the fall movie season. The movie starts out a little wobbly but quickly gains its sea legs. Tom Hanks is outstanding as a ship captain, in a true life story, who gets taken hostage by Somali pirates. Barkhad Abdi
deserves an Oscar nod for best supporting actor in his portrayal of Muse, the Somali pirate in charge. I'd highly recommend this movie to anyone planning on going to see a movie next weekend.
April 19, 2013
A truly electrifying piece of film making. Paul Greengrass and writer Billy Ray have given us a scary, intense, moving, emotional, and pulse pounding thrill ride of a film that also gives us truly brilliant work from both Tom Hanks and especially Barkhad Abdi. Thank you Paul you are totally not the worst.
October 5, 2013
Somalian pirate Muse becomes the captain of a ship to nowhere; he splits the waves and commands his captured vessel as long as he can before his inevitable defeat. Richard Phillips is our eyes and ears. It's quite bewildering -- the amount of perfectly-realized [albeit wonderfully subtle] lyricism that can permeate a standard film structure when its director is as talented as Paul Greengrass. You don't have to see it all, because Muse, Phillips and "Phillips" do function on so many levels, and the movie's interior design is just as compelling as it's impeccable exterior. Barkhad Abdi is a knockout and Hanks gives one of the best performances of his career; "Captain Phillips" -- a landmark marvel of tension, production design, and character introspection -- thrills AND thinks, never letting up in either respect.
October 5, 2013
I'm very skeptic of this film. I've seen a lot of trailers for it and I do have a few theories as to films involving so many trailers that constantly play do not turn out that well. It looks interesting but I'm still very Iffy on the idea of the film because just some of the movie looks too fake determined by the trailer. It's going to be interesting to see how this film does because as of now I'm not sure whether to put that I want to see it or that I am not interested in seeing it.
JC
Super Reviewer
October 2, 2013
A rare case in which the movie is better than the book, though Phillips's take on his capture by the Somali pirates was in itself some pretty riveting stuff. Paul Greengrass, who should have won the Oscar for United 93, deftly directs the best drama of this year so far while Tom Hanks rediscovers his acting mojo. Super intense and very well acted. The cinematography and SFX added greatly to the whole experience. (10-2-13)
October 3, 2013
Why too violent/stress provoking and.intense. If you like intensity, go for it. Tom was GREAT though.
October 3, 2013
Tom Hanks's best movie in years but not his best acting. The film is gripping and doesn't let up for the full 2 hours.
