Fresh
Over and over in this movie we hear variations on the phrase "everything's going to be OK." It's just impossible to head out of the theater and back into the wider world believing that's actually true.
Wesley Morris, Grantland
Captain Phillips
Out here survival is everything.
2013 · 2h 14m · PG-13
Action, Drama, Thriller
Directed by
Paul Greengrass
Overview
The true story of Captain Richard Phillips and the 2009 hijacking by Somali pirates of the US-flagged MV Maersk Alabama, the first American cargo ship to be hijacked in two hundred years.
Director and cast
- Paul Greengrass Director
- Tom Hanks as Captain Richard Phillips
- Barkhad Abdi as Muse
- Barkhad Abdirahman as Bilal
- Faysal Ahmed as Najee
- Mahat M. Ali as Elmi
- Michael Chernus as Shane Murphy
- David Warshofsky as Mike Perry
- Corey Johnson as Ken Quinn
- John Magaro as Dan Phillips
- Chris Mulkey as John Cronan
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
93%
Tomatometer
Fresh
We're in the steady hands of Paul Greengrass, a director fully aware that convincing crisis stories involve conflicting interests and passions.
Chris Vognar, Dallas Morning News
Fresh
The entire performance is one of the greatest in Hanks' prolific, varied career - a role that gives him a massive arc and the opportunity to show great range.
Christy Lemire, ChristyLemire.com
Fresh
Whether or not you find it an inadvertent parable of the political moment (I do), Captain Phillips is a terrific film.
Christopher Orr, The Atlantic
Fresh
It's the work of Tom Hanks that makes this film unforgettable.
Richard Roeper, Richard Roeper.com
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