Synopsis
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.
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Cast
- Tom HanksCaptain Richard Phillips
- Barkhad AbdiMuse
- Barkhad AbdirahmanBilal
- Faysal AhmedNajee
- Mahat M. AliElmi
- Michael ChernusShane Murphy
- David WarshofskyMike Perry
- Corey JohnsonKen Quinn
- Chris MulkeyJohn Cronan
- Yul VazquezCaptain Frank Castellano
- 100
The Playlist
It’s a breathlessly told movie; both meticulous and frenetic, sweat-soaked and methodical. It will take hold and won’t let you go, and it’s one of the most engaging movies of the year. - 100
New York Daily News
The most gripping based-on-fact film so far this year. - 100
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. - 89
Film.com
While this is arguably Greengrass’ best film, it’s almost certainly his most urgent. - 80
The Hollywood Reporter
The film rips right along and never relinquishes its grip. - 80
The Telegraph
Captain Phillips is a triumph of solid, professional and sometimes inspired film crafts, deserving of all the plaudits that come its way. - 75
IndieWire
It's hard to imagine Captain Phillips in the hands of any other filmmaker -- and Captain Phillips in the hands of Greengrass looks exactly like anyone familiar with his work would expect. It does justice to the material even while playing too conscientiously by the book. - 70
New York Magazine (Vulture)
It’s when the Somalis spirit Phillips away in a closed lifeboat that Captain Phillips becomes a great thriller, in part because Barry Ackroyd’s camera is stuck inside with the characters and its jitters finally seem earned.