Synopsis
A father living in the forests of the Pacific Northwest with his six young kids tries to assimilate back into society.
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Cast
- Viggo MortensenBen Cash
- George MacKayBodevan Cash
- Samantha IslerKielyr Cash
- Annalise BassoVespyr Cash
- Nicholas HamiltonRellian Cash
- Shree CrooksZaja Cash
- Charlie ShotwellNai Cash
- Trin MillerLeslie Abigail Cash
- Frank LangellaJack Bertrang
- Ann DowdAbigail Bertrang
Recommendations
- 90
TheWrap
The movie really belongs to Mortensen, who allows Ben to be exasperating, arrogant and impatient but also warm, loving and caring. He’s a tough but adoring father, a grieving widower and an angry defender of his wife’s final wishes, and Mortensen plays all these notes and more with subtlety and grace. - 88
Observer
Despite a frustrating fizzle of a finale, it’s a movie that enthralls the senses and engages the mind for two hours, proving no movie is too long when you’re having fun. - 88
New York Post
Captain Fantastic isn’t only one of the year’s best movies, but one of the best cast and best acted, right down to the smaller roles. - 83
The Film Stage
Though the film struggles to wrap up the proceedings in an overlong final act, it thankfully stays true to its characters by not oversimplifying a complicated subject. - 80
Variety
Ross doesn’t run from the resulting sentimentality the way so many other directors do; nor does he undercut it with irony or sarcasm as has become the regrettable tendency in independent cinema. - 80
New York Daily News
Gorgeously photographed, and as loosey-goosey as its hero, Captain Fantastic takes some unexpected turns. Is Ben eccentric or irresponsible? Is he raising free-thinking iconoclasts — or training a new generation of Unabombers? - 58
The A.V. Club
To those outside his bubble, it can look at best like a form of child abuse, at worse like a cult: the nuclear family as survivalist militia. - 50
The Hollywood Reporter
Especially refreshing, even radical, is its sympathy for characters who read for pleasure and value rigorous thought. Unfortunately, by the end, it’s gone as mushy and ragged as a homespun hemp blanket.
