Captain Phillips (Starring Tom Hanks) Movie Review

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Captain Phillips starring Tom Hanks, Catherine Keener, and Corey Johnson is reviewed by Ben Mankiewicz (host of Turner Classic Movies), Alonso Duralde (TheWrap.com and Linoleum Knife podcast) and Christy Lemire (ChristyLemire.com).
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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 (two time Academy Award (R)-winner Tom Hanks), and the Somali pirate captain, Muse (Barkhad Abdi), who takes him hostage. Phillips and Muse are set on an unstoppable collision course when Muse and his crew target Phillips' unarmed ship; in the ensuing standoff, 145 miles off the Somali coast, both men will find themselves at the mercy of forces beyond their control. The film is directed by Academy Award (R) nominee Paul Greengrass, from a screenplay by Billy Ray based upon the book, A Captain's Duty: Somali Pirates, Navy SEALs, and Dangerous Days at Sea, by Richard Phillips with Stephan Talty. The film is produced by Scott Rudin, Dana Brunetti, and Michael De Luca.(c) Sony
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@mgeek1 10 лет назад

Hanks' final scene in the movie, where he struggles to utter a few words to the doctor just moved me to tears. He is a fantastic actor.

@steveoliverc 10 лет назад

The pirates were not de-humanized in this movie, so I guess I completely disagree with the point made by Duralde. In fact, I think this movie did a wonderful job in this regard especially for the pirate captain. This would have been a simple docu-drama without the interplay between him and Captain Phillips.

@mikenoname15 10 лет назад

I agree with you. I actually felt sympathy for the head pirate (played by Abdi) and the other pirate who stepped on glass. I was hoping that they wouldn't kill any of the pirates (besides the violent one). It was almost as if I could feel that the pirates were just as scared as Phillips during the rescue scene. When Muse (Abdi) said, "When will the elders be here?" in a childish tone, I could immediately sense fear in his voice. It was a truly amazing way of portraying the pirates, in my opinion at least.

@Snailbarf 8 лет назад

let's just say I would rather watch this portrayal of Somalians than that of "Black Hawk Down" where they're all running down the streets like locusts. That was dehumanizing, yet many people would prefer that film. I've worked with a few Somalians and there's not much to them from my experience, so this portrayal seems believable to me. Very primitive, yet something still ticking under there. Very good movie.

@jarenc2048 9 лет назад

I felt bad in the end when he's talking to the nurse and breaks down. :(

@Grant547 10 лет назад

6.8 bullshit!!!

@queenofallsaintsbasilica 10 лет назад

The opening scene is very key if you are conscious of Greengrass' past film. On the whole, "Captain Phillips" picks up where "Green Zone" left off in the failure of dialogue between two different cultures - but if you take into consideration "United 93", then the opening scene fits. But for anyone just walking into this film, it does come off as an obvious calm before the storm.

@Klaus141986 10 лет назад

Politics aside, this is a great film, a tense, gripping thriller, with great acting by the two leads (Hanks and Abdi) Maybe the best part of the film is the first one, but the last 30 minutes are filled with great tension that is almost unbearable to watch but one can't look away. 8.5/10

@ThemowofChow 10 лет назад

After seeing Mark Kermode review this, it constantly strikes me as to how clueless What The Flick really are.

@PhilipPetrunak 10 лет назад

I'd be depressed about it, but the fact that you and I can recognize such things is much more uplifting to me. We live in society where we are growing closer, and learning more about how people all around the world are just people. Not heroes and gods or villains and devils. The fact that you and I, and an increasing number of regular, average people understand this is a grand, beautiful, and astounding thing.

@bobsy852 10 лет назад

THIS FILM IS AWESOME!!!

@Just_Brigood 10 лет назад

I understand what Alanso's saying especially when you take into account that the lead Pirate was only 5'2 and 18 years old at the time

@Fleshy91 10 лет назад

Why wouldn't Maersk hire a small crew of armed security if they were going to take such an unpredictable route? Such a small expense would have dramatically changed the scenario. I'm talking 7-8 guys with 9mm pistols working 3-4 days. The shipping company should explain why they didn't find it necessary to hire armed security in a zone with confirmed presence of armed pirates.

@mikkelmowinckel2821 10 лет назад

Because it is generally deemed inadvisable for a number of good reasons. The IMO circular MSC.1-Circ.1334.pdf sums it up pretty well.

@moviedude22 10 лет назад

I seriously respect Alonzo as film critc his points can't be disputed

@TheUSDictatorship 10 лет назад

Yes.

@galwguitar87 10 лет назад

I completely agree!! I just watched it a few hours ago and it was way better than I expected. I was holding my breath the whole time!!

@PhantasmagoricSplend 9 лет назад

This movie was nerve wracking! It was still a great movie. Kept me on the edge of my seat. These guys hate a lot of good movies.

@roloug95 10 лет назад

explain that description

@EntropyAcolyte 10 лет назад

My favorite moment in the film was when the pirate asked the Navy guys if they shot his friend. That scene made me almost cry.

@basquat76 10 лет назад

I've seen the Danish which was fantastic. Mainly because it was so realistic, and i definetly recommend it

@iluvutube22222 10 лет назад

Overall great film, first half is gripping-your-seat filled tension while the 2nd half for me drags significantly at times and not as good as the 1st half but still good. Easily recommend this movie and Tom Hanks proves to us yet once again that he is one of the greatest actors of all time (imo). 7.5/10

@VitalVampyr 10 лет назад

An abstract object which transports some idea to other places. The idea being Tom Hanks and the other places being the public consciousness.

@PhilipPetrunak 10 лет назад

It's astounding how often that is the case, isn't it?

@Fleshy91 10 лет назад

The pdf only contains guidelines for shipping companies to use when considering the use of private armed security. Hiring armed SEC. is a win-win situation for shipping companies as the likelihood of their crews, cargo, and vessels reach the port safely and insurance premiums decrease. Armed Maritime Security firms undergo a rigorous set of training courses involving the judicious use of deadly force in international waters and the best firms recruit their personnel from military special forces.

@mgeek1 10 лет назад

Thanks for the advice, and for the "pass." That's generous of you. But I responded to exactly what you wrote, and more importantly what you implied. Next time, try re-reading your own statements so that unintended inferences won't be made by someone reading what you've written. Thanks and be well.

@mikecarinum3032 10 лет назад

After watching the documentary "Loose change" the flight 93 movie kind of felt like a bummer.

@Perverso120 10 лет назад

What does "vehicle" mean in the context that they are refering to here?!

@bradleybindle6428 10 лет назад

This movie was great, plus Tom hanks sounds like mayor Quimby in it

@roloug95 10 лет назад

true that, he's pretty much the only critic who knows what he's talking about these days

@mikecarinum3032 10 лет назад

United 93 was a great movie?

@PurushaDesa 10 лет назад

A Paul Greengrass film - 6.8?! She's fucking crazy!

@kokay8140 10 лет назад

I was so sad in the end when they didnt do a fight

@MovieGuy808 10 лет назад

Do I not watch the news? Wouldn't this have happened, like, years ago? So i guess the answer is yes .. . I do not remember seeing this in the news YEARS AGO, ya got me.

@OngoingDiscovery 10 лет назад

I genuinly think the film would be more interesting and comple if they included that fact. A person who starts off as reckless and redeems himself through bravery in the face of terror. Otherwise its just another hero story

@eddiemaxblack 10 лет назад

I wonder if they go into why they did it.

@adan6318 10 лет назад

Good job Ben this movie is awesome!!

@jonnyblaise2504 10 лет назад

i want to see the boat movie

@DNYLNY 10 лет назад

I love bens hair

@KnowItNation 10 лет назад

isnt that first guy from breaking bad.

@dimitrigoryenko2901 9 лет назад

What does Alonso know? I think they humanized them well enough. I was rooting for them the whole way.

@turo9992000 10 лет назад

I remember that the navy seals double tapped the pirates.

@Organized82 10 лет назад

Yeah, rating a film on its actual content and execution rather than the name of the director is just SO crazy.

@RaGexMayhem 10 лет назад

I saw it today it was cool

@zio2000 10 лет назад

Somalis can be anything you name it! - Good job! my fellow Somali-American.

@DarthSmee 10 лет назад

Any actual relevance in the review begins at 02:51

@Azwel 10 лет назад

man who does the closed caption on these? . its totally all over the place.

@heyhey89674 10 лет назад

They forgot to mention the danish movie about this wich is probably better that actually does justice to the pirates.

@casskim 10 лет назад

How can he be wrong about his PERSONAL opinion.

@Randall15boys 10 лет назад

Just so everyone knows, this movie is way better than they make it out to be. It's a must see!

@PolyphonicPress 10 лет назад

All bets are off on spoiler alerts for movies that are true stories. Even if you've never heard the story. And how could not have heard about this story, do you not watch the news?

@CokeFizzPop 10 лет назад

Except they both agreed with Alonso's point, and Christy not only had other negative things to say about the film, but also gave it a lower score than him.

@kbros9698 10 лет назад

It's their opinions and they aren't supposed to please you.

@aliforoughi92 7 лет назад

one of the few instances where I disagree with Alonso. I think Greengrass did a very good job in humanizing them. I wasn't overjoyed with a sense of relief when they were all shot, I was actually sad for all of them and pitied them. If that's not humanizing then I don't know that is.

@TheLivewire18 10 лет назад

ATTENTION I don't know if it counts as a spoiler because it's a true story, but just in case you don't want to know what happens. SPOILER ALERT.

@F1FAG4m1ng 10 лет назад

Yes they do, are you serious? Maybe not so much killing, but many are tortured and left with serious trauma. There are stories of hostages who are murdered or starved to death by Somali pirates. Btw, this movie was simply outstanding. It made you have feeling for both sides (Phillips and pirates). It was also so accurate to what actually happened, unlike many 'true stories'.

@rompopo09 10 лет назад

This movie was awesome. So.much respect for the navy seals.

@johnkfitzpatrick63 10 лет назад

I like the show, superior chemisterium, Dr. Ben. Good luck, TYT.

@slimjim4435 10 лет назад

Great review, but next time Ben cut it with the Starbucks product placement. :)

@zannteo 10 лет назад

This movie is a 10.

@MovieGuy808 10 лет назад

I didn't know there was a book, and that Capt. philips lives, thanks for ruining the movie.

@msdrakegx 10 лет назад

What I don't understand is why they had to call it Captain Phillips. If they just wanted to make a loose adaptation (which they did), they could have easily have created a fictional character and said the movie is loosely based off of real pirate raids. Oh well, Hollywood is just obsessed with making movies based off of "real events"

@Huselorten 10 лет назад

Who in the name of god texted this thing?

@Cardbreaker599 10 лет назад

It's Awesome!

@mgeek1 10 лет назад

Are you serious?

@JozieLeePro 10 лет назад

Just can't get excited about this one.

@TreeOfThe 10 лет назад

That is not a documentary. Its just redarded.

@csjcsj2906 9 лет назад

...but Hanks didn't get an Oscar nomination...

@KingVikram 10 лет назад

Actually, I would like to clarify a bit. The way western people just subconsciously try to avoid spelling out any actors name just because it is from a different country and race is not acceptable. People's names are their identities. If you can't remember their names then write it down on piece of paper. It's not so difficult than swiping your phone every other second. Tom Hanks won't be so popularly known if he was called an "actor playing the Captains role" in the review here and elsewhere.

@justinjaeger1554 10 лет назад

I'm getting tired of these critics' low ratings. Captain Philips has an 8.6 overall average rating for critics on RT. These critics consistently give lower ratings to movies than what most people believe they deserve.

@MovieGuy808 10 лет назад

Usually this channel avoids spoilers, or gives fair warning if they do, this time they don't, SPOILERS!!!

@pvtpain66k 10 лет назад

"These aren't pirates, it's just a bunch of black people." ~ Cartman

@kokofan50 10 лет назад

You mean a Danish movie, not Denmark?

@skeliskull 10 лет назад

I dont like their scoring system at all. Is it really necessary to hold back 2 decimals from a 9 or a 7? No there isnt. Give whole number scores its much better.

@65g4 10 лет назад

look forward to this btw Christy is hot

@fredguy2 10 лет назад

It's so sad how fucked up Somalia is. They make a AAA budget Documentary on Somalia chronicling the last 20 years or so. But instead People would rather see a doc about killer whales or animals and understandably so this is a very depressing topic to go indepth with But it should happen.

@Gaugzilla 10 лет назад

I don't think they make Phillips look like a superhero. He's very far from that in this. And I don't think they made the pirates super villains either.

@TrueXyrael 10 лет назад

So your original argument suggests that Tom Hanks should have surrendered himself to pirates? According to Reuters, 62 people have died in pirate custody, with 25 of those attributed to murder, the rest due to malnutrition.Surrendering doesn't guarantee safety. Instead, he chooses to resist, because the odds of a small skiff boarding his ship was highly unlikely. Surrendering with small odds of being captured would be idiotic and he would surely have lost his job, but you didn't engage that idea

@gameandmoviefatman9609 10 лет назад

I understand what you're saying, but that's pretty ridiculous to say he shouldn't have signed on to this role because of that. Amazing actors can play as anybody, idiots, bad guys, good guys, horrible people, nice people, you name it. For instance- Leonardo DiCaprio played as an evil slave owner in the movie Django Unchained.

@NicolasTylerDoyle 10 лет назад

i remember when fucking SNL made a funny skit about the actual event. it was cool. it was actually mediocre. arent people in Phoenix, Phoenicians ?

@fluffyfuzzbox 10 лет назад

fuckin ay!

@ezekielthemack 10 лет назад

Tom hanks once of the greatest actors of his generation Ben???? Movie star maybe, but Tom Hanks never was and never will be a great actor, albeit I think he's a very affable man and more of a movie start than an bonafide actor.

@stanman8334 10 лет назад

Have you seen Captain Phillips? Or any of Tom Hanks's other movies for that matter?

@justinzarian4608 10 лет назад

If you look at the variety of roles Tom Hanks has played and has played very well, it is abundantly clear he is one of our greatest actors. From Big to Philadelphia to Forrest Gump to Apollo 13 to Toy Story to Saving Private Ryan to The Green Mile to Cast Away to Road to Perdition to Captain Phillips and so much more...yeah, I think I'm making my point. For having so many distinguishable qualities, he has such a range and inherent skill for inhabiting characters that is so rare for many actors to accomplish. So yeah, I respectfully but ardently disagree with you ezekielthemack

@moviedude22 10 лет назад

err uhh -- tom hanks doing his best john f kennedy through out ...

@sirdan11 10 лет назад

Hey Christy, thank you very much for ruining this movie for me. Not everyone knows this was based on a novel. Thanks for ruining all tension in the movie for me. Thank you very much.

@929myohmy 10 лет назад

Am I the only one who thought the movie was lame? It should have been aired on TV, it definitely had a made-for-TV feel.

@caliyaanamaxamed9271 10 лет назад

im sure somalian are heros 100%100

@SharpWanker 10 лет назад

It seems that no director has enough creativity to create something completely original. These movies take the whole art imitating life too far.

@PRIVATEAYEIEYE 10 лет назад

I'd love to see a good old fashioned dispassionate documentary of this subject. Too bad that seems to be a lost art at the cable channels that used to do that type of work. As it is I'll skip this instance of Western Civilization dramatically slapping itself on the back. I've been watching this kind of manly propaganda since the 60s when soldiers and cowboys were all over TV, and I've lost the ability to ignore how obviously my emotional chains are being yanked. ET fine, Shindler's List no.

@UKgamer87 10 лет назад

What's with this massive trend in "america is the victim" movies

@mousehead2000 10 лет назад

Message of this film? don't f**k with the US Navy...

@mgeek1 10 лет назад

So, Tom Hanks should only "sign on" to roles where the character is unflappable, unquestionable and perfect?

@KingVikram 10 лет назад

There is no excuse for not knowing the names of the actors playing the pirates in this movie. I know they are black, brown etc. but they still are actors and this fucking movie is about pirates taking over a ship. It's not just a Tom Hanks movie. Please respect actors of every race by at least learning how to spell out their names for your audience.

@Stablemable2 10 лет назад

Adding all the superhero white-male films out there I really get annoyed at films with a group of black guys representing doing bad things. Alonso points out something important the dehumanized depiction.

@PinkoJack 10 лет назад

Calm down dude, those actors are not well known, particularly to western audiences. And yes it is a tom hanks movie. He is the only recognizable actor aside from keener.

@mousehead2000 10 лет назад

Well, they are human, aren't they?????

@KingVikram 10 лет назад

I guess these non-white pirate actors should just be delighted knowing that no one knows how to pronounce their names. Serves them right for not being white and anglicized in the way proper humans are. I don't envy their task of trying to get famous in a business where no one wants to pronounce their names.

@Mr86martinez 10 лет назад

Richard Roeper (THE BEST MOVIE REVIEWER EVER) gave this movie an A+, but of course the always cynical loser of Alonso Duralde has to find some bullshit dumb detail to dislike a movie. Ben and Christy should do the reviews alone!

@ktownva 10 лет назад

The woman critic's snarky comments about eye patches etc. didn't work for me. If she were younger and a guy it would have been funny and cute. But she seems like a condescending old dbag. I also don't see a stove or anything resembling a kitchen near her.

@kapado690 10 лет назад

Ugh this lady..."it's not a spoiler !!" Not all of us read the book. K hate this snobby chick and her purple turtle neck. Unlocking the video but I'm still going to watch it...But I'm mad.