Based on a real life story, the movie explores the memoir book of captain Richard Phillips and Stephan Talty.
8 September 1938, The Gambia
20 July 1979, Tangier, Morocco
8 August 1977, Rocky River, Ohio, USA
10 April 1985, Mogadishu, Somalia
15 June 1994, Nairobi, Kenya
29 May 1965, Liverpool, Lancashire, England, UK
6 October 1978, Alexandria, Virginia, USA
14 December 1981, Oakland, California, USA
24 February 1969, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
February 28, 2017
If, at the beginning, Hanks seems suitably cast as yet another ordinary guy thrown into extraordinary circumstances, by the end, it's become an emotionally riveting performance.
October 14, 2013
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.
October 11, 2013
Whether or not you find it an inadvertent parable of the political moment (I do), Captain Phillips is a terrific film.
December 10, 2013
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.
October 11, 2013
It's the work of Tom Hanks that makes this film unforgettable.
June 19, 2016
It seems strange to say that an actor as awarded and acclaimed as Tom Hanks is still capable of surprising us. But he does in 'Captain Phillips,' which is one of the best films of the year.
June 08, 2016
It's a brilliantly accomplished hostage drama -- claustrophobic and breathlessly paced -- and Greengrass' commanding piloting of a Hollywood juggernaut can blind you to the film's faults.
June 23, 2016
Captain Phillips may be a thinly scoped story with tried-and-true themes, but the acting turns it into a surprisingly captivating story of heroism.
July 14, 2016
A gripping action-thriller, one that hews closely to the events as they occurred, and offers a glimpse into the fight for survival endured by all parties to the crime.
April 18, 2016
Great movies nearly always involve a director's galvanizing vision and an actor's willingness to let character drive performance. Captain Phillips is a great movie.
December 09, 2013
We're in the steady hands of Paul Greengrass, a director fully aware that convincing crisis stories involve conflicting interests and passions.
October 11, 2013
This is acting of the highest order in a movie that raises the bar on what a true-life action thriller can do.
