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Captain Phillips
Directed by
Paul Greengrass
PG-13
2013
2h 14m
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7.8
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The true story of Captain Richard Phillips and the 2009 hijacking by Somali pirates of the U.S.-flagged MV Maersk Alabama, the first American cargo ship to be hijacked in two hundred years.
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Cast of Captain Phillips
Tom Hanks
Captain Richard Phillips
Barkhad Abdi
Muse
Barkhad Abdirahman
Bilal
Faysal Ahmed
Najee
Mahat M. Ali
Elmi
Michael Chernus
Shane Murphy
David Warshofsky
Mike Perry
Corey Johnson
Ken Quinn
Chris Mulkey
John Cronan
Yul Vazquez
Captain Frank Castellano
Max Martini
SEAL Commander
Catherine Keener
Andrea Phillips
Omar Berdouni
Nemo
Mohamed Ali
Asad
Issak Farah Samatar
Hufan
Thomas Grube
Maersk Alabama Crew
Mark Holden
Maersk Alabama Crew
San Shella
Maersk Alabama Crew
Terence Anderson
Maersk Alabama Crew
Marc Anwar
Maersk Alabama Crew
Captain Phillips Ratings & Reviews
ARTINFO.com
J. Hoberman
The Navy SEALS procedural is a bit of a jumble even as it comfortingly demonstrates American competence in the face of a standoff. Still, it's the captain's passion that gives the movie its emotional intensity.
Reel Talk Online
Candice Frederick
... this high-stakes, visceral drama that allows the audience to experience the myriad emotions at the same time as the characters. It captures what is truly remarkable about the human spirit in times of peril.
Flavorwire
Jason Bailey
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.
Film Comment Magazine
Jonathan Romney
[W]e're carried along not just by the momentum of events, but by the precision with which they're depicted.
Grantland
Wesley Morris
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.
Dallas Morning News
Chris Vognar
We're in the steady hands of Paul Greengrass, a director fully aware that convincing crisis stories involve conflicting interests and passions.
thelmadams.com
Thelma Adams
While "Captain Phillips," to its credit, honors the pirates with more back-story, and they evolve as characters ...the end still lands squarely in a Hollywood space.
Alt Film Guide
Tim Cogshell
Mostly adapted from the Captain's memoir Captain Phillips is conversely taut and slack; culturally savvy and naive; politically astute and manipulative; emotionally sincere and embarrassingly overwrought.
ChristyLemire.com
Christy Lemire
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.
leonardmaltin.com
Leonard Maltin
Director Paul Greengrass and cinematographer Barry Ackroyd create a vivid, insider's look at life at sea and how a crew of twenty did their best to elude their would-be captors.
The Atlantic
Christopher Orr
Whether or not you find it an inadvertent parable of the political moment (I do), Captain Phillips is a terrific film.
Rolling Stone
Peter Travers
This is acting of the highest order in a movie that raises the bar on what a true-life action thriller can do.
Christian Science Monitor
Peter Rainer
It's some of the most powerful acting Hanks has ever done.
RogerEbert.com
Susan Wloszczyna
For those whose idea of a pirate is Capt. Jack Sparrow - or Long John Silver, for that matter - this real-life account will be a rude awakening as to what constitutes a 21st-century model.
Detroit News
Tom Long
This is one of the year's best movies and it features Tom Hanks' strongest work in more than a decade. But it's a live wire, time bomb of a film that, when it finally releases, leaves your nerves scrambled.
Denver Post
Lisa Kennedy
Captain Phillips puts names and faces to its tale of economic clashes. That's why Hanks' and Abdi's performances are so anchoring. Their characters face off, negotiate, cajole each other not as archetypes but as humans.
Austin Chronicle
Marjorie Baumgarten
Captain Phillips ventures out to high seas and takes the audience along for a tense, claustrophobic ride.
The New Republic
Ryan Kearney
The drug-addled camera and ominous music might seem excessive in Phillips' home office, but like a noisy refrigerator or odd smell, the body learns to ignore what's jarring at first.
USA Today
Claudia Puig
Hanks deftly captures Phillips' blend of bravery, heroism and abject terror in a wonderfully minimalist performance, one of his best.
Movie Mom
Nell Minow
Muse is the scariest of villains, someone with no other options and nothing to lose.
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Captain Phillips
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Captain Phillips (Trailer 1)
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Barkhad Abdi On Playing Muse
Barkhad Abdi On Playing Muse
Behind the Scenes
Tom Hanks On The Film's Tone
Tom Hanks On The Film's Tone
Behind the Scenes
Faysal Ahmed On Somali Pirates
Faysal Ahmed On Somali Pirates
Behind the Scenes
Paul Greengrass On The Story Of The Film
Paul Greengrass On The Story Of The Film
Behind the Scenes
Tom Hanks On Meeting The Pirates For The First Time
Tom Hanks On Meeting The Pirates For The First Time
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Pirate Attack
Pirate Attack
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They're Not Here To Fish
They're Not Here To Fish
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Pirates Escape On Lifeboat
Pirates Escape On Lifeboat
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Captain Phillips Instructs Crew To Hide From Pirates
Captain Phillips Instructs Crew To Hide From Pirates
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Captain Phllips: The Pirates Take The Maersk Alabama
Captain Phllips: The Pirates Take The Maersk Alabama
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