Review of Captain Phillips (2013) by Mark B — 28 Jan 2015

One of the best movies I've seen in a long time. Highly recommended.

This review of Captain Phillips (2013) was written by Mark B on 28 Jan 2015.

Captain Phillips has generally received very positive reviews.

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By Erik Anderson (42) for AwardsWatch (42) on 26 Aug 2018

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By Josh Terry (603) for Deseret News (Salt Lake City) (1) on 29 Nov 2017

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By Soheil W (186) on 05 Oct 2017

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By Renuka Vyavahare (150) for The Times of India (879) on 17 Nov 2017

The dialogues are profound; especially the ones exchanged between the Capt. and Muse, where the latter expresses his helplessness…

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This is well-directed and fairly compelling but ends up overlong and unrealistic in parts…

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By Pablo E (236) on 09 Sep 2017

Decent movie considering a lot of it is untrue and highly contravesal as to what happened. A little slow at part but pretty good…

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