Review of Sully (2016) by Akshaysk — 09 Sep 2016

Sully is a good movie. Tom Hanks and Clint Eastwood have done a really good job, and the non-linear structure makes it a worthwhile watch. I'm sure this movie will be in the running for multiple gongs during awards season. Aaron Eckhart has performed his role well, too. I can't say for one moment that I didn't feel like watching the movie throughout, it kept me immersed (no pun intended).

However, I have a few complaints.

(**Slight spoilers ahead**).

Firstly, I think opportunities for character development were cut or otherwise lost. Sully's experience with the military, his struggles at home and his 'hallucinations' could all have been expanded upon, to give us a greater insight into his character.

While we do sympathize with and root for him, his character is a paddling pool when it should have been an ocean.

Also, I think the NTSB is unnecessarily demonized. They are only doing their job, after all, which is to check all angles of the story to properly investigate it. The film is somewhat short in length.

Despite all these petty niggles, I think Sully is a worthwhile watch and a biographical film done right.