When a plane suddenly loses power after takeoff, the pilot follows his own judgment instead of established procedure and saves the lives of all on board — but he is besieged by skeptical investigators, and his own self-doubt. Based on a true story. [ Sully credits: Dir: Clint Eastwood/ Tom Hanks, Aaron Eckhart, Laura Linney/ 96 min/ Biography, Drama/ Individualism]
External Reviews of Sully
“Depicting one man’s competence and confidence with psychological depth, director Clint Eastwood made another little character masterpiece with Sully, starring Tom Hanks as Captain Chesley Sullenberger…Mr. Eastwood puts a 21st century hero in a clarifying and rational context.”
–New Romanticist
“The extraordinary actions of an extraordinary man, not a supernatural whim, saved that plane.”
–Washington Post
“The real drama lasted less than ten minutes. Yet still the film unfolds like a thriller, and a grippingly good one.”
–Daily Mail
“The director’s latest film eschews his typically epic cinematic themes to revel in an everyday miracle: being good at one’s job.”
–The Atlantic
“In depicting government investigators as petty and clueless, the Hudson plane crash film trumpets a libertarian worldview at the expense of passenger safety.”
–The Guardian
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