Sully (2016)

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On January 15, 2009, the world witnessed the "Miracle on the Hudson" when Captain "Sully" Sullenberger (Tom Hanks) glided his disabled plane onto the frigid waters of the Hudson River, saving the lives of all 155 aboard. However, even as Sully was being heralded by the public and the media for his unprecedented feat of aviation skill, an investigation was unfolding that threatened to destroy his reputation and his career. (imdb)

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Directed By: Clint Eastwood

Written By: Todd Komarnicki

Starring: Tom Hanks, Michael Rapaport, Laura Linney, Aaron Eckhart, Holt McCallany, Chris Bauer, Jamey Sheridan, Molly Hagan, Jeff Kober, Mike O'Malley, Valerie Mahaffey, Anna Gunn

Genres: Drama, Biography

Country: USA

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Sully belongs to 24 collections

1. Passed the Bechdel Test (collaborative: moderated by geohawk - 32 stars)

2. Based on true events (collaborative: moderated by iconogassed - 12 stars)

3. Films available in HD (collaborative: moderated by kubricksucks - 12 stars)

4. New York (collaborative: moderated by djross - 10 stars)

5. #1 at the US Box Office (collaborative: moderated by BeeDub - 10 stars)

6. Best by different standards (public: sesito71 - 6 stars)

7. Top 3000 movies with the most votes on IMDb (public: fanfic - 5 stars)

8. Plane crash (collaborative: moderated by djross - 3 stars)

9. 2000s (2000 to 2009) period film (collaborative: moderated by djross - 3 stars)

10. Old directors (70+) (collaborative: moderated by von krogh - 3 stars)

11. Director at least 80 years old (collaborative: moderated by djross - 3 stars)

12. Top 1000 movies with the most votes on IMDb (public: fanfic - 3 stars)

13. civil aviation (collaborative: moderated by livelove - 2 stars)

14. 89th Academy Awards Nominees (collaborative: moderated by SpeedlimiT - 2 stars)

15. 89th Academy Awards: Nominees (public: okayfrog - 2 stars)

16. Top 2000 movies with the most votes on IMDb (public: fanfic - 2 stars)

17. NBR Top 10 Films (collaborative: moderated by xacviant - 1 star)

18. 89th Academy Reminder List (2016) (collaborative: moderated by cowfrappe - 1 star)

19. 2016 Films to Watch (public: kendell - 1 star)

20. Tom Hanks (collaborative: moderated by lesharle)

21. HBO GO (excluding HBO productions) (collaborative: moderated by msa)

22. 3: Very Interesting (public: KasperL)

23. Curzon Ripon (public: mandy)

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Stars	User	Rating
8	BillyShears	65 _42nd
Get Jon Lovitz to play me: the guy not caring about this news story back in 2009.
7	DavidBlast	55 _50th
Technically it's 'Non-Issue - The Movie', but that guy 'Sully' saved a bunch of people, and job or not it's the nice thing to do. It's good that Hollywood Hanxed him - also the nice thing to do.
6	bowfinger	35 _27th
Feels like way too much drama was injected into this real-life story to make it Hollywood worthy. Also, much more than the miraculous story about survival, we're exposed to something interested in presenting a subtext gripped with paranoia (in a 9-11 discourse if that makes any sense, the release date supports this), as if the American way of life was threatened because of this crash landing. At one point, I thought Eastwood was going to hint that the birds might have had Al-Qaeda connections.
5	Luna6ix	69 _32nd
Serviceable true story about a week's news headline seven years prior. Eastwood is a far better director than most actors turned directors, but that's the only exceptional thing about this. I can't really say there could have been a better movie made out of this, but it turned out meh anyway.
5	wetwillies	85 _59th
Viewed September 10, 2016. This is the first movie that has made me tear up in a long, long time. I'm typically a pretty stoic, analytical film watcher (a bit of a Clint Eastwood type, actually), but something about this film's straightforward and old-fashioned honesty broke me down - "No one is going to die today." It's the kind of brilliant movie that is nominally about one person and one event, but grows to something far greater. It's an imperfect movie, but an easy one to like.
4	deaddilly	45 _10th
Grandpa Clint Eastwood: The master of making good-enough movies about uninteresting people in mildly interesting situations.
4	PluggedIN	60 _62nd
Eastwood's Sully is a deeply humanistic movie in the best possible way. It underlines what most of us already know intuitively: that as marvelous as the machines we've constructed may be, there's still a place for human instinct. For experience. For clear-headed judgment unalloyed by algorithms and protocol. For gut.(pluggedin.com)
4	jacobclark12	58 _44th
To be honest, I'm surprised Sully ended up as good as it is. The Miracle on the Hudson is such a small event that making a full-length movie seems tough; however, Eastwood somehow makes it work, even with this nonlinear telling. Hanks does a good job as the titular pilot, and Aaron Eckhart turns in a great performance as his first officer. The investigative team is given a slightly unfair treatment, which unfortunately makes the film a bit more cliched; however, on the whole Sully is a success.
3	recklessmess	55 _32nd
I'm like 100% certain that everybody in the world thinks this guy's a hero, and if there was any bureaucratic, red tape he had to go through, it was only procedural. It's like making a movie about the baseball team that dominates the regular season, then sweeps its way to a world series, and focus on the fact that they had problems with their ticket vendors. Or me with the fact that Rob Schneider exists.
3	Ofterdingen	74 _85th
The crash itself is repeated throughout the film like the main theme of a symphony. Tom Hanks keeps it all together and despite a few (obvious) flaws this is exceedingly well-made.
3	INDYATMN	90 _88th
Except for the plane crash scenes, the first 2/3 feels like a made-for-tv movie telling you very little you didn't already know & making you wonder What's the point? But the last 1/3 is both a brilliant illustration of the kind of bureaucratic, economic, & corporate thinking that expects humans to react to life & death scenarios like they were reading from a manual & a moving tribute to the irreplaceable power of decades of experience & the many uniformed heroes liberals judge from behind desks.
3	patman	72 _81st
A respectful and sympatethic portrayal of Sullenberger and the "Miracle on the Hudson". It's an honest, uncomplicated replication of what happened on that day and manages to be quite stirring thanks to the strong and warm performances from the lead actors.
3	Boxcars	4 _12th
Obnoxiously self-appreciating, and transparently pandering (an hour and fifteen minutes in until someone verbally references 9/11), 'Sully' relies on repetitious scenes and flashbacks to compensate for the fact that, as heroic as the real-life pilots were, there really isn't much of a story to tell here.
2	cagedwisdom	100 _90th
Really liked it. Tom Hanks could sell me anything, even Eastwoods as always very subpar special effects.
2	Ytadel	6 _70th
Even at less than 100 minutes it feels like a small story spread pretty thin, but Tom Hanks is good enough and the central plane crash sequences are staged impressively enough to make it worthwhile.
2	babamots	71 _57th
The action is fine, but Hanks has the only character with a displayed personality, and since they say right up front that everyone lives, all we're waiting to find out is "Did he make the 'right' decision, and how much trouble is he in?" We needed to see more people's fleshed-out perspectives ala "Apollo 13" (the traffic controller was good).
2	janus	75 _64th
One of the most unambiguously heroic figures of the century so far gets an understandably fawning commemoration. Could have been a little less on the nose at the end, but it's not really typical inspirational filmmaking. It's a simple story spread very thin; meandering and moody, with that mystical edge Eastwood excels at. Hanks is so commanding that had the film not taken such pains to "zoom out" it might have felt like an exercise in narcissism. Ends too abruptly.
2	moraesfelipe	85 _92nd
A film made with a giant sense of emotional precision by Clint. Not about a hero, but a worker. Nice follow-up to Hanks' presence in Bridge of Spies, in another Hawksian contemporary take on collective action and human bonding.
2	Stewball	90 _93rd
While this may not be Hank's most demanding role, I think it will certainly be one of his most memorable, along with "Forrest Gump" and "Saving Private Ryan". And Eastwood met the challenge of telling the truth of the story in an engaging way without loosing the audience in tedium or BS. And I was glad to see that serious attention was paid to aeronautical reality in a movie--for a change. For those interested in how well the movie does stick to the facts, re: the go to source for that, http://w [Full Review]
2	kgbelliveau	88 _73rd
Tom Hanks is once again delightful to watch, a man with enourmous talent continues to be brilliant and Sully is immediately that much better for it. Add in Clint Eastwood as the director and this is a tailor made film with a grounded central premise that will allow you to be both entertained and learn a few things too. It's an easy film to like as Sully is a lead worth rallying behind and an actor like Tom Hanks just accentuates that with ease.
2	d_r_e_s_	3 _65th
Pretty straight forward and solid tribute to a mordern hero without too much melodrama, honestly. Hanks and Eckhart delivers. Definitely not Eastwood's best, but hey, a fine film nonetheless. *Good
2	Velvet Crowe	40 _38th
There was hardly a story here to tell - often times much of the drama felt forced and slammed in without really going anywhere. They repeat scenes from the crash way too much and the whole film felt disjointed on the complications it wanted to talk about. The court scene at the end was intriguing and there were some good moments there, but the buildup to it was extremely dull and the movie ends awkwardly on a joke.
2	Matthew Parkinson (CineMarter)	30 _17th
When a movie lacks a story worth telling, a protagonist with any depth, any forward momentum whatsoever, a supporting cast that doesn't resemble a garden of pet rocks, and enough substance not to necessitate substantial filler, it isn't a good movie. It can be based on an inspirational and real feel-good event - one whose 200 seconds are faithfully recreated - and it still won't be a good movie. It tries to create drama from thin air, but doesn't have the imagination to create even a modicum. [Full Review]
2	hellboy76	68 _65th
Surprisingly effective considering the source material occurred insanely fast. It's due mostly to Hanks solid work and Eastwood's crisp direction of a sharp script.
2	thegreyfox	85 _85th
The mark of a good film is that you are still gripped by it, even if you know what happens. Sully is an undramatic dramatisation, and a pleasure to watch because of that. Understated, informative and enjoyable. Sure it could have branched out in various directions to explore different sub stories, but Sully keeps to the point, tells the story, and is 90 minutes of absolutely brilliant acting by Hanks. You can see behind his eyes the conflict between absolute conviction and self doubt. Masterful.
2	auhasarderik	8 _79th
Probably should have been a minor based on real events movie, but Eastwood lends it a touch and a feel, and you get a very good all-american success story movie. Uplifting.
2	Seethruskin	3 _25th
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2	loc42	35 _16th
We have once again a "Bridge of Spies" but this time with an Eastwood at the director seat. What makes this film really unbearable is the lack of enough substance which could create a tense and dramatically conflicting movie. Its so obvious that Sully is the perfect American father that no "constructed" obstacle can push us at the opposite belief. One positive aspect may be Eastwood's narration where he uses "memory" and remembrance surprisingly powerful and functional. A cliche moral tale.
2	antidood1	40 _8th
Disgustingly American. It's basically propaganda for the pilots, firefighters, policemen and ship captains involved in the situation depicted. A ridiculous amount of time is spent on flashbacks, only to show and glorify every single person there. I agree that these people did something good, but why should I give a crap? The movie should've answered my question by making the story engaging, the characters interesting, the tension palpable. Instead, we have a movie with zero urgency.
2	PUNQ	70 _96th
Very pleasant film all-round. Partly because it's based on such a miraculously happy disaster, and partly for the stellar performances of Tom Hanks and his co-pilot Aaron Eckhart. Sully (2016) is simply a feel-good movie from real life.
2	JaiGuy	80 _61st
I somehow got caught in the emotion of this no-nonsense, little frills movie. Another breath of fresh air compared to all the blockbusters that have to up the ante to dazzle you as much as possible.
2	Groovy_Souls	65 _47th
Sully can feel disjointed and strange due to its inability to tell a straight story, yet it still feels like average Oscar-bait. Hanks and Eckhart are perfectly cast, and Clint Eastwood, as usual, brings his A-game to the direction. There are just some serious script problems. This has me thinking Sully is a good contender for the acting Oscar categories, but I'd be surprised to see it anywhere near Best Picture.
2	mooper	85 _93rd
While the movie was pretty repetitive, I really enjoyed it and was gripped by the story until the very end.
2	Ippei	80 _86th
I'd heard all the criticism about it (repetitive sequences, the board portrayed as harsh bastards, etc.) and whilst they are valid, I think it's what makes this good. Hanks is terrific and I think it's one of Clint's more controlled films. We all know what happened and that he's a hero, but the fact that the film still makes you wonder keeps you engaged, and the triumph of human nature is always great to see.
2	ptravers2	7 _81st
Sully is clearly a personal film for Eastwood and Hanks, both at the top of their game. This is a great performance, nuanced and perfectly attuned to the qualities of a modest man of immodest skill.
1	Filligan	80 _42nd
Yeah, I can get behind this one. Even though Laura Linney literally spends every scene isolated on a phone, and there's a little too much repetition, Sully solidly depicts the consequences of the historic landing without any rah-rah patriotism or sentimentalism. Hanks is able to remind us he's an A-lister without any melodramatic Oscar reel moments. There's a profoundness in his eyes throughout the entire movie. You can see his mind working, fretting, and it's goddamn engrossing.
1	Kavu	65 _40th
Much less mediocre than expected. Hanks is obviously good and Eastwood directs with calm skill.
1	TheDiceman	55 _49th
Not bad.
1	cowfrappe	68 _53rd
A perfectly serviceable biopic with a heartbreaking central performance.
1	PeaceAnarchy	70 _26th
Hey, it's always good to see Tom Hanks do his thing, and while the NTSB scenes are badly executed regardless of accuracy the rest is suitably tense and the construction around Sully's mental state and reflections is interesting even if it's not done as well as it could be.
1	Bojangles	50 _38th
From shades of gray to black and white. Eighty or so minutes of clean cut, semi-complex pathos is wrapped up with a quick and hardy pat on the back. It limits the ceiling of greatness when the third act overtly tells its audience "that's it, case closed. You don't need to think about this ever again." Our preconceptions are confirmed. Trust the myths.
1	AFlickering	2 _18th
this intriguingly inert film presents a purgatorial space in which an auto-critical protagonist is squished between twin perceptions of heroism and villainy, but clint stacks the deck so that we're invited to scoff at the ridiculousness and disgracefulness of the libtarded latter but more or less support the conservative former, 'cept with the scope broadened to include an admirable collective of america's finest. more complexity and less propaganda pls.
1	msprague	65 _46th
Better than I expected. Hanks and Eckhart are as good as you would expect.
1	muutanet	64 _57th
Solid acting and directing but somehow this little story did not give a satisfactory in the end. That's it?
1	geohawk	85 _57th
Watchable on the merits of Hanks' performance. The bad CGI in Sully's visions of apocalyptic death are oddly appropriate, as are the scenes involving simulation - chances to revisit alternate possibilities for the crash. Unfortunately laden with weird bureaucrat bashing.
1	iconogassed	55 _32nd
In Eastwood's 4000th remake of SERGEANT YORK, the Germans are the National Transportation Safety Board. Things are getting weeeird. Really is one of the oddest recent "big" films. Punchy shameless strawman tone poem. The hatchet job is obvious from Gunn & O'Malley's first scene: for what they're trying to do, their approach makes no sense. You can hardly believe the thing's so simple-minded, yet the critique of simple-minded fealty to tech at the expense of lived experience is faithful and vital
1	Obdurate	70 _40th
I liked it more than I thought I would, considering I had no interest in seeing it. It went by surprisingly fast, Hanks was good and Eastwood shows once again that he's a great director. Not astonishing stuff here by any means, but it's emotional and interesting.
1	chemical404	46 _32nd
I didn't know Eastwood directed this until seeing his name on ending credits, but then it totally made sense. Oscar-baits is his bread-and-butter, and while this movie passes the time it's just too conventional and dull to stay in memory once it ends.
1	Beer94	66 _56th
Dramas based on real events can always be a bit tricky. Some events are dramatised, some to an annoying level (with the villainous investigation team - oh no) and it can all feel a bit heavy-handed, especially in the earlier scenes. However, if you take yourself away from this and immerse yourself in the story that's being told and Hanks' performance, it can still be a pretty thrilling ride. (See I can end my reviews on cheesy jokes too...)
1	Ocelot	60 _54th
Eastwood is very good at eliciting sympathy for ordinary men who are just doing their jobs. Coming from autobiographical material, the movie understands that Sully isn't a hero -- he's a man who trained for such an occasion and acted appropriately. but as he isn't a hero, he can't have an arch-nemesis, and forcing the NTSB into the role of antagonist in what is ultimately a story of self-reflection leads to an uneven story that feels overlong even at 90 minutes.
1	SirStuckey	80 _78th
When it's based on true events, I enjoy hero stories where the hero and filmmaker are reluctant to make him out to be some demigod of flawless virtue. In that sense Sully is a success. Captain Sullenberger is acted and filmed with a grace that bucks the trend of how I've come to expect American hero stories in this day and age. Even the emergency landing is filmed with an almost serene calmness that both fits and is quite remarkable.
1	aaasolanki	80 _70th
I went in with not very high hopes because I thought I knew everything about the movie beforehand - that there's going to be a plane crash (oops...a water landing), that everyone will be saved and the pilot with be hailed as a hero. In spite of that, Tom Hanks and Clint Eastwood made this an absolute pleasure to watch. The movie comes across as quite humble, simple, real and practical - not overblown or airy. It leaves you with a feel-good feeling in the end.
1	VinegarBob	50 _25th
If you've seen the 'Aircraft Investigations' episode about this flight then you've already seen this film, minus the superfluous melodrama. Hanks is always watchable though, and it's short, so you could do a lot worse I suppose. It's a hell of a lot better than 'Flight', but that's not saying much.
1	burkayadalig	80 _65th
Some script issues but the acting and directing is top notch!!
1	glumpy_99	32 _3rd
Anemic, disjointed drama is an inexplicable misfire on all fronts -- Eastwood's direction lacks the urgency required for the disaster sequences, and his telling of the background story is muddled and confusing, not helped by Komarnicki's screenplay which utilises an overly complicated, disorienting flashback structure. Hanks gives a rare disengaged and dull performance, and Eckhart and Linney are completely wasted.
1	Superargo	61 _46th
Sully is a hero, of course, and Hanks is a great actor, but lately I kinda think that Clint Eastwood only makes movies for my dozen-odd 70ish relatives who MAYBE see one movie a year in a theater but mostly watch CBS shows and the local 6:00 news.
1	Clark Nova	94 _73rd
Tom Hunks! Landin' planes like a dual engine boss! Huggin' bitches and not dying at the airline's cost! Sully actin' like goalie! Tip down fuckin' up the Hudson. He hustlin' Down time square. Gran Torino up in the air! Loud like a snare! Bare! Silver hair! Badass everywhere! TOM HUNKS IN THE MOTHERFUCKIN' AIR!!!! drops mic #SilverDaddy
1	NothingsGood	50 _45th
It's like Flight without all the AA propaganda, 50 minutes chopped off, and a less cool plane crash that gets put on a loop for 90 minutes.
1	damil	65 _54th
This was surprisingly good. I could see all the emotional manipulation going on & it was quite saccharine, but damn, it worked on me. I found myself getting pretty emotional at some points. I liked the structure & they managed to stretch a story with not a lot to tell in a way, into a compelling & interesting movie. Hanks is great, of course, even though his character isn't terribly complex, but I think that's the point. Eastwood is clearly interested in the notion of the American hero.
1	myfavchords	74 _40th
The plane scenes are unquestionably the best parts of this movie. The other scenes slow things down sometimes. The cast does a good job in this work. Overall I would recommend this film.
1	Barraoc	70 _64th
Can't fault Eastwood's direction or Hank's performance. An engaging dramatization of a true-life heroic act.
1	Lightning17	78 _78th
Sully is a short-but-sweet inspiration, a wonderfully crafted tribute out of an incredible event. Solid performances and the nature of the story itself help drive this film and make it a great watch.
1	thehynes	56 _48th
trying to stretch those remarkable couple of minutes into a film is quite a task - & it shows.
1	juntakinte99	78 _57th
Eastwood continues his wizened "get off my lawn!" approach to filmmaking and protagonists. Here he believes that a human element is something that can't be recreated "in a video game", and has our hero fight against that. But he's given a great biography--as well as a wonderful Tom Hanks performance. Captain Sully's competency, humanity, and conflict are warm & approachable. It ends a bit too suddenly, but that is a minor complaint. This would make a great retirement home screening!
1	LookJabba...	7 _57th
Sully takes a thrilling but short lived moment in history and remarkably manages to build a feature length story around it. The centre piece event is obviously the most entertaining element of this film. But the aftermath is interesting and seamlessly real performances from Tom Hanks & Aaron Eckhart give this story real gravitas. The pacing is somewhat disruptive and personally I think the story should have been told chronologically. But otherwise this is well made film by Clint Eastwood.
1	Yiannos	60 _47th
Hanks does fine work in the role of Sully, a brave airline pilot whose emergency landing in the Hudson river was a heroic feat that saved many lives and brought great scrutiny upon him. Eastwood focusses on the private doubt that engulfs Sully when he is subjected to investigation for his actions which were initially viewed as reckless. The incident is relayed in fragments, vis a flashback structure, which heightens the tension but flattens the drama. It's well made but lightweight.
1	phoBos42	92 _83rd
Sully (2016) An excellent bio-pic of the events of Nov. 14, 2014, "Sully" employs the back-story of the hearings by the FAA and the NTSB with both real-life footage and re-enactments of those same events. Director Clint Eastwood weaves an interesting story where one stays focused and involved. Very fine acting by Tom Hanks (Capt. Chesely "Sully" Sullenberger), Aaron Eckhart (as first officer Jeff Skiles), Laura Linney (Lorrie Sullenberger, the pilot's wife) and a good supporting cast h
1	csetlow	86 _61st
Tom Hanks bangs out another nomination worthy performance. I prefer this to Captain Phillips.
1	nobamba	70 _76th
Another hit by Clint Eastwood on his journey to document American heroes. Tom Hanks is an amazing actor. Aaron Eckhart did well here as the copilot. The Air Traffic Controller did a good job too (though I can't figure out who played him). Fav scene: the recreation at the end during the review was good, but the initial reaction in the film's beginning was a tense 2 minutes.

Average Percentile 49.73% from 2030 Ratings