Sully

 Sully 2016

• Director: Clint Eastwood
• Seen by this director: Jersey Boys, Invictus, Million Dollar Baby, Mystic River, Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil, The Bridges of Madison County, Bird
• Based on the book by Chesley Sullenberger
• Cast: Tom Hanks, Aaron Eckhart, Laura Linney, Anna Gunn
• Personal “oh yeah him/her” reaction, i.e. have seen this actor in:
• Tom Hanks – The Circle, Cloud Atlas, Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close, Catch Me If You Can, Road to Perdition, Cast Away, The Green Mile, You’ve Got Mail, Saving Private Ryan, Forrest Gump, Philadelphia, Sleepless in Seattle, A League of Their Own, Joe and the Volcano, Punchline,
• Aaron Eckhart – The Rum diary, Rabbit Hole, The Dark Knight, Conversations with Another Woman, Nurse Betty, Erin Brockovich
• Laura Linney – Genius, Jindabyne, Driving Lessons, The Squid and the Whale, Love Actually, Mystic River, Dave, Lorenzo’s Oil
• Anna Gunn – Breaking Bad
• Why? Recommended by FB friend CF.
• Seen: 5 December 2021      

       Airline pilot Sullenbergen (Hanks) is seen as a hero when his plane’s two motors fail and he brings the plane down on the Hudson River, thereby saving the lives of 155 passengers.

       You may remember that. It really happened.

       But the National Transport Safety Board regard him as criminally negligent, or at least making the wrong decision. He should have returned the plane safely to La Guardia. It would have been possible.

       So, is he a hero? Or is he incompetent and careless? Did he panic? Make a bad judgment call?

       Sully begins to doubt himself.

       Some of the flashbacks are unnecessary and disturb the drama of Sully’s anxiety and the suspense of the film. Only the ones of the flight and crash are relevant, and indeed dramatic.

       Hanks is very good.    

       

4 * of 5.