Captain Phillips - Kritiken

...Captain Phillips is riveting. Though he remains unfortunately convinced that violently shaking his camera is the best way to achieve visual urgency, Greengrass nevertheless excels at pressure-cooker scenarios.

...one of the most emotionally draining climaxes of the year.

This unbearably tense hijack thriller is based on the true story from 2009 about a Somali pirate attack on an American container ship...

Both Greengrass and Hanks are on award-deserving form in a riveting, emotionally complex and hugely intelligent dramatisation of a real-life ordeal.

...kommer for os i Danmark til at stå som en interessant og tilpas anderledes ledsager til Tobias Lindholms Kapringen.

...eminent udført og åndeløst spændende i Greengrass’ vanlige nærmest dokumentariske stil...

...Captain Phillips is riveting. Though he remains unfortunately convinced that violently shaking his camera is the best way to achieve visual urgency, Greengrass nevertheless excels at pressure-cooker scenarios.

...one of the most emotionally draining climaxes of the year.

Both Greengrass and Hanks are on award-deserving form in a riveting, emotionally complex and hugely intelligent dramatisation of a real-life ordeal.

This unbearably tense hijack thriller is based on the true story from 2009 about a Somali pirate attack on an American container ship...