Sully
Warner Bros. | Release Date: September 9, 2016 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
74
METASCORE
Generally favorable reviews based on 46 Critic Reviews
Positive:
35
Mixed:
11
Negative:
0
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60
EmpireOlly RichardsNov 28, 2016
Eastwood’s message that no good deed goes unpunished feels misplaced, but for the crash sequences and Hanks’ turn it’s worthwhile. But for goodness’ sake, don’t watch it on a plane. Read full review
60
Total FilmPhilip KempNov 28, 2016
Sully is a skilfully made reconstruction of a recent real-life feat of heroic professionalism. But narrative tension is sorely lacking. Read full review
60
SlateDana StevensSep 9, 2016
Sully can feel like a dutiful, hagiographic slog, even though its actual running time barely tops 90 minutes and both Hanks and Eckhart give warm, understated, funny performances in the only two roles developed enough to qualify as real characters. Read full review
60
New York Magazine (Vulture)David EdelsteinSep 8, 2016
Hanks and those scenes in the cockpit make the movie worth seeing, in spite of the dumb melodramatics. But only just. Read full review
60
New York Daily NewsStephen Whitty Sep 7, 2016
The film barely lasts an hour-and-a-half. Maybe that’s the problem with the movie. There’s not enough movie. Read full review
60
The GuardianNigel M SmithSep 4, 2016
Hanks delivers an internal and sympathetic performance. Eastwood doesn’t burrow too deeply into his protagonist’s psyche, other than to visibly demonstrate that he’s haunted by the landing. Still, Hanks, who’s uncommonly, well, sullen, for much of the film, goes a long way to convey Sullenberger’s conflicted anguish. Read full review
60
Time OutJoshua RothkopfSep 4, 2016
Sully is so square, it’s a wonder it even gets airborne. Hanks’s walking iceberg never thaws; the actor is never as vulnerable as he was in Captain Phillips. Read full review
58
Tampa Bay TimesSteve PersallSep 8, 2016
Hanks keeps things interesting with an array of concerned expressions and distant gazes. But there's no tension in faked suffering. The actor and Eastwood's movie are limited by the goodness of their subject, the flawlessness of his actions. Read full review
58
ConsequenceDominick Suzanne-MayerSep 7, 2016
The more affecting moments in Sully come when the film puts aside its posturing and really examines what it is to be heroic in a cynical age. Read full review
50
MTV NewsAmy NicholsonSep 22, 2016
Tom Hanks is so quietly compelling that he gives the film an illusion of depth. Read full review
50
HitfixDrew McWeenySep 10, 2016
There are no real stakes, and I find the attempts at creating suspense to be almost offensive. Irritating, at the very least. Read full review
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