Best Tom Hanks Role – Ever. Oscar For Sure

Rating: 10/10 (24 October 2013)

This is a brilliantly intense movie. A powerful picture. Even having lived through the time when this episode happened, and remembering some of what occurred, the suspense wasn't lessened one iota. Now if a film can be made under those circumstances, and be this gripping, that is an extremely well done movie. And this is beyond extremely well done! Tom Hanks, as Captain Richard Phillips, is riveting. The end of the movie, his emotions, brought me to tears. I can't admit to being a die-hard Tom Hanks fan, but his role in this picture is phenomenal. True, the Somali, Barkhad Abdi, as Muse the Pirate Captain, is fantastic. And considering he had no acting training and this was his only film, even more so. I'm thinking he should get a nod for Best Supporting Actor. But Tom Hanks simply shines like the star he is in this picture. The pride in the Navy personnel, and the Navy Seals, will really come to the fore in this film for most viewers. Like I said, this is a film so well put together, so well presented that I'm not surprised I haven't talked to anyone who left the theater after seeing this one without a feeling of awe. One of the best I've seen in a long , long time.