Well told story will keep you on the edge of your seat

Rating: 8/10 (25 January 2014)

I'm from Vermont and I've lived in Boston for over twenty years so I know my New England accents and I'd actually like to ask Tom Hanks what he was doing with the accent he came up with for this movie. It was like someone from Maine imitating an old person from Boston, poorly. I thought his accent was going to annoy me all the way through the movie but it didn't. The movie is so well made and the basic story is so captivating that I forgot about his accent very quickly. The movie's plot line is quite focused. There are no odd little side dramas to take away from the main story. I found "Captain Philips" to be quite refreshing in that it was an action thriller without the fake melodrama or over the top violence.