Deeply moving drama

Rating: 8/10 (6 November 2017)

It's been a while since I saw Tom Hanks, maybe it was the Terminal, a movie about a man stuck in a airport, maybe he's got something for planes ! Anyway.
I've been deeply moved by this drama, Tom Hanks and Aaron Eckart are just excellent and make a really believable pilot duo, the humanity and steadiness of Sully is just amazing as he faces the cruel investigators. We care about Sully from the very start, because we can see he's a good man tormented by bad dreams about plane crashes, and I have a special mention for dialogues which are really enjoyable, Sully just always finds the right answer to the investigators of the crash, it's a real pleasure to see his confidence in what he did.
I would have expected more presence for Eckart though. The co-pilot finds himself in an incredible situation, yet he doesn't even asks : "are you sure about this ? Isn't there another way ?", it really felt too passive during the crash.
The psychology of Sully is really well-written, you can see he doesn't really like to be called a hero or being hugged, but still he fights back to not be called a criminal.
A nice surprise to see Anna Gunn from Breaking Bad, playing here one of the investigators. She quite has the same administrative role in Breaking Bad so it fits her well.
Cinematography is mastered even if not excellent, by director of photography Tom Stern who also collaborated with Eastwood on Gran Torino and Million Dollar Baby.
You can see the real pilot and crash victims meeting in the credits, so stay to the end. One of the most interesting movies of Clint Eastwood. I recommend.