What is a hero?

Rating: 9/10 (26 October 2016)

In Sully we get another fine example of director Clint Eastwood's interest in showing the human side of a hero. The main character is "Sully" Sullenberg, the pilot who lands his plane in the Hudson River in the middle of January and has all 155 people aboard survive. Is he a smart, seasoned professional who is just doing his job? Or is he a hero? Are the people deemed heroes so called because other people put that label on them?
Tom Hanks gives a compelling performance as the ordinary man caught up in extraordinary circumstances. Sully is a low-key, low-blood pressure kind of guy with a natural aversion to the hoopla the "miracle on the Hudson" attracts. Just as Sully credits his entire crew for the success of the emergency landing, the entire cast in this film is strong and works together to bring this movie home.