"Poetic license" in the story takes it down one star. Tom Hanks is great.

Rating: 9/10 (11 February 2018)

Tom Hanks in Chesley Sullenburger. He becomes the character. What could have been a long drawn-out movie with only 10 minutes of serious action becomes a masterpiece under the watchful eye of Director Clint Eastwood. Some of the biographical details may seem like filler, but it's nice to know a little bit about the man after all the hype about the hero. An attempt is made to discredit the magnificent deed of saving all 155 on board the aircraft, by the National Safety Board. Apparently, the movie ruffled a few feathers high up, as it was claimed that the inquest "didn't exactly happen that way". Indeed! That's because it all had to be compressed into a mere 96 minutes. That's in far less time that even one board hearing, I am sure. Spellbinding. Great storytelling. I "believed" that I was aboard the aircraft. The re-enactment was superb. "Not a movie for those with a fear of flying"-says The New York Times Review.