A great interesting film

Rating: 8/10 (9 December 2016)

With tom hanks in a film depicting a true event I was excited to see him hopefully deliver a great performance in an interesting film and I got what I wanted. The premise of this film sees a pilot crash land his plane on the river and saves everyone on the plane. But the plane authorities are looking into if he made the right decision. Tom hanks plays sully the pilot and he is absolutely incredible in this film, he gives such a great performance and you are totally invested in his character. His character is very interesting and you are incredibly sympathetic to the situation h I put in when h just thought he was doing his job. I suspect hanks will be in contention for the Oscar when the time comes. Also giving a fantastic possible Oscar worthy performance is Aaron Eckhart who gives his best performance since the dark knight. Him and hanks have great chemistry together and you buy there friendship as they both try and get through the situation. He also adds allot of humour to this film which was desperately needed to add levity to the characters. Laura linney plays hanks wife and she does a really good job especially when you consider her and hanks have limited screen time together and I fully bought into their relationship and cared about how it develops. The rest of the supporting cast all feel like real people and they add allot of depth to the scenes that don't involve hanks. The story is incredibly interesting as you see this normal guy get overcome by the pressure that he is put under an you see him cracking under this investigation and you really do care. But I felt like this film could have been a little longer to complete some story arcs also this ending is pretty abrupt. The script is fantastic and adds to the humanity of these characters with great dramatic and humorous dialogue that truly helps you care about these people in the film. The style of this film is a bit of a mixed bag, I love all the scenes involving the actual crash as you truly feel the drama that is going on And care about every person that is on the plane. But there are certain aspects of this film just feel out of place such as some flashbacks. Overall though I really enjoyed this film and recommend that everybody sees it that is interested in it.