128 reactions from 4 sources (Bluesky, Mastodon, Lemmy, TMDB reviews) · newest Oct 14, 2026 · last updated Oct 14, 2026 · How this works
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| TMDB reviews * | 5 | 0 | 0 |
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Viewers praise the film's intense, gripping tension and outstanding performances. [1][2][3] Tom Hanks and Barkhad Abdi are widely acclaimed for their acting. [4][2][3] Some posters note the film's realistic portrayal of trauma and powerlessness. [1][5][6]
- Military characters feel like they take over the story. [7]
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Let me begin by saying that Captain Phillips, as an action film, turned out to be much more than I had initially anticipated. I was expecting half drama / half moderate action film with likely a good dash of political hopscotch. It's probably a good thing then, that I knew next to nothing about the actual story, because I love a good surprise. Captain Phillips is two hours of absolutely intense and absolutely …
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Tension and chaos flood from incredible performances, making Captain Phillip’s powerful story riveting and compelling. Captain Phillips is a tense fast-paced movie about a heroic captain saving lives and battling for his survival from pirates in the waters off the Horn of Africa. Hanks’ performance elevates the film from good to fantastic, making the fear, suspense, and quick decisions more frantic and pivotal. Paul …
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Captain Phillips was fantastic, from start to finish. The performances were great featuring one of Tom Hanks' best. His calmness under extreme pressure was captivating but the ability to have that all crumble down once it is over was just, perfect. His raw portrayal of trauma was one of the most impressive feats of acting I've ever seen. For a nearly two and a half hour runtime, this movie was paced very well, …
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Well done movie, good script and exceptional performances. Specially by Hanks and Abdi but also the rest of the pirates crew. Hanks could have won the Oscar for this one.
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Tom Hanks works particularly well in this gripping story of a real life pirate! Muse (Barkhad Abdi) is leading two small skiffs on an attack on the eponymous officer's freighter as it sails off the coat of Somalia. A certain degree of bravado and legerdemain sees the bigger ship thwart their first attempt, but next day they are back again and the powerful hoses prove poor defence against machine guns. Most of the …
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Critics, per Wikipedia
Captain Phillips grossed $107.1 million in North America and $111.7 million in other countries for a worldwide total of $218.8 million, against its budget of $55 million. In the United States, the film grossed $25.7 million in its opening weekend, finishing second place at the box office behind Gravity ($43.2 million). It made $16.4 million in its second weekend, remaining in second. The film was unable to secure a release in China, which caused Sony Pictures to be concerned about the profitability of the film. Based on information revealed in the Sony Pictures hack, the film made a net profit of $39 million, when factoring together all expenses and revenues. On Rotten Tomatoes, the film…
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60 of 128 · most liked firstHomeland Security celebrates the revoking of protected status for Somali immigrants by quoting the line from the film “Captain Phillips” in which a Somali pirate says: “I am the captain now.” As if these poor refugees are appropriate targets of revenge. As if every act of cruelty is entertainment.
neutral · AI labelView post →If my puppy Maisie was a movie, she'd be 'Captain Phillips' with Tom Hanks, because is always like: "Look at me. I'm the captain now"
neutral · AI labelView post →[ @normcharlatan.bsky.social voice ] I haven't seen Mariners succeed over Pirates like this since the 2009 Maersk Alabama incident, popularized by Tom Hanks in the 2013 film 'Captain Phillips'
neutral · AI labelView post →>In addition to the high-profile mission that killed bin Laden, O’Neill wrote that he helped rescue Capt. Richard Phillips from Somali pirates. The 2009 hostage situation was dramatized in the 2013 film “Captain Phillips,”. He's also banned from flying on Delta airlines. Which means the other ones all keep an eye on him, if they even let him on too. He also wishes he could have sex with boys, if social media didn't exist.
neutral · AI labelView post →Pirates of the Caribbean... mashed up with the 2013 film Captain Phillips, based on the real-life hijacking of the Maersk Alabama by Somali pirates (if they had helicopters)
neutral · AI labelView post →I just had to put it on!!! Captain Phillips is one of my favorite movies. It’s so real and so human!!! This guy completely stole the show!!! This is a movie to own!!! 🎬🎥🍿 📺📽️ 📼 #FilmSky #MovieSky #PhysicalMedia #Film #Movies #NowWatching
positive · AI labelView post →Ah, now I get it. His knowledge of Somalia is from the movie Captain Phillips.
neutral · AI labelView post →Any films like Captain Phillips?. I watched [Captain Phillips](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/captain_phillips) yesterday and fucking loved it, gripping drama and outstanding acting. Anyone got suggestions for similar things?
positive · AI labelView post →The US army has seized a foreign ship. There is a movie about that. It is called Captain Phillips.
neutral · AI labelView post →Pirates of the Caribbean... mashed up with the 2013 film Captain Phillips, based on the real-life hijacking of the Maersk Alabama by Somali pirates (if they had helicopters)
neutral · AI labelView post →Somali actor Barkhad Abdi received only $65,000 for his award-winning supporting role in the film ‘Captain Phillips’. After production, he returned to selling mobile phones at his brother's shop in a Minneapolis mall.
neutral · AI labelView post →#OctoberMovieChallenge Something raided in a film Captain Phillips (2013) The Maersk Alabama is raided by Somali pirates youtube.com/watch?v=rCix...
neutral · AI labelView post →- me watching the 2013 Tom Hanks film “Captain Phillips”
neutral · AI labelView post →📽️ #LetterboxdFriday #LastFourWatched IF - easily the worst film I’ve seen this decade CAPTAIN PHILLIPS - some of Tom Hank’s/Paul Greengrass’s finest work 20 FEET FROM STARDOM - had to rewatch after seeing The Rolling Stones on Saturday THE ASCENT - devastating WWII film about Russian partisans
positive · AI labelView post →I couldn't choose just one, but 'Snatch', 'Baby Driver', 'Pulp Fiction', and 'Nobody' are all incredible. Other notable mentions are 'Barbie', 'The Founder', 'The Green Mile', and 'Captain Phillips'. I still haven't watched Oppenheimer yet!
positive · AI labelView post →and he uses a still from the movie "Captain Phillips" to illustrate his own fictional point...
neutral · AI labelView post →I just watched Captain Phillips where they show him saying goodbye to his wife at the Burlington Airport and I spent the next 5 minutes or so of the movie wondering how many connections he had to go through to get to Oman.
neutral · AI labelView post →Are we sure that all of his thoughts didn’t come from a Tom Hanks movie marathon? - Somalis Bad: Captain Phillips - Claim the Moon: Apollo 13 - Kickoff Rules in 🏈: Forrest Gump - Women belong in women’s sports: A League of Their Own - Inappropriate relationships with 12 year olds is cool: Big
neutral · AI labelView post →Captain Phillips is a well memed on film but at the end of the day it’s about the navy seals killing a bunch of child soldiers.
negative · AI labelView post →Watching Captain Phillips. A canonical Dad movie.
neutral · AI labelView post →There are two film / TV scenes I replay when I need a good cry, like re-listening to a great song. There are books too, but for now: TV: West Wing S02E22 “Two Cathedrals” final scene, with “Brothers in Arms” playing. Film: Captain Phillips ending scene with Corpsman. What are yours?
positive · AI labelView post →> "[Look At Me. I'm The Captain Now.](https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/look-at-me-im-the-captain-now)" is a quote from the 2013 movie **Captain Phillips**, in which an American cargo ship is hijacked by Somali pirates.
neutral · AI labelView post →This movie and weirdly Captain Phillips both stand out in my mind as suffering from the deals they must have struck to use actual US military equipment. The military characters kind of take over when they appear but they’re presented as so purely professional that they’re barely story characters.
neutral · AI labelView post →The film Captain Phillips is probably one of the main sources of exposure that Americans have, where Barkhad Abdi delivered an amazing performance but unfortunately probably made people think of khat chewers as basically Somali pirate tweakers instead of like, people who did a few espresso shots
neutral · AI labelView post →#Edwards2026MovieThingChallenge Day 19 Pirate movie which isn't POTC Captain Phillips (2013)
neutral · AI labelView post →Reading more allegations about Jared Leto being a sex pest makes me even more retroactively mad that Barkhad Abdi didn't get the career and Oscar he deserved for Captain Phillips. Noah Hawley, put this man in the next season of Fargo. www.youtube.com/watch?v=FrPb...
positive · AI labelView post →obviously on larger vessels one of those big self-launching enclosed lifeboats as seen in the movie "Captain Phillips" is way safer Some of the fishboats i worked on had Ovateks, another hardbody lifeboat, but u still had to launch them & *then* get in from the water.
neutral · AI labelView post →Anyone remember this movie ? Captain Phillips ? About Modern Day PIRACY . It's what the tDUMP/HEGSETH has done. If he re-instates the draft remember I told you so👇
neutral · AI labelView post →Movie. Captain Phillips, 2013.
neutral · AI labelView post →There's a particular type of American movie where at the end, Goliath turns up and heroically beats the everloving shit out of David. Captain Phillips is another.
negative · AI labelView post →A tell you hwat, Captain Phillips is a pretty damn good movie.
unlabelledView post →New release review: Mutiny #JasonStatham #CaptainPhillips #Cinemastodon
unlabelledView post →For modern (as in present day) pirate films the only one I can think of is Captain Phillips (the origin of the ["look at me, I'm the captain now"](https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/look-at-me-im-the-captain-now) meme).
unlabelledView post →Boring poster but of all the movies he's made they went with JASON BOURNE, the one everyone has agreed was meh, to highlight this is a Paul Greengrass film. Guess it's just cause that and Captain Phillips were his last movies to be in a theater.
unlabelledView post →He's right about the movie thing I'm sure, was only thinking that the other night when I was watching Captain Phillips and actually wondered if that's where Chump got his hatred for Somalian people from.
unlabelledView post →Had a vision of the 2031 Oscars movie about the new Captain Phillips who gets blown up by an Iranian mine in the Strait of Hormuz
unlabelledView post →Somali pirates stole every scene in the hijacking drama Captain Phillips, but did the film steal their story. 🎬 Check out Hollywood Africans 🌍 on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, YouTube or wherever you listen 🎧. When you’re there subscribe and share 🍿 #blackhistorymonth youtu.be/pCQetTilJKY?...
unlabelledView post →Here's a dozen film suggestions: 🎬 The Post (2017) Spotlight (2015) United 93 (2006) Sully: Miracle on the Hudson (2016) Captain Phillips (2013) The Perfect Storm (2000) Hotel Mumbai (2018) Argo (2012) Invictus (2009) 42 (2013) BlackBerry (2023) The Social Network (2010) Any of these of help?
unlabelledView post →Interesting that they're quoting a Somali pirate in the movie Captain Phillips.
unlabelledView post →The US is now the pirates from the Captain Phillips movie
unlabelledView post →I think they misspelled “stole.” Can’t wait to see the movie where the Venezuelans are Captain Phillips.
unlabelledView post →I'm 100% certain that Trump's outburst today about Somali Americans was based on the movie he saw, "Captain Phillips". I really don't think he knows the difference between art and life.
unlabelledView post →I watched [Captain Phillips ](https://m.imdb.com/title/tt1535109/) and fucking loved it. Tom Hanks was incredible particularly in the final scene, jaw dropping performance. Sadly googled and the real Captain Phillips appears to have been a twat but still love the film
unlabelledView post →I just watched Tom Hanks in [Captain Phillips](https://m.imdb.com/title/tt1535109/) cos I saw the [final scene](https://youtu.be/Oxje-Dcdjg8) on insta (spoilers obvs). Fucking loved it, absolutely gripped throughout and Tom SMASHES it.
unlabelledView post →That black people, specifically from a black continent, can speak English. His view of people from Africa is most likely based on the movie, Captain Phillips. I think the part about them speaking better than his people is probably sincere.
unlabelledView post →Brilliant film of this episode, "Captain Phillips" starring Tom Hanks.
unlabelledView post →I rewatched Captain Phillips, because it's leaving Netflix. Terrible movie to watch casually, but still very captivating to watch. letterboxd.com/daavpuke/fil...
unlabelledView post →Film-wise: at 9pm, Rosaline on Film4, Jack Reacher on Sky Showcase, Raw Deal on 5Action or Captain Phillips on BBC3. At 10pm. The Expendables 3 on ITV4. At 10.55pm, Lucky Number Slevin on Legend. At 12.20am, Jaws 3 on ITV4. At 12.50am, Kes on Film4 #telly
unlabelledView post →Film-wise: at 6.10pm, Titanic on Film4+1. At 8pm, Dreamgirls on ITVBe. At 9pm, About Time on 5Star or The Da Vinci Code on Great Movies. At 11.05pm, Rush on BBC2 or Ravenous on Film4. At 11.20pm, Licence to Kill on ITV1. At 12am, Captain Phillips on BBC1 #telly
unlabelledView post →Favorite movie starring Tom Hanks? Prolly Toy Story. Favorite Tom Hanks performance? Real tough call, but I think Captain Phillips and Bridge of Spies are at least serious contenders.
unlabelledView post →Captain Phillips I wanna see the boat movie ass tweet
unlabelledView post →Film-wise: at 7.30pm, Chicken Run on Sky Comedy. At 9pm, Captain Phillips on Film4, For A Few Dollars More on 5Action or Time Bandits on ITV4. At 10pm, Shakespeare in Love on BBC2. At 10.05pm, Erin Brockovich on C4. At 10.30pm, The Impossible on BBC1. At 11.40pm, Withnail & I on Film4 #telly
unlabelledView post →And hell, his PREVIOUS film starred Barkhad Abdi (Captain Phillips) and (apparently) had a totally opposite POV! Before that, he won a NY film festival award for a film about the Darfur Genocide! It's enough to make some wonder if he's playing both sides or doing some elaborate satire now.
unlabelledView post →*in the style of the Captain Phillips movie* Look at me. I am the shipper now.
unlabelledView post →I cannot choose only 1 Tom Hanks film! Turner & Hooch 1989 Joe Versus the Volcano 1990 Sleepless in Seattle 1993 Forrest Gump 1994 Toy Story - all You've Got Mail 1998 Cast Away 2000 The Terminal 2004 Larry Crowne 2011 Captain Phillips 2013 Saving Mr. Banks 2013 Sully 2016 News of the World 2020
unlabelledView post →9pm TODAY on @Film4 The 2013 #Adventure #Biopic film🎥 “CAPTAIN PHILLIPS” directed by Paul Greengrass from a screenplay by Billy Ray Based on the 2010 book📖 “A Captain's Duty” by Richard Phillips & Stephan Talty 🌟 Tom Hanks, Barkhad Abdi, Michael Chernus
unlabelledView post →Film-wise: at 9pm, Captain Phillips on Film4, Judge Dredd on Great Action or Law Abiding Citizen on Legend. At 11.15pm, Lucky Number Slevin on Legend. At 11.40pm, Crawl on Film4. At 12am, American Fiction on BBC2. At 12.05am, Far from the Madding Crowd on BBC1 #telly
unlabelledView post →It could be the exact reverse of the situation in the movie "Captain Phillips", where pirates nab Brian from his studio, put him behind the steering wheel of one of these tankers, and goes, "YOU'RE the Captain Kilmeade now."
unlabelledView post →#NowWatching Captain Phillips (2013) My first time watching and wow this was intense. Tom Hanks and Barkhad Abdi give stellar performances in this true story based on the real life hijacking of the Maersk Alabama and hostage situation from 2009. 4/5 ⭐ #FilmSky #MovieSky #cinema #film #movies
unlabelledView post →Was Paul Greengrass' film Captain Phillips (2013) originally envisioned as a trilogy? 😂
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