Sully

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Sully

PG-13

2016

1h 36m

Drama

Biography

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On Jan. 15, 2009, Capt. Chesley "Sully" Sullenberger tried to make an emergency landing in New York's Hudson River after US Airways Flight 1549 strikes a flock of geese. Miraculously, all the 155 passengers and crew survive the harrowing ordeal, and Sullenberger becomes a national hero in the eyes of the public and the media. Despite the accolades, the famed pilot now faces an investigation that threatens to destroy his career and reputation.

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Critics Consensus

As comfortingly workmanlike as its protagonist, Sully makes solid use of typically superlative work from its star and director to deliver a quietly stirring tribute to an everyday hero.

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Kristen Lopez

Culturess

11/20/2017

Director Clint Eastwood, brings his story to the big screen with the mushy simplicity of creamed corn.

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Nigel Andrews

Financial Times

12/27/2016

3/5

Sully is about the man who landed the plane on the Hudson. Who better for Chesley "Sully" Sullenberger than Tom Hanks in white hair and matching moustache?

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Wendy Ide

Observer (UK)

12/04/2016

3/5

Eastwood handles the action sequences with the same cool-headed efficiency as Sully brought to his piloting - you suspect that Eastwood felt a kinship with this no-frills, no-nonsense man who was just doing his job.

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Don Shanahan

Every Movie Has a Lesson

Jul 31

4/5

The recreations have enough harrowing quality to bring you to the edge of your seat, clutch that armrest, and feel the beat of your throbbing arteries and internal fears.

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Zach Pope

Zach Pope Reviews

08/07/2023

Tom Hanks Delivers all over again

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Sean Axmaker

Stream on Demand

07/01/2023

This is the Eastwood aesthetic: professionals doing their jobs without fuss or debate. They don’t have much dimension—Sully is the only fully-developed character on screen—but the actors, like the figures they play, get the job done.

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AJ T.

@AJdude0531 Jun 2

This movie was amazing, you may think it’s boring, but I was not bored a single second of this film, he was an american hero who saved man life’s.

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michael M.

@RT23647583 May 18

American hero’s! Great performances

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Mahnoor Z

@RT68134482 May 12

Great movie and great acting. Loved it.

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Gi S

@Gistevenn Apr 15

Great movie about a real life hero.

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Conrad C

@sosopoptart Nov 11

Surprisingly exciting for a movie that gives away most of the plot in the synopsis. They do a great job with the story.

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Eddie Z

@RT04687948 Nov 11

It was ok, just ok. Hanks was his usual great self. But.... I couldn't come to terms with the NTSB being the bad guys, it didn't feel right and when I read the facts afterward, it was, in fact, made up.

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Synopsis

On Jan. 15, 2009, Capt. Chesley "Sully" Sullenberger tried to make an emergency landing in New York's Hudson River after US Airways Flight 1549 strikes a flock of geese. Miraculously, all the 155 passengers and crew survive the harrowing ordeal, and Sullenberger becomes a national hero in the eyes of the public and the media. Despite the accolades, the famed pilot now faces an investigation that threatens to destroy his career and reputation.

Director: Clint Eastwood
Producer: Frank Marshall, Allyn Stewart, Tim Moore
Screenwriter: Todd Komarnicki
Distributor: Warner Bros. Pictures
Production Co: Warner Bros. Pictures, Malpaso Company, Village Roadshow Pictures, IMAX Corporation
Rating: PG-13 (Some Peril|Brief Strong Language)
Genre: Drama, Biography
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Sep 9, 2016, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Dec 6, 2016
Box Office (Gross USA): $125.0M
Runtime: 1h 36m