Captain Phillips
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2013 · Action / Drama / Thriller

Captain Phillips

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An absolute cinematic disaster.

The true story of Captain Richard Phillips and the 2009 hijacking by Somali pirates of the US-flagged MV Maersk Alabama, the first American cargo ship to be hijacked in two hundred years.

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Action / Drama / Thriller
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The true story of Captain Richard Phillips and the 2009 hijacking by Somali pirates of the US-flagged MV Maersk Alabama, the first American cargo ship to be hijacked in two hundred years.

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@ENDING_LEAKS2026-01-28 22:00 UTC

If Captain Phillips was a meal, it'd be unsalted rice with extra ego.

@SCREEN_SHADE2026-01-29 12:00 UTC

Watched Captain Phillips so you don't have to. You're welcome.

@LATE_SHOW_LURKER2026-01-14 14:00 UTC

If whispered monologues were currency, Captain Phillips would settle the national debt.

@TRAILER_TROLL2026-01-06 21:00 UTC

Captain Phillips confuses "subtle" with "the cast forgot to act".

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r/flicks · u/ContinuityKaren🔥 0.5k points

Why does no one talk about how mid the writing in Captain Phillips actually is?

Rewatched Captain Phillips last night and noticed even more plot holes than the first time. The motivations don't track at all once you stop and think about act two.

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r/movies · u/ThirdActTrouble🔥 4.7k points

Hot Take: Captain Phillips's third act ruined what could have been a masterpiece

Look, I wanted to love Captain Phillips. The trailer had me hyped. But sitting through the second hour felt like a homework assignment. The dialogue is exposition stacked on exposition and the score keeps telling me how to feel.

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r/TrueFilm · u/ThirdActTrouble🔥 3.6k points

[Spoilers] Can we discuss that absolutely baffling ending in Captain Phillips?

Honestly, Captain Phillips would be a tight 95-minute movie. Instead we got a bloated runtime padded with B-roll and lingering shots that add nothing.

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r/flicks · u/JumpCutJunkie🔥 1.9k points

The cinematography in Captain Phillips is doing all the heavy lifting and it shows

Director clearly thought Captain Phillips was deeper than it is. There's a difference between ambiguous and unfinished, and this leans hard into the second.

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