Sully (2016)
- sombre
- intense
Sombre, steady, measured drama / thriller, grounded in texture. Ambivalent, mid-stakes, measured.
How every film is hand-scored →On 15 January 2009, the world witnessed the 'Miracle on the Hudson' when Captain 'Sully' Sullenberger glided his disabled plane onto the Hudson River, saving the lives of all 155 souls aboard. However, even as Sully was being heralded by the public and the media for his unprecedented feat of aviation skill, an investigation was unfolding that threatened to destroy his reputation and career.
Our read · Sully (2016) (2016) reads as a sombre, steady, grounded drama · thriller · biography entry — measured in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, measured in temperature, ambivalent in outlook.
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The shape of Sully
What watching it is actually like.
“You want a calm true-story drama about professional skill and institutional doubt.”
Skip it tonight — Skip if repeated crisis recreations or hearing-room procedure will bore you.
The reading.
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