Sully (2016) (2016) poster
2016 · drama · thriller · biography

Sully (2016)

Directed by Clint Eastwood1h 36m2016
ElsewhereTMDB7.28k
  • sombre
  • intense
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Sombre, steady, measured drama / thriller, grounded in texture. Ambivalent, mid-stakes, measured, hand-scored across twelve axes of taste.

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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. Hand-scored on twelve axes of taste — mood, pacing, weirdness, hope, stakes, humour, reality, density, warmth, auteur, intensity, and era — with a derived palette drawn from its dominant cinematography.

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You want a calm true-story drama about professional skill and institutional doubt.

ends upliftingyou’ll be fine aftersteady all the waygrips by minute 8attention 3/5earns its length
Date nightWith friendsSoloWith parentsKids around

Skip it tonightSkip if repeated crisis recreations or hearing-room procedure will bore you.

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Each axis is hand-scored — not derived from votes or genre averages. The marker shows where this film sits; the gradient fill uses the film's own cinematography palette.

Mood · HeavyCosy
Pacing · Slow-burnKinetic
Intensity · GentleExtreme
Weirdness · ConventionalSurreal
Hope · NihilisticRedemptive
Stakes · IntimateEpic
Humour · NoneBroad
Reality · GroundedFantastical
Density · SparseTwisty
Warmth · ColdTender
Auteur · TransparentSignature
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