Captain Phillips
The numbers for Captain Phillips aren't pretty at 34%, but the fans who vote for it vote with conviction. What the win rate hides, the decision time reveals. A real-life thriller engineered for maximum tension by a director who specializes in exactly that. It earns deep respect on every viewing, but respect and passion are different currencies in a forced-choice format. Voters pick in 2.0s on average — well under the 3.5s platform norm.
Synopsis
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.
31% opening, 46% semis, 35% finals. No round where the devotees suddenly outnumber the skeptics, but no round where they disappear either.
On the other end of the spectrum: Philadelphia at 67% is a comfortable win, while Forrest Gump at 18% is the matchup Captain Phillips can't crack.
In Tom Hanks: America's Dad, Captain Phillips regularly reaches the final — then runs into Forrest Gump. At 18%, it hasn't found the answer.
Dead last in Tom Hanks: America's Dad.
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