Tom hanks Makes a safe landing at the box office with "sully"

We think we know the story of the “Miracle on the Hudson,” when a pilot landed his airplane full of passengers on the Hudson River just minutes after takeoff.  “Sully” fills out the rest of the story and shows us the intense scrutiny that took place in the days after the event, in which the National Transportation Safety Board tries to look at the incident, and perhaps, assess blame. 
 Tom Hanks stars at captain Chesley “Sully” Sullenberger.  Aaron Eckhart is his co-pilot Jeff Skiles. Even as the two two men being hailed as heroes on television with appearances on "Late Night With David Letterman" and in interviews with Katie Couric, they’re subjected to hearings full of conjecture about whether they did the right thing. 

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This procedural drama directed by Clint Eastwood does a wonderful job of taking us behind the scenes and keeping the audience interested in what’s being said.  A good portion of the film takes place in generic conference rooms and hotel rooms, and sometimes the streets of New York. The script by Todd Komarnicki,  which is based on Sullenbergers' memoir "Highest Duty" does a good job of building tension and outrage as the fate of the pilot and co-pilot rests in the hands of computers and investigators who have never been in a cockpit before.  Eastwood wrangles  Laura Linney into playing Sully’s wife, Lorraine,  but rather than take advantage of her considerable talents, Linney is relegated to a sounding board of sorts on the other end of a long distance phone call.  Still, this is a solid film with solid performances by Hanks and Eckhart, and worth the price of a ticket.