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Positive Reviews
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3.0
Its hard to imagine anyone better in this role, for bringing out the authenticity in a character teetering on the precipice of caricature.
Av Club
4.0
Theres something that feels refreshing about both the novelty of the premise and also how it allows Ross to play with typical indie dramedy tropes wit ..
Den Of Geek
4.5
But, Im pleased to report that this is one of the finest films Ive seen a long time.
Den Of Geek
3.0
But the movie truly belongs to Mortensen; fierce and tender and tremendously flawed, hes fantastic.
EW
1.9
Captain Fantastic treats the situation (and Ben) so uncritically and so sympathetically that there is a total disconnect between what is actually onsc ..
Rogerebert
4.0
Its hard describe the beauty and genius of this very original, very moving film about mortality, family, and parenting.
Common Sense Media
4.0
This is a feel good road trip and family dramedy movie crowned by Sundance that actually makes the formula feel fresh.
Indie Wire
4.0
Boasting half a dozen impressive youth performances alongside a leading role that takes full advantage of Mortensens own sensitive, back to nature spi ..
Variety
4.0
As family road movies of the off beat, Sundance ilk go, Captain Fantastic is a standout, zigging whenever indie convention dictates it should zag, off ..
We Got This Covered
1.5
Does father really know best Theres a retro anti establishment vibe in Captain Fantastic thats nostalgic, though hardly quaint.
Austin Chronicle
3.0
Living off the grid has its pros and cons in a domestic drama touched by a wayward spirit.
Time Out
4.0
With its thrillingly life affirming performances, its a shame that Captain Fantastics strong language has earned it a 15 certificate; theres more here ..
The Guardian
4.0
Finely wrought and inventive, Captain Fantastic surely earns the lofty praise of its title.
The Guardian
1.3
Its an unusually reflective moment in a film that more often prefers broad whimsy to rigorous examination.
5.0
Working with a terrific ensemble of attractive young actors, Ross delivers a nuanced, lived in, frequently very amusing contribution to an oeuvre that ..
1.5
But a lot of the script strains credibility or doesnt completely cohere.
Screen Daily
1.0
While Captain Fantastic is aways compelling, and Ross shows ambitious potential behind the camera in capturing the familys forest set life, it is at h ..
Collider
1.5
Would it be better to compromise a bit for the sake of childrens safety.Ill let you grapple with these issues yourself over drinks or perhaps a long h ..
Vulture
2.5
Especially refreshing, even radical, is its sympathy for characters who read for pleasure and value rigorous thought.
The Hollywood Reporter
3.0
Theres a retro anti establishment vibe in Captain Fantastic thats nostalgic, though hardly quaint.
5.0
Somewhere in deepest Oregon, amid the tall pines and soaring mountains, young and old hunt and holler and drop lines from Noam Chomsky.
The New York Times
3.0
But missing from its arc is the sense of growth meant to accompany triumph.
Paste Magazine
3.4
Jack would burn the world down to save his familyhis grandchildrenand its a harsh stance that Langella is able to show comes from a place of love, not ..
IGN
4.0
Ross could have made a cheap crowd pleaser about cool refuseniks, but so many of his touches complicate that dynamic that his film sets your mind work ..
Telegraph
3.5
While its disappointing that this likely means we should just dispense with the Thanksgiving Day label altogether, maybe its comforting to realize tha ..
4.0
This youthful rebellion is not the first warning that the Cashes aggressively rustic way of life may be untenable.
4.0
Regardless of the narrative inconsistencies, the story shines through and is carried along by some superb performances and craft.
The Young Folks
4.5
Whether its for its family drama, beautiful scenery or stunning performances, theres a lot to love here.
The Young Folks
4.0
A fiercely original, pleasantly unpredictable character piece. This is a gang of outsiders with something valuable to say about the world we live in.
4.0
Captain Fantastics solid spine of a narrative allows it to dovetail and explore its weighty themes of fatherhood and the most appropriate and stimulat ..
Cinema Blend
4.0
But the Captain Ben, if you want to buy into that whole government hall of records jazz, man does love his family.
Ny Daily News
4.0
Its not perfect (it could stand to lose a good ten minutes and the ending is too tidy) and often naive, but its also very entertaining and one of the ..
JoBlo
3.1
The film suddenly backs down, and the resulting learning and growing feels like chickening out.
The Globe And Mail
4.4
But its a rare movie that asks such big questions about parenting, about family, about modern day America and comes up with answers that are moving an ..
Philly
4.5
Captain Fantastic illustrates just how difficult it is to raise a family off the grid.
Spirituality And Practice
2.0
All told, Captain Fantastic is a heartfelt portrait of family values that may be unusual, but are admirable in their own way.
One Guys Opinion
2.0
Its a film that could have caved in to cliches and sentimentality, but despite a few artificial scenes (like the strained one of the traffic cop ticke ..
Sover
3.8
Bucking the summer movie empty spectacle approach, Captain Fantastic is about something.
ReelViews
4.4
In short, these are all deeply, profoundly human ideas, told in a compelling story, with interesting characters.
Combust Ible Celluloid
2.0
This odd duck by writer director Matt Ross plays like a survivalists remake of The Seven Little Foys (1955), that old Bob Hope movie about a widowed v ..
Chicago Reader
2.0
this deeply humanistic conflict between uncompromising idealism and real world truths is thought provoking, moving and often humorous. Mortensen has f ..
3.0
If, however, youre watching from a comfortable cinema seat, and youre a fan of melancholy American thrillers with big skies, then West Texass blight m ..
The Times
4.0
Captain Fantastic is a powerful weepie with a career high turn from Viggo Mortensen as a hippy father driving his six children to the funeral of their ..
The Times
3.0
This is an enjoyable film, particularly in its humorous scenes. The dramatic scenes are more uneven. Some of the characters are captivating.
Lariat
2.0
It says something about the charm of Captain Fantastic that I was able to enjoy it despite either rolling my eyes or frowning in disapproval at most o ..
Eric Ds Nider
2.0
But the pacing is a little too evenplodding, in fact, and the movie peaks two or three times before the closing credits finally roll.
News Review
3.0
Viggo Mortensen leads the charge in a spirited road movie about a family of social justice warriors from actor turned writer/director Matt Ross.
Radio Times
4.0
Fitfully entertaining but also curiously old fashioned, this is a film that only really sparks into life when the crowds are baying for blood and the ..
Independent
4.4
If this is all sounding too much like granola and Kumbaya, hold on.
Rolling Stone
3.0
These stories play with fire and do what tales of horror and the macabre are supposed to: transmute real social fears into metaphorical charades for o ..
Pop Matters
4.5
The film looks great, whether the characters are in the forest primeval or surrounded by mini malls and golf courses the great Stephane Fontaine (A Pr ..
The Wrap
4.4
The movie falters as it moves toward a mushy ending that the filmmaker cant seem to bring himself to tighten up.
News Day
4.5
Suffice it to say the story closes on a sentimental note that lacks credibility and seems just alien in the films otherwise idiosyncratic universe.
Film Journal
4.4
Ben is a survivalist who home schools his six children in a yurt in a pristine Pacific Northwest forest, far from the corrupting influences of contemp ..
New York Post
3.5
A small hitch to all of this is that Mom is missing from the picture for reasons unknown, but the kids will be fine.
New York Post
4.0
In fact, he strikes a little too neat a balance at the end, if anything.But that takes nothing away from the intriguing idea and Mortensens terrific p ..
Az Central
4.4
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Star Tribune
3.8
Snyder and his co conspirators have the germ of a good idea.This is the rare blockbuster that stops to count collateral damage, while also pondering D ..
Toronto Star
3.1
Captain Fantastic works more than it doesnt, but its hard not to wish that Ross had made his targets a little less broad and his own perspective a lit ..
Q Network
3.0
Ben Hur is dreadful to look at, so murky and dark at times, that its difficult to know whether to blame the weather, a duff conversion to 3D or Oliver ..
Daily Mail
4.0
Yes, it is overwritten and unsubtle in parts, but I enjoyed it enormously, and squirrel fur hats off to writer director Matt Ross, for giving us a sto ..
Daily Mail
3.0
Captain Fantastic is contrived and contradictory as it champions rugged idealism without really challenging the practicalities of non conformity.
Flim List
2.0
The broader comedy moments sit uncomfortably with the more upper middle class jokes.
Eye For Film
4.5
Allowing some licence here, we can forgive such excesses in the story, partly because it is Viggo Credible Mortensen, partly because the story can be ..
4.0
Susan Grangers review of Captain Fantastic (Bleecker Street) Taking helicopter parenting to a new extreme, former hippie Ben Cash (Viggo Mortensen) is ..
Susang Ranger
4.4
Despite a frustrating fizzle of a finale, its a movie that enthralls the senses and engages the mind for two hours, proving no movie is too long when ..
Observer
3.0
God save us from well meaning hippie parents.In writer director Matt Rosss Captain Fantastic , Viggo Mortensens Ben is the surviving half of a couple ..
Time
2.0
Viggo Mortensen is the ultimate offbeat, if also misguided father figure in Captain Fantastic, a distinctive, not always credible tale of a Noam Choms ..
Boston Herald
2.0
Is this is a satire of a hopelessly deluded radical or a rousing celebration of personal resistance in an increasingly ugly, conformist world
Express
4.0
The story of that act and its tragic consequences is told in Anthropoid, a sincere, slow burning drama that eventually delivers a gripping, bullet str ..
Express
2.0
And though the film struggles to wrap up the proceedings in an overlong final act, it thankfully stays true to its characters by not oversimplifying a ..
The Film Stage
4.0
Such thoroughly modern and hard fought battles form the dramatic spine of this wonderful new drama.
The Irish Times
3.0
Captain Fantastic uses bleak but gentle comedy to pinpoint the variety of ways we wrestle with grief, but the film undermines Mortensens performance a ..
Blogs Indie Wire
2.5
The sun dappled visual style and cutesy soundtrack eventually become cloying, and Ross creates an upbeat ending that does a disservice to the complex ..
Las Vegas Weekly
4.0
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Standard
3.0
Captain Fantastic is just thought provoking and entertaining enough to make up for its narrative missteps that hamper its third act.
Coles Mithey
3.0
Shree Crooks, left, stars as Zaja, Viggo Mortensen as Ben, Samantha Isler as Kielyr, Nicholas Hamilton as Rellian, Annalise Basso as Vespyr, and Georg ..
Detroit News
3.1
The films saving graces are the uniformly strong performances...and its intriguing subject matter... develops third act problems as it devolves into c ..
Groucho Reviews
4.0
So dont show up at Captain Fantastic expecting to see a superhero of any kind.
Herald Sun
3.0
Captain Fantastic loses its intriguing premise in a muddle of ideas about the redemptive power of family and the right of all people to live as they p ..
Consequence Of Sound
4.0
However, this is a wonderful creation and an often hilarious one (particularly the family celebration of Noam Chomsky Day).Matt Ross has given us one ..
Hey U Guys
3.0
Captain Fantastic is full of people who arent as simple as they seem.
Now Toronto
1.5
Captain Fantastic is in some ways a less angry, more commercial take on The Mosquito Coast as a man fights against the norm to do what he believes to ..
Film School Rejects
4.5
Captain Fantastic is a good title for this offbeat film, as it suggests echoes of a comic book world where heroes actually exist.The question of wheth ..
Film Ink
4.0
I greatly enjoyed this movie, and while it veers toward the saccharine by the end, you feel like youve gone on the journey with Ben and the uniquely n ..
Ner Dist
4.0
Bodevan has many skills, but conversing with teenage girls is not one of them, and his siblings have a hunger for everyday interaction.
The Age
3.0
Unable to settle on a satisfying ending, Ross opts for several.This niggle aside, Captain Fantastic is a slickly made comedy with a witty, politically ..
Cine Vue
3.5
If it werent for the godawful music and a few tonal missteps, this would be a near perfect meditation on love, loss and the evolution of the American ..
La Weekly
4.0
MacKay, the casts lone Brit, is especially effective, capturing Bodevans feelings of dislocation and detachment perfectly.
Games Radar
4.0
While the cast is excellent overall, it is Mortensen that steals the show.
Raidió Teilifís Éireann
2.0
This mildly eccentric cross country caper is complicated by its attempts say something profound about life.
Lw Lies
4.5
Thematically massive, tonally bold, determinedly non formulaic and featuring a perfectly cast leading man at the top of his game ... Movies this good ..
Abc
5.0
delivered a movie that might hit some soft, sentimental notes towards the end. But that doesnt stop this being a sweet, sad, funny original. One full ..
Nz Herald
3.0
The narrative doesnt quite hold together for the third act, so whilst it may not be fantastic, it sure is an entertaining journey, in the company of a ..
Flicks
4.4
The films title, suggesting a comic book flick, will likely cause box office confusion. But in a way, its appropriate. Captain Fantastic is a truly he ..
Stl Today
4.5
The mood shifts constantly, so that at any given moment the familys lifestyle seems either ideal or like a mild form of child abuse.
The Stranger
3.0
You know whats really fantastic about this movie Ross asks his audience to think about whos right, too.
Cleve Land
4.0
With its delightful mix of comedy and poignant family drama, Ross film is reminiscent of the feel good heartache of Little Miss Sunshine.
Screen Crush
4.0
There are many tonal plates being spun here; the lack of a deafening crash is impressive. It comes down, you suspect, to the films embrace of its own ..
Ft
3.0
The resulting film is well intentioned, worthy and historically accurate but largely lacks emotion so it deserves four stars for effort, but two for e ..
Independent Ie
4.0
An offbeat comedy drama with a timely kick, this charming family road trip takes on some very deep topics without flinching.
Contact Music
4.5
The character composition helps to convert Captain Fantastic in a dark, fun, and often tender exam about fatherhood and its responsibilities.
4.5
There is a wonderful wryness to this film that saves it from ever becoming too earnestly precious.)
Refinery 29
5.0
That should change after Captain Fantastic, which he wrote and directed; its a tremendously accomplished and enjoyable film about a singular household ..
Wsj
4.0
Ross definitely has much to say in regards to the western world and its two main institutions: Christianity and capitalism.In a way it reminds of Pete ..
Matts Movie Reviews
4.4
1 of 2 View Caption Viggo Mortensen stars in Captain Fantastic, one of the Premieres section films in the 2016 Sundance Film Festival.
Sltrib
3.5
Captain Fantastic would be excellent if it wasnt for a badly made, out of place finale. ... Otherwise, this offbeat drama ... is provocative, witty, u ..
Scmp
2.5
A finale intended to be soaring, emotionally involving and lovely felt cloying and self satisfied and implausible.
Chicago Sun Times
3.4
Whenever the screenplay dips into eye rolling contrivances, the actors make it tolerable and engaging experience for the audience.
Nyc Movie Guru
4.0
And while it eventually veers back into sunny fantasy land, complete with an acoustic cover of Guns n Roses Sweet Child O Mine (performed by the cast ..
Punch Drunk Critics
4.5
The films two unpredictable hours are also burdened by a couple of dragged out false endings, before hitting a finish that, like many things in life, ..
Straight
1.0
This here is a family that celebrates Noam Chomsky day instead of Christmas, that avoids making fun of anyone except Christians, and that sure as heck ..
Sandiego Reader
4.0
Its easy to remember the good but hard to forget the bad, leading to one of the most bitter aftertastes in recent memory.
Cinemix Tape
4.5
While its still a long way from being original, writer director James DeMonaco has the good sense and integrity to not repeat himself, making the thir ..
Straits Times
3.0
This could have been a movie the usual people love and the usual people hate.
Metro New York
2.0
The Robinson Crusoe fantasy seems to hold a peculiar grip on American indies.With some regularity, films like Captain Fantastic (and Swiss Army Man ) ..
Film Comment
4.0
Its a wise, knowing, and very funny piece of work, and if the takeoff is a bit bumpy and the landing too clean, its still a very promising debut from ..
Flavor Wire
3.1
Captain Fantastic is an earnest production that, despite its superb cast, clearly possesses an inflated sense of its power and importance.
Daily Herald
4.0
Worst superhero movie ever.Dont bother staying for the mid credits sting to see if Wolverine shows up; theres NOTHING.
The Shiz Nit
4.0
Rosss sophomore effort is helped no end by Stephane Fontaines cinematography and Alex Somers score but its the performances that linger longest.
The Skinny
2.0
The tactile animation is gorgeous too, but whats also great is the willingness to let the story breathe, something that owes more to Studio Ghibli tha ..
Scots Man
4.0
All this is great fun.But the film does much more than score points off straight society.
What So
1.5
Written and directed by Matt Ross (Silicon Valleys Gavin Belson), Fantastic is about an eccentric father confronted with reality after living in suppo ..
Lainey Gossip
4.4
Ross lets the story take its time, but Captain Fantastic never feels slow.This family, right down to the smallest child, are detailed and interesting, ..
Seattle Times
1.5
He is uncompromising in his views, a classic narcissist and, paradoxically enough, a loving father.
Film Journal International ..
3.0
Ross film doesnt advise us to drop everything and move to the wilderness.
Fresh Fiction
3.5
The film waffles between giving the audience a feel good experience and doing justice to its own deeper, more provocative themes.
Seven Day Svt
3.8
Most films take a socially stunted character, make him a genius and leave it at that.But Bodevan also demonstrates a quick wit and the occasional flas ..
National Post
3.5
In his early years as an actor, Clint Eastwood carved out a career as one of cinemas iconic heroes.
The Australian
4.0
Imagine a movie superhero who didnt wear a shiny, body hugging costume, lacked the capability to stop the world spinning in its tracks and failed to s ..
Sky
4.0
They celebrate Noam Chomskys birthday as though it were Christmas.But something is missing.
New States Man
1.0
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Review Express
3.5
Go with the hippie interpretation for a movie with lots of grit and a pronounced dearth of glitter.
Winnipeg Free Press
2.0
Theres no pity, not even for the audience.Ben smears the boys face in blood, hands him the raw heart, and Bodevan chomps into the flesh.
M Tv
4.0
The movie has a brilliant script (from writer/director Matt Ross) and truly impressive performances from all the child actors.Captain Fantastic is an ..
Toronto Sun
4.5
Emotional and emotionally frustrating and tense (Hahn soars with her meltdown) yet utterly satisfying with clarity.
4.0
You dont need to know Steve Gleasons name to be enraptured by his extraordinary story.
Us Magazine
3.8
Mortensen finds a role here that capitalizes on his contradictions, on his air of resolve and his inner life of doubt, on his hardness and his reasona ..
Sf Chronicle
4.0
The films simple premise explores what life would be like if you devoted every waking moment to your children.
Film Ireland
4.5
Captain Fantastic (2016) is a road movie, a family drama, a tale of loss, and a loving portrait of an alternative family that is prepared to face ever ..
Stream On Demand At Home
1.5
However, if you hate Elton John and love self righteous polemics on mainstream American society dressed up as family drama, then youre going to love t ..
Battleship Pretension
3.0
Im not saying the film doesnt raise thoughtful questions about modern parenting versus more old fashioned methods.
Honey Cutts Hollywood
2.5
Ive been watching Langella with pleasure for a half a century, but he proves the old rule: play Dracula and you wont come back.
Metro Active
4.0
Mortsensen is a compelling presence in the role of Cash, a force of nature capable of sustaining this splendid if ultimately misguided social experime ..
News
3.0
The journey to Leslies final resting place is an occasionally bumpy ride.
Richard Crouse
4.5
Matt Ross followup to his raunchy minimalist drama 28 Hotel Rooms is a toughlove study of a family at the edge of society and occasionally reason.
Adelaide Review
2.0
Its a back and forth debate that doesnt come to a definitive stance.
Mac Guff
3.1
Family friction plus quirky culture clashes plus road trip nearly equals Little Miss Sunshine.
Film Forward
1.5
The community seems to crack between the contradictions of the anarchist and some youthful desire...
3.0
The film doesnt sell this as the right way to live, but rather asks us to consider it.
The Film Experience
4.5
Film Reviews Captain Fantastic celebrates Noam Chomsky Day Ben serves his family as father, teacher, tutor, surrogate mother, chauffeur, sergeant, gui ..
Kdhx
2.0
Clear eyed about the situation, by contrast, is Bens father in law, Jack.Until we meet the man, weve had only Bens angry, resentful take on him.
Aarp
4.0
And the younger actors understand how to be outrageous (and funny) without ever hamming it up.
Saportare Port
4.4
The kids debate Maoism, Trotskyism and Marxism as most American youngsters would argue whether Marvel or DC comic books make better movies.
MLive.com
3.0
Its a shame that it soon devolves into a totally pedestrian financial crisis thriller.
Splice Today
4.0
Ross celebrates the heroism of a father who takes care of his children with a great script and with intelligent characters who never alter the mood to ..
4.5
Finds the humor in tossing this feral pack into the real world, and raises difficult questions about just how much were compromising to get by in a ha ..
L.A. Biz
2.0
Theres the kind of mediocre Sundance movie that just dribbles along, limp and meandering, with telegraphed insights and punchlines.And then theres the ..
Bbc
4.5
Director Ross has created a tragic story thats handled with tenderness and humor.
Movies and Shakers
4.5
Thats why Captain Fantastic maintains its hold on us as it puts us through an emotional catharsis.It is heartfelt and well worth your time.
Leonard Mal
3.1
I think what bugs me about this undeniably entertaining movie is the way Ross goes to such pains to balance every single thing.
Seattle Weekly
1.5
The visuals are dreamy and light dappled; the actors ethereal and coltish, beautifully dressed and wispy of voice.The soundtrack is off kilter and bri ..
Vogue
3.0
Russian Kazakh director Timur Bekmambetov hasnt a hope of filling those sandals with this remake when it comes to drama, tone, and overall class.
Herald Scotland
3.5
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Enfil Me
0.0
Captain Fantastic Lives Up to Its Name: BUST Review Director and actor Matt Ross took a bold risk when he decided to title his sophomore directorial f ..
Bust
4.5
Even with its unevenness and somewhat demagogic moments, its a film full of audacity and provocation, which displays a free spirit like its lovable ch ..
La Nación (Argentina)
1.5
Captain Fantastic contains a dose of healthy disgust, and that is something, despite the rather childish prescriptions.
World Socialist Web Site
5.0
Captain Fantastic is a deep examination of parenting, family, excess, isolationism, hope and the challenge of making the right decisions.Most importan ..
Fres Nobee
4.0
A thought provoking, endearing and charming movie, Captain Fantastic asks enough questions, and poses enough ideas, to keep the viewer engaged, and bl ..
What I Watched Tonight
4.5
Captain Fantastic is an original, unusual film about the power of compromise.
4.5
A beautifully staged film with an amazing soundtrack and a particular group of modern hippies, already have earned a place of honor among the most ori ..
El antepenúltimo mohicano ..
3.5
The comic script is based on the singularity of a group of people, but at the same time we awake a sense of sadness and loneliness.
El antepenúltimo mohicano ..
4.4
Viggo Mortensen may be the only Hollywood actor who you can plausibly imagine catching and killing a deer with his bare hands. As such, hes perfectly ..
Host Madison
1.5
Is there an emotion I didnt feel watching this story of a non traditional family, trying to stay together after the wife and mother disappears
The Movie Minute
3.0
It isnt until the final act, when the film abandons its principles for the easy co option that it has spent the first two hours loathing, that you rea ..
Ex Press
4.5
Viggo Mortensens innate soulfulness and ferocity is perfectly deployed in Ben, patriarch of the unique Cash family.
Hot Press
2.5
Although Im not a parent, Ive often thought about what it must be like to have the responsibility of a life put into your hands, a tabula rasa waiting ..
Daily Public
2.5
Otherwise, this is all forced whimsy that did something I wasnt aware could happen: it made me want to slap people upside the head for how much they l ..
Reviews Antagony Ecstasy
4.0
The film won top prize in the Un Certain Regard category at last years Cannes Film Festival, and its combination of quirky humor with some deeper thou ..
Japan Times
1.5
No, that isnt some planned fourth Wicker Man movie, thats this films final act, played breathlessly, as if it were the most touching sight anyone had ..
Bk Mag
3.8
Wise and funny, its got glorious photography by Stephane Fontaine and a tone shot through with melancholy, loss and regret.
Play Boy
4.5
Its a sweet but not saccharine family saga.And while Viggo Mortensens Ben may be fantastic, hes far from perfect, and the film is all the better for i ..
Lagniappe Mobile
4.5
Captain Fantastic is in some ways a simplistic film entertaining, though not especially deep.
Nashville Scene
2.0
Although it strives for complexity, Captain Fantastic achieves only vagueness and emotional ambivalence
Haaretz
3.5
Director writer Matt Ross has crafted a truly fantastic tale of the joy of living in the wild while physically training and home schooling a brood of ..
James Wegg Review
4.0
But despite Captain Fantastic undoubtedly having its funny moments, not once do you laugh at the fish out of water.
Ib Times
4.5
A very entertaining film that manages to avoid a lot of mistakes that it could have made.
4.4
Get a sneak peek at Captain Fantastic Deep in the forests of the Pacific Northwest, isolated from society, a devoted father (Viggo Mortensen) dedicate ..
Charlotte Observer
3.0
It doesnt have to be spoon fed to you, which is something Captain Fantastic is constantly doing.
The Lonely Film Critic
4.4
A very humane drama with comic elements, excellent performances and an unique premise.
Cinencuentro
4.5
A film that must be seen by its exploration of the different, away from the establishment and the socially accepted.
Excelsior
4.5
A light but deep enough story that can ideally call to the dialogue arisen from the contradiction, with all the Marxist and dialectic that it sounds.
4.5
Fantastic by name fantastic by nature, this film should not be missed.
Newshub (NZ)
3.5
The appeal of living off grid, adopting a primitivist lifestyle disconnected from the mainstream, is given a boost in Matt Ross new film.
Un Cut
3.1
Finally, both films are persuasively, passionately made and feature wonderful and engaging performances.
Baltimore Magazine
4.5
The film presents this familys extreme lifestyle in a fair and even handed way, showing its strengths and drawbacks.
We Are Movie Geeks
4.0
It doesnt necessarily sound like a bad deal, except for the fact that outside of books and interacting with only each other, the children dont know mu ..
Movies With Mae
3.5
You just have to go along with a few things in this flick.It is for a good cause.
Its Just Movies
3.0
The film vilifies the ignorant American relatives (Steve Zahn and Kathryn Hahn) and the wealthy Christian grandparents (Frank Langella and Ann Dowd), ..
3.5
...most of Captain Fantastic is so good that I can overlook the fact that Ross (who wrote the screenplay as well as directed) didnt quite know how to ..
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4.0
Laugh out loud funny and quietly moving, this is a sharply written and superbly directed comedy drama anchored by an awards worthy performance from Vi ..
Wow 247
4.5
What appears to be a brutal critique of the capitalist way of life ends up being in reality a critique of left Utopias.
El Universal
1.5
A film with a promising premise treated with warmth, which ends up being frustrating.
Letras Libres
4.5
With good doses of humor Ross leads this warm road movie to a good destination. It shows how the utopia of an egalitarian coexistence outside of civil ..
4.5
But if you can suspend your disbelief, you will find a story that has suspense and some moving moments.
J Post
4.5
The casting director should win an award for finding these truly excellent young performers, who shine alongside the always wonderful Mortensen.
Ap
5.0
Captain Fantastic is the best new movie Ive seen all year by far. I wouldnt miss it, if I were you.
Buffalo
2.5
Mortensens performance goes to waste with a plot that lets him down.
AMovieGuy.com
2.5
This is almost the case with Captain Fantastic and Viggo Mortensen, but it isnt a feat that manages to fully come together.
Cut Print Film
4.0
A unique, entertaining drama with a sharp sense of humour, which deftly challenges the audiences assumptions and open mindedness.
Farout Magazine
4.5
Of the five nominees, Moonlight is the only film that achieves greatness in direction.The nearest real competition is Mel Gibson for his Great Patriot ..
Nplusonemag
3.0
Its a single, beautifully realised vision with edge and a true heart.
Channel 24
1.5
Captain Fantastic strives to be stoic and offbeat, but is too stubborn in attitude and too lacking in charisma to defend its stance.
Broadstreet Review
4.5
Its a truism to say that actors turned directors are the best directors of actors, but the performances Ross elicits really are very good.
MovieMail
1.5
An unusual film that oscillates between a road movie and the chronicle of a family that beats in its terrain any alien domesticity and that concludes ..
5.0
Captain Fantastic is funny, sweet, poignant and fantastic in every sense of the word.
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