Captain Fantastic (2016) movie poster

Captain Fantastic (2016)

"He prepared them for everything except the outside world."
ThumbScore
👍 90%Google users liked it ⓘ
Critics Score
🎬 77%
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Director
Runtime
1h 58m
Rated
R
Country
United States of America
Language
English
TMDB Rating
7.9/10 (6,760 votes)
Rotten Tomatoes
82%
Metacritic
72

Cast

Viggo Mortensen as Ben Cash · 74% avg
George MacKay as Bodevan Cash · 70% avg
Samantha Isler as Kielyr Cash
Annalise Basso as Vespyr Cash · 75% avg
Nicholas Hamilton as Rellian Cash
Shree Crooks as Zaja Cash
Charlie Shotwell as Nai Cash · 68% avg
Trin Miller as Leslie Abigail Cash

Is Captain Fantastic good?

Yes. 90% of real audiences liked it, by Google's archived audience score. Critics gave it 77%.

Where it ranks on ThumbScore

Rank in its genre
#54 / 1446 · Adventure
Rank in its year
#9 / 295 · 2016

By audience score, among films with 500 or more votes.

Overview

Deep in the forests of the Pacific Northwest, a father devoted to raising his six kids with a rigorous physical and intellectual education is forced to leave his paradise and enter the world, beginning a journey that challenges his idea of what it means to be a parent. Wikipedia ↗

About the Film

Captain Fantastic is a 2016 American drama directed by Matt Ross. Viggo Mortensen stars as Ben Cash, an idealistic, fiercely intellectual father who has raised his six children completely off the grid in the forests of the Pacific Northwest, homeschooling them in survival skills, philosophy, critical thinking, and physical fitness while deliberately shielding them from modern American consumer culture. When Ben's wife, who has been hospitalized for bipolar disorder, dies by suicide, the family must travel to New Mexico for the funeral, bringing their unconventional lifestyle into direct collision with mainstream society and forcing Ben to confront whether his parenting has actually prepared his children for the world or merely isolated them from it.

Viggo Mortensen earned an Academy Award nomination for Best Actor for a performance that balanced fierce conviction with dawning self-doubt, creating a father who is simultaneously admirable and deeply flawed. Captain Fantastic earned $23 million worldwide on a $5 million budget.

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The red shirt used by Viggo Mortensen in "Captain Fantastic" (2016) is the same one he wore in the film "The Indian Runner" (1991).
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