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Captain Fantastic

  • 20162016
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  • 1h 58m
IMDb RATING
7.8/10
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George MacKay in Captain Fantastic (2016)
Deep in the forests of the Pacific Northwest, isolated from society, a devoted father (Viggo Mortensen) dedicates his life to transforming his six young children into extraordinary adults. But when a tragedy strikes the family, they are forced to leave this self-created paradise and begin a journey into the outside world that challenges his idea of what it means to be a parent and brings into question everything he's taught them.
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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, cha... Read allIn 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, challenging his idea of what it means to be a parent.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, challenging his idea of what it means to be a parent.
IMDb RATING
7.8/10
222K
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POPULARITY
1,453
81
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    • Viggo Mortensen
    • George MacKay
    • Samantha Isler
    • Matt Ross
    • Matt Ross
  • Stars
    • Viggo Mortensen
    • George MacKay
    • Samantha Isler
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    • 597User reviews
    • 324Critic reviews
    • 72Metascore
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    • Nominated for 1 Oscar

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    Viggo Mortensen, George MacKay, Annalise Basso, Samantha Isler, Shree Crooks, Nicholas Hamilton, and Charlie Shotwell in Captain Fantastic (2016)
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    Viggo Mortensen, George MacKay, Annalise Basso, Samantha Isler, Shree Crooks, and Charlie Shotwell in Captain Fantastic (2016)
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    Viggo Mortensen, George MacKay, Annalise Basso, Samantha Isler, and Nicholas Hamilton in Captain Fantastic (2016)

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    Viggo Mortensen
    Viggo Mortensen
    • Ben
    George MacKay
    George MacKay
    • Bodevan
    Samantha Isler
    Samantha Isler
    • Kielyr
    Annalise Basso
    Annalise Basso
    • Vespyr
    Nicholas Hamilton
    Nicholas Hamilton
    • Rellian
    Shree Crooks
    Shree Crooks
    • Zaja
    Charlie Shotwell
    Charlie Shotwell
    • Nai
    Trin Miller
    Trin Miller
    • Leslie
    Kathryn Hahn
    Kathryn Hahn
    • Harper
    Steve Zahn
    Steve Zahn
    • Dave
    Elijah Stevenson
    • Justin
    Teddy Van Ee
    Teddy Van Ee
    • Jackson
    Erin Moriarty
    Erin Moriarty
    • Claire
    Missi Pyle
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    • Ellen
    Frank Langella
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    • Jack
    Ann Dowd
    Ann Dowd
    • Abigail
    Galen Osier
    • Small Store Owner
    • (as Gallen Osier)
    Hannah Horton
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    • Trivia
      George MacKay practiced yoga 3-4 hours a day once he was cast as Bo so he could do the advanced poses he did in the film. He said it was the toughest part of the shoot for him.
    • Goofs
      In the scene around the fire in the evening, the family faces the fire and holds up books to read. This would block the light from the fire, and the pages would be in darkness, meaning they'd be unable to read.
    • Quotes

      Ben: When you have sex with a woman, be gentle and listen to her. Treat her with respect and dignity even if you don't love her.

      Bo: I know.

      Ben: Always tell the truth. Always take the high road.

      Bo: I know.

      Ben: Live each day like it could be your last. Drink it in. Be adventurous, be bold, but savor it. It goes fast.

      Bo: I know.

      Ben: Don't die.

      Bo: I won't.

    • Connections
      Featured in WatchMojo: Top 10 Movies You Missed this Summer (2016) (2016)
    • Soundtracks
      El Hilo De Ariadna
      Written by Viggo Mortensen and George MacKay

      Performed by Viggo Mortensen, George MacKay, Samantha Isler, Annalise Basso, Nicholas Hamilton, Shree Crooks and Charlie Shotwell

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    8/10
    Captain Fantastic is a very amusing look at trying to find a balance between two different worlds.
    Mortensen plays Ben, A father of six children, whose wife suffers from mental illness and Ben thought it would be good for her and the kids to live out in the wild, living off the land and tossing the rules of our society out the window. However, Ben's wife did not get better. Captain Fantastic mostly focuses on the children. On a road trip towards their mother's funeral, they get a culture clash with the rest of the world. It lays out all the info for the question of weather these kids were raised right or raise wrong. Captain Fantastic starts off showing you the children's lifestyle, were organic met growing and hunting your own food and made their own clothes and were home schooled. Then they come into society where everyone looks at them as if they are freaks, but why is it weird that these kids don't know the name brand of sneakers? The look on their faces when they experienced Street Fighter for the first time makes sense when your not use to such things. Besides, it's a shame on our Society that an 8 year old can comprehend the Bill of Rights better than those older than her. Watching these kids tackle the woods than watching them adapt to society was a bit of an eye opener. Some times the movie punches you in the gut, like when the talk about religious "organizations" and how Fat everyone in the city seems to be, but the blow is softer cause it's coming from children. But Captain Fantastic is not all one sided, detailing some down qualities of living in the wild , like the eldest son's overzealous first encounter with the opposite sex or the fact that It was the parents choice to live out in the woods, not the child's. Mortensen played the part well of a man who sometimes got too clouded by his beliefs of doing the right thing by his family and who sometimes went to far to prove a point. Also like Frank Langella's character, the father who just lost his daughter and blames his son-in-law. It's was good cause you really know people like the character he plays. Steve Zahn and Kathryn Hahn were also terrific in the movie playing yin to Ben's yang, as parents who don't fully see eye to eye with what he's doing. Overall, everyone has a upbringing different from everyone else and Captain Fantastic takes that statement to a different level, but at it's core, he's just a parent who loves his children and is trying to do the best he can in a difficult time. This theme radiates from Mortensen and the rest of the cast, which is what makes it so Fantastic.
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    • Jul 10, 2016

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    • Release date
      • July 29, 2016 (United States)
      • United States
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      • Bleecker Street Media (United States)
      • Mars Films (France)
      • English
      • Esperanto
      • German
      • Chinese
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      • Deception Pass State Park, Washington, USA
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      • ShivHans Pictures
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    • 1 hour 58 minutes
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