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Captain Fantastic

  • 20162016
  • RR
  • 1h 58m
IMDb RATING
7.8/10
217K
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POPULARITY
1,058
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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
217K
YOUR RATING
POPULARITY
1,058
49
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    • Director
      • Matt Ross
    • Writer
      • Matt Ross
    • Stars
      • Viggo Mortensen
      • George MacKay
      • Samantha Isler
    Top credits
    • Director
      • Matt Ross
    • Writer
      • Matt Ross
    • Stars
      • Viggo Mortensen
      • George MacKay
      • Samantha Isler
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 590User reviews
    • 324Critic reviews
    • 72Metascore
    • Nominated for 1 Oscar
      • 15 wins & 51 nominations total

    Videos13

    Exclusive Trailer
    Trailer 2:32
    Exclusive Trailer
    Im A Maoist
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    Im A Maoist
    Crossbow Censored
    Clip 1:23
    Crossbow Censored
    Dinner
    Clip 0:51
    Dinner
    Love Birds
    Clip 1:31
    Love Birds
    So They Know Were Coming
    Clip 1:24
    So They Know Were Coming
    Mom
    Clip 0:55
    Mom
    Captain Fanstastic 'Dinner' Clip
    Clip 0:51
    Captain Fanstastic 'Dinner' Clip
    Captain Fantastic: Clip 1 'Mom'
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    Captain Fantastic: Clip 1 'Mom'
    'Captain Fantastic': Viggo Mortensen on the Making of the Film
    Featurette 4:03
    'Captain Fantastic': Viggo Mortensen on the Making of the Film
    Viggo Mortensen on Why 'Captain Fantastic' Is His Favorite Role
    Interview 1:54
    Viggo Mortensen on Why 'Captain Fantastic' Is His Favorite Role
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    Photos280

    Viggo Mortensen, George MacKay, Annalise Basso, Samantha Isler, Shree Crooks, Nicholas Hamilton, and Charlie Shotwell in Captain Fantastic (2016)
    Viggo Mortensen and Shree Crooks in Captain Fantastic (2016)
    Viggo Mortensen, George MacKay, Annalise Basso, Samantha Isler, Shree Crooks, and Charlie Shotwell in Captain Fantastic (2016)
    George MacKay, Samantha Isler, Nicholas Hamilton, and Charlie Shotwell in Captain Fantastic (2016)
    Viggo Mortensen in Captain Fantastic (2016)
    Missi Pyle and Erin Moriarty in Captain Fantastic (2016)
    Annalise Basso, Samantha Isler, Shree Crooks, and Charlie Shotwell in Captain Fantastic (2016)
    Viggo Mortensen, Matt Ross, Annalise Basso, Samantha Isler, and Charlie Shotwell in Captain Fantastic (2016)
    Viggo Mortensen, Annalise Basso, Shree Crooks, and Charlie Shotwell in Captain Fantastic (2016)
    Viggo Mortensen and Samantha Isler in Captain Fantastic (2016)
    Frank Langella, Matt Ross, and Nicholas Hamilton in Captain Fantastic (2016)
    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
    Missi Pyle
    • Ellen
    Frank Langella
    Frank Langella
    • Jack
    Ann Dowd
    Ann Dowd
    • Abigail
    Galen Osier
    • Small Store Owner
    • (as Gallen Osier)
    Hannah Horton
    Hannah Horton
    • Teenage Girl
    • Director
      • Matt Ross
    • Writer
      • Matt Ross
    • All cast & crew
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    Storyline

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    Did you know

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    • Trivia
      At a screening in San Francisco, Matt Ross revealed that over the course of filming, the group of children came to call Viggo Mortensen "Summer Dad".
    • 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

    User reviews590

    Review
    Top review
    This is a movie for every generation. It needs to be noticed, it deserves to be talked about, and discussed.
    Aesthetically on high-level, questioning the most important points of human life and importance of verbal, mental, physical, social, emotional development and the inability of developing them all on the same level. There are so many factors that influence one's development. And there is space for many mistakes.

    High quality acting. Viggo Mortensen gives one of his best performances, a devoted father that wants only the best for his kids, an authority, a leader, a teacher, loving, loyal husband, a grieving human with tough, determined, honest attitude he transmits to his children. Kids, from the youngest to the oldest, act with such naturalness that you simply dive in this masterfully-made journey.

    Film doesn't show how one should live and not live because both sides are flawed. Internal and external conflicts make you question the reality of the present, giving you space to find your own balance of how one should live.

    I personally started thinking of how there is a massive space for improvement in every field of our lives. An example is school. And how devastating it is that one could neglect the knowledge at that extant. Kids need to be inspired and motivated to learn. And more important is that they have to build inner-motivation that will make them interested and ambitious as they improve the world around them. And of course kids can't be accused for not wanting to learn if the teachers don't show them how and why to love their subject. And of course parents to support them.

    This (above) is just one point of where this movie has taken my entranced mind.

    This is a movie for every generation. It needs to be noticed, it deserves to be talked about, and discussed. Because that is the point of Captain Fantastic.
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    • ognjen-janic
    • Aug 17, 2016

    Details

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    • Release date
      • July 29, 2016 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Official sites
      • Bleecker Street Media (United States)
      • Mars Films (France)
    • Languages
      • English
      • Esperanto
      • German
      • Chinese
    • Also known as
      • Capitán Fantástico
    • Filming locations
      • Deception Pass State Park, Washington, USA
    • Production companies
      • Electric City Entertainment
      • ShivHans Pictures
    • See more company credits at IMDbPro

    Box office

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    • Budget
      • $5,000,000 (estimated)
    • Gross US & Canada
      • $5,879,835
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $93,824
      • Jul 10, 2016
    • Gross worldwide
      • $23,123,592
    See detailed box office info on IMDbPro

    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      1 hour 58 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Dolby Digital
    • Aspect ratio
      • 2.39 : 1

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