Worst - case scenario: Depp's big comeback plays like decade - old Scorsese, warmed over, with negligible roles for a lot of talented actors. (film.avclub.com)
The opening scenes are clunky and expositional, and I'm not sure what purpose is served by the conversation Captain Richard Phillips (Tom Hanks) has with his wife (Catherine Keener in a bizarrely negligible role) about how tough the modern world is. (philonfilm.net)
modest to negligible roles of interparental disengagement and uncooperativeness as sources of (researchgate.net)