Greyhound
Aug 30, 2020
3 minutes
1 COMMANDER KRAUSE
Chris Hewitt: It wouldn’t be a surprise if Tom Hanks, Greyhound’s screenwriter, had simply called him Commander Hanks as a placeholder, and then forgotten to change it. In a film that determinedly doesn’t let us glimpse into characters’ inner lives, Commander Krause remains a familiar figure to the audience, precisely because of our knowledge of the types of characters Hanks plays. He is, in many ways, a fusion of Hanks heroes past — all that’s missing is a comedic meltdown and a boogie-woogie session on a giant keyboard.
Krause is a first-time commander. We feel like we
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