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Flight Plan
U (INDIA)
2005
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Positive Reviews
36
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12
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1.5
is sodbuster Daltrys oft repeated television tagline, but thats about the only chuckle the movie can induce.
Austin Chronicle
2.0
The first half of Flightplan is taut and reasonably thrilling a sort of Das Boot on an airplane.
Austin Chronicle
4.4
How can a little girl simply disappear from an airplane at 37,000 feet.By asking this question and not cheating on the answer, Flightplan delivers a f ..
Rogerebert
2.5
Adding some much welcome class to a very standard psychological thriller is Ms. Jodie Foster, the always welcome actress who consistently manages to m ..
E Film Critic
3.5
The movies concept is cool, the execution is taut and filled with suspense, but the resolution is badly flawed.
Cinema Blend
3.5
But in the passage between its obscure first act and sloppy last one (that is, the portion detailed in the movies egregiously revealing trailer), Flig ..
Village Voice
2.5
If the filmmaker could have worked with a less far fetched tale, he could have come up with a more successful psychological thriller instead of resort ..
Sover
3.1
Its an enticing rhythm, and one that brilliantly builds suspense.
Combust Ible Celluloid
3.5
While the story may not be very plausible, the film is compelling largely because of excellent performances by Jodie Foster and Peter Sarsgaard.
Lariat
3.5
But what is at first a tightly wound psychological thriller eventually becomes something else.
Eric Ds Nider
2.0
Dowling, Ray and Schwentke should be required to study Red Eye to see how this sort of thing is done.
News Review
3.5
The amazing feat is that, while the film has you in its grasp, you barely notice.Genius.
Shadows On The Wall
3.0
The Good Flightplan looks terrific.Its beautifully designed and German director Schwentke sticks to a visually stunning palette of blues, blacks and b ..
View London
2.8
Its all a bit tiresome, and no way to treat one of Americas great actresses, even one who likes to go it so desperately alone.
Cs Monitor
3.5
The nefarious flightplan eventually revealed by the script is riddled with holes, but audiences who cant get enough of Jodie Foster in jeopardy will t ..
Film Journal
3.1
Ultimately what makes this picture fly is Foster, whos playing another character who turns jeopardy into vengeance as a rite of motherhood.
Boston
2.5
Yeah, it was already nonsense, but here it becomes utterly silly nonsense, and no amount of Fosters two fisted histrionics or Schwentkes directorial p ..
Mountain X
3.1
Dana Verkouteren, Associated Press This courtroom sketch depicts Rick Gates, right, answering questions by prosecutor Greg Andres as he testifies in t ..
Star Tribune
2.0
Youll find yourself gripping your armrests through the middle section when the tension reaches its apex.
Reel Talk Reviews
2.0
That length of delay and too many hands involved in this film may have added to its problems.
Reel Talk Reviews
5.0
What I expect from a thriller is that it keep me guessing while scaring the socks off me and Flightplan passes this test with flying colors.
Reel Talk Reviews
2.5
A lot of the beats are a bit too familiar from previous entries in the series, which isnt surprising given that this is the fifth film to play off the ..
Q Network
2.8
Flightplan is one of those thrillers that pivots around the question of how daring or how focus group cautious we suspect the filmmakers will turn out ..
Ew
1.5
With Flightplan I didnt expect it to be a masterpiece, nor did I expect it to be a great film, but I wanted pretty damn good.And they couldnt even ser ..
Cinema Crazed
3.0
Strap yourself in for an enthralling, enjoyable if ultimately far fetched thriller.
Empire
3.0
Firstly it broadens out an otherwise conventional thriller into an exploration of loss, maternity and madness not unlike last years The Forgotten, onl ..
Eye For Film
3.0
But there are enough thrills to keep teens and adults interested.
Common Sense Media
4.4
Though Im sure there are other films that do this, this is the only one I can remember that accurately replicates the average experience of being on a ..
Sf Gate
2.0
STAGGERING IMPLAUSIBILITY For all its high production values, A list cast and classy lensing, Flightplan is a bit of a bore.
Bbc
3.5
From its clever sequence of opening credits to its assured sense of design, tone, pacing and spatial logic, Flightplan is clearly the work of an adroi ..
Washington Post
2.5
To watch Ms. Foster storm through a phony airplane for an entire movie has its very minor pleasures given the numerous close ups, you can study her lo ..
The New York Times
3.1
Where the flight from hell leads is no great shake, but getting there is exciting enough to be worth the trip.
The Movie Boy
2.5
In the end, they cant escape their own contrivances, and while the movie is well executed, its fatally flawed.
Bullz-Eye
2.5
Im not going to go any further with this since it would give away what should be, but isnt, a thrilling thriller.
Reeling Reviews
3.5
Flightplan knows we know our movies too well, and it ends up resorting to near impossibilities in its attempt to keep us guessing till the end.But by ..
Flickfilosopher
2.5
Instead of an intelligent, inventive finale, we are stuck with the same approach employed by every half baked thriller.
ReelViews
2.0
Movies offer us wildly divergent stories with vivid, close up emotions, and so did the six fimmakers we invited to take part in the Envelope Directors ..
Calendar Live
3.1
Flightplan might not necessary execute the cleverest of landings, but with Jodie Foster onboard, you know itll at least have an excellent takeoff.
Hollywood
5.0
Coming in at a compact 93 minutes, the producers got German indie filmmaker Robert Schwentke to direct and he structured the film so that it plunges a ..
Tony Medley
2.5
But once the script flies into the thin aired realm of the ridiculous, no amount of talent behind or in front of the camera can bring this film in for ..
Spliced Wire
3.8
Though the films third act is almost unreasonably ludicrous, theres no doubt that Flightplan works as an exercise in pure entertainment.
Reel Film
1.5
The initial concept is interesting, but it paints itself into a corner way too early.
7M Pictures
3.8
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The Star
1.9
But it might not seem quite so awful, even reprehensible, if it didnt waste a pretty good cast, or if it didnt trot out that ultimate poor taste clich ..
Deseret News
3.5
In most thrillers this combination is enough to tear the whole playhouse down, but here the damage is less severe.
Urban Cine File
4.0
Foster does the frantic head of the family under great threat very well, as she so superbly demonstrated in an earlier state of panic.
Varia Gate
1.9
But that chess match plays out disappointingly fast and the film resolves itself with such swiftness and great ease, that the viewers are left without ..
Ross Anthony
3.1
She elevates what is a standard B movie thriller to something more personal and emotional than it has any right to be.
Big Picture Big Sound
3.1
The premise sounds great, but its the ending that will determine if you like Flightplan .
Waffle Movies
3.1
Flightplan is both a thriller and female empowerment film, so anyone can enjoy it.
Movie Crypt
3.0
Flightplan Synopsis On a plane at 40,000 feet, Kyle Pratt (Foster) faces every mothers worst nightmare when her 6 year old daughter, Julia, vanishes w ..
Movie Web
3.5
A suspense thriller, Schwentke directs it like a ghost story adding a profound sense of darkness to the proceedings that effectively puts the audience ..
ComingSoon
2.5
Fosters go for broke plunge into the material makes the flimsy twists barely tolerable.
Flip Side Archive
3.8
The whole film is a roller coaster of tension, and its refreshing to have films like this back at the multiplex.
From The Balcony
2.5
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Movie Eye
2.5
For the most part, its just a disposable B movie without much excitement or ingenuity.
Nicks Chager
2.0
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Film Force Ign
5.0
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2 The Advocate
2.5
Flightplan is well worth seeing for the first 45 minutes to an hour, but unfortunately the third act goes down in flames.
Fantastic A Daily
3.1
A first rate thriller before it crashes and burns in the final act...The solution to the mystery is a real groaner and a politically correct cop out.
Fantastic A Daily
2.8
Fosters character in Flightplan is incredibly one note, and it really wears on you after a bit.
Now Playing Mag
2.5
The makers of an anti anxiety drug mentioned in Flightplan will probably rethink their involvement once they see the film.
Sac Ticket
2.5
Panic had a riveting plot, palpable tension and a satisfying payoff; this movie is ruined by a Swiss cheese storyline, an absence of urgency, and a di ..
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