Flight

5

kingofthekicksNov 26, 2012

I went into this movie knowing full well what I was getting myself into, a character study on alcoholism with a flashy planecrash to draw in the public audience. The movie had potential, but it felt like a movie Columbia Pictures made just toI went into this movie knowing full well what I was getting myself into, a character study on alcoholism with a flashy planecrash to draw in the public audience. The movie had potential, but it felt like a movie Columbia Pictures made just to fill the seats. Even as someone with a drinking problem, I couldn't identify or empathize with the protagonist. A drama without the script and emotions to back it up. But that crash was pretty sweet...… Expand

0 of 1 users found this helpful01

All this user's reviews

5

ultralight47Dec 4, 2012

In the previews we've all seen that Washington makes a miraculous flight recovery to save his doomed airplane. The problem for me with this film is that it continues to tell me over and over again and display situations redundantly thatIn the previews we've all seen that Washington makes a miraculous flight recovery to save his doomed airplane. The problem for me with this film is that it continues to tell me over and over again and display situations redundantly that demonstrate that our hero has a problem. OK; I get it. Once you do get it, there's not a lot more to this film. Washington, for all of his abilites, cannot overcome his personal problems and in this movie, he has "so many chances". However, Washington's performance is worthy.… Expand

0 of 1 users found this helpful01

All this user's reviews

5

bitterblueMar 11, 2013

This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Overall, Denzel Washington gives a good performance for a character that is not in the one bit likable. As character stories go, Whip never learns from his mistakes, but that's kind of the point of the character development. Because his addiction is so deep, his life revolves around alcohol and it's been his only escape from all his failures as a husband and father, and his failures as a noble and good person. The movie is ok, but spends too much time playing around with the idea of the plane crash and everything that happens as "an act of God," when in reality everything happens for a reason. But the whole time, Whip never learns. I guess that's the point of the movie. In that case, the message is flawed and difficult to really enjoy.… Expand

0 of 0 users found this helpful00

All this user's reviews

5

CinemaphileJul 29, 2016

A joyless white knuckle investigation of addiction. Flight is less an action picture than it is a character study which begs the question, can an irredeemable person be redeemed by one heroic action. Save this one for a rainy Sunday afternoonA joyless white knuckle investigation of addiction. Flight is less an action picture than it is a character study which begs the question, can an irredeemable person be redeemed by one heroic action. Save this one for a rainy Sunday afternoon watching basic cable.… Expand

0 of 0 users found this helpful00

All this user's reviews

5

amheretojudgeJun 15, 2018

flies safely but lands off stage..

Flight It is completely base on a textbook formula of its genre and is overstretched in its initial stage, taking the character driven feature and star power for granted. The script doesn't have much toflies safely but lands off stage..

Flight

It is completely base on a textbook formula of its genre and is overstretched in its initial stage, taking the character driven feature and star power for granted. The script doesn't have much to offer especially considering the amount of time it takes to reach a definite point; more than two hours is pushing it. Robert Zemeckis is no short on execution but the screenplay is the real culprit in here that never had enough crisp at first to make it on screen. As expected, Daniel Washington delivers on performance level but unfortunately isn't supported as was essential. It is short on technical aspects like sound department and editing which could have been a lot better. The primary reason why it fails to exceed or even match the expectations, is the anticipated impact that it fails to pitch on screen for the audience to care or at least be effected by the characters projected in here. Flight flies safely but lands off stage to an outcome that was visible far before it even hits the screen, making the whole process or journey redundant and exhausting especially when the makers weren't even convincing the viewers for a second look or something to think about.… Expand

0 of 0 users found this helpful00

All this user's reviews

4

MarcDoyleDec 19, 2012

The professional critics were far too generous to this film. Sure, Denzel does a nice job portraying the drunk pilot, but his story is simply tedious. I wasn't in the mood to watch a saga of an alcoholic pilot in denial. It's not anThe professional critics were far too generous to this film. Sure, Denzel does a nice job portraying the drunk pilot, but his story is simply tedious. I wasn't in the mood to watch a saga of an alcoholic pilot in denial. It's not an ambitious story in the least. Even John Goodman's character is wasted. He's terrific in his first scene, but then he becomes a caricature of himself in the coke sequence. The actors who save the film are Kelly Reilly (as Nicole) and Nadine Velazquez (from the League).… Expand

1 of 3 users found this helpful12

All this user's reviews

4

EvolutionaryMar 12, 2013

My advice would be to watch the first half of this film, which is generally original and captivating. When it gets about an hour in, you will begin to notice some overt cliche thrown in casually. By the end of the film, you will walk outMy advice would be to watch the first half of this film, which is generally original and captivating. When it gets about an hour in, you will begin to notice some overt cliche thrown in casually. By the end of the film, you will walk out feeling appalled that you have once again been tricked into watching a predictable and non-sensical hollywood plotline tailored for the un-thinking audience. Damn you Hollywood producers for relying on formula and ill conceived moral banality to ruin yet another film that had great potential.… Expand

1 of 1 users found this helpful10

All this user's reviews

4

JimLaheyFeb 10, 2013

This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. As long as you go into it accepting that airplanes and piloting are a plot devise, and you want a tale of alcoholism and the struggle of addiction as the actual theme then it may be enjoyable. The trailer is more entertaining than the movie.… Expand

0 of 1 users found this helpful01

All this user's reviews

4

foxgroveMar 4, 2013

This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. whatever else may be wrong with this film it certainly has nothing to do with Denzel Washington's committed and convincing portrayal of an alcoholic pilot under suspicion for negligence after the aircraft he was piloting crash lands killing six people on board. The crash sequence is extremely well handled wringing out maximum tension. Once grounded, though, the screenplay introduces us to sundry supporting characters that tend to make the story seem very disjointed. Each scene seems to feel like a tiny vignette filling in the background detail of his life which holds little real interest.. The Introduction of drug user Kelly Reilly also doesn't really add the necessary spark. In fact her main purpose is to show that her road to recovery is a lot quicker than the path Denzel's character chooses. The final outcome is somewhat predictable, but before the cloying reunion scenes with the estranged son, there is a really good key scene where bye Denzel is interrogated by a wonderfully understated Melissa Leo. Here the film really packs a punch, but for most of it's excesive running time Flight just doesn't take off.… Expand

0 of 0 users found this helpful00

All this user's reviews

4

luke_richardsonJan 30, 2013

After dabbling in the world of creepy pseudo-realistic motion capture with Beowulf, The Polar Express and A Christmas Carol, Robert Zemeckis returns to the land of the living with the tonally muddled, Oscar-ripe drab-drama Flight.

Read theAfter dabbling in the world of creepy pseudo-realistic motion capture with Beowulf, The Polar Express and A Christmas Carol, Robert Zemeckis returns to the land of the living with the tonally muddled, Oscar-ripe drab-drama Flight.

Read the full review here:
http://theframeloop.com/2013/01/30/reviewflight/… Expand

0 of 0 users found this helpful00

All this user's reviews

4

MigstJul 17, 2013

I liked watching the movie (good performance, interesting story,...) but i was disappointed with the morale. Too much of "i am a sinner and i deserve to be punished" for me...

0 of 0 users found this helpful00

All this user's reviews

3

namelessNov 11, 2012

An art film about drinking pretending to be a Hollywood film about an airplane crash. If you want an art film about being self destructive and using drinking as the vehicle and being able to guess the ending just after the crash than this isAn art film about drinking pretending to be a Hollywood film about an airplane crash. If you want an art film about being self destructive and using drinking as the vehicle and being able to guess the ending just after the crash than this is your film. It is filmmaking 101.… Expand

2 of 8 users found this helpful26

All this user's reviews

3

EddieHokieJun 9, 2014

I hate airplanes. This isn't scary because it happens. It happens rarely. When it does happen chaos happens. Ride at your own risk. Lesson learned.

Denzel does a fine job at losing control when it's the appropriate time to. Made his millions.

0 of 0 users found this helpful00

All this user's reviews

3

WilliamJonesFeb 25, 2013

This film is so plagued with technical errors somebody should be accountable. They discharge the fire extinguishers yet the engines keep running. Every jet pilot in the world knows if you pull the fire handle it cuts the fuel and the engine stops!

1 of 2 users found this helpful11

All this user's reviews

2

jelonNov 25, 2012

Flight had a potential to be a compelling psychological and moral drama but squandered all that it built up in the last 30 minutes by pandering to the worst Hollywood stereotypes of preachy sentimental commercialism. I wanted to throw upFlight had a potential to be a compelling psychological and moral drama but squandered all that it built up in the last 30 minutes by pandering to the worst Hollywood stereotypes of preachy sentimental commercialism. I wanted to throw up when Denzel sanctimoniously decides to go all repentant at the hearing, and then makes his schmaltzy confession to fellow inmates. When his son (with whom he established no relationship in the film) showed with a school assignment, I was ready to strangle Zemeckis, Denzel, and especially the scriptwriter for the most saccharine sappy weepy sell out. I really don't know how any intelligent viewer could have related to that concluding half hour of the film and I can't recall any recent film that undermined itself so irredeemably. What a waste of money and talent, especially Denzel's. The recovering drug junkie's role was woefully underwritten, and only Goodman in his walk-on role can safely dissociate himself from the rest of the film. The bright spots were the secondary characters, especially the black stewardess who should have had more screen time and the dying cancer guy in the hospital. When I say the film had potential, just imagine a complex, ambiguous film where Denzel lies at the hearing (without the psychologically and dramatically ridiculous drunken binge the night before), the corporations are punished (as they should for unsafe aircrafts), Denzel retires with a nice severance package that gives him time to first realize that without cocaine he would have not saved the plane and then brings him out of the cycle of self-abuse. He moves to Jamaica with his white girlfriend. She does photography, he just chills, and in the last scene, we see them listening to raggae and smoking weed, a great pitch for legalizing marijuana.… Expand

7 of 17 users found this helpful710

All this user's reviews

2

thcsrebNov 5, 2012

See another movie. Don't waste your time here. It is a drama about a drunk.

This movie is no more about a "Flight" than the movie "Animal House" is about animals. The 1st 30 minutes or so are compelling. A pilot, presumably a party animal,See another movie. Don't waste your time here. It is a drama about a drunk.

This movie is no more about a "Flight" than the movie "Animal House" is about animals. The 1st 30 minutes or so are compelling. A pilot, presumably a party animal, pilots a jet with mechanical problems to an unlikely landing, saving countless lives. However, that is only the special effects lead-in to the latter half of the movie - almost 90 minutes, and the TRUE plot - a despicable journey with an alcoholic and his un-entertaining habits, drug use, drinking to excess, lies, more lies, and boring conversations that are at times entirely stereotypical. Denzel Washington does NOT create a new character for himself here. Don Cheadle plays the exact same character he plays in every other movie - the stoic. The movie drags on endlessly and becomes almost unbearable at times. See another movie. Don't waste your time here. It is a drama about a drunk.… Expand

4 of 10 users found this helpful46

All this user's reviews

2

christhefishDec 25, 2012

I went to a lot of trouble to register so I could write a review for this movie. Although the term 'Movie' implies 'Moving Picture' This one moves along quite well for 12 ish minutes, And then staying awake becomes problematic. WithoutI went to a lot of trouble to register so I could write a review for this movie. Although the term 'Movie' implies 'Moving Picture' This one moves along quite well for 12 ish minutes, And then staying awake becomes problematic. Without spoiling it, I can tell you it turns to **** BORING **** YOU WOULDNT BELIEVE HOW NOTHING HAPPENS. I was waiting for ghosts, secret agents,men in black, hell, even ALIENS! SOMETHING!? It Reels you in and you think; 50 minutes in ;Any minute now this film is gonna peel out tyres smoking, and;. . NOTHING!! Just a boring innacurate like my spelling take on alcoholism, and some directionless mumbo jumbo .
As we say on the other side of the pond, its complete Pants! ( or utter B@LL*X after 9.45 p.m.)
I have two nephews not yet ten yrs old and they would nod off to this. ITS
RUBBISH !
YAWNN… Expand

2 of 6 users found this helpful24

All this user's reviews

2

montfortDec 27, 2012

Though a huge fan of Denzel Washington, I simply never cared about this character or the story in which he found himself. Though there are many technically brilliant things about the film (the plane crash in the beginning is stunning) and theThough a huge fan of Denzel Washington, I simply never cared about this character or the story in which he found himself. Though there are many technically brilliant things about the film (the plane crash in the beginning is stunning) and the actors and the director fully deliver, but the story they are telling ultimately, does not have a point large enough to justify the darkness of tone. Hope to see them all again in something more worthy of their efforts.… Expand

0 of 1 users found this helpful01

All this user's reviews

1

ErikTheRedNov 19, 2012

Middle class pap, trite, and hackneyed. Basically about one reprehensible guy who struggles with his addictions. If you would like to see Denzel drinking, smoking, and snorting without any larger message then this is the movie for you.Middle class pap, trite, and hackneyed. Basically about one reprehensible guy who struggles with his addictions. If you would like to see Denzel drinking, smoking, and snorting without any larger message then this is the movie for you. Basically a movie devoid of meaning except for a nice, safe upbeat end which, in my mind, is the hallmark of something below even a B-movie.… Expand

2 of 10 users found this helpful28

All this user's reviews

1

CasandraComplexJun 7, 2022

The Hollywood version of reality is getting so far out to sea that you can't even make anything out .. same goes for this waste of talent and craft to make a movie which has taken the "cause du jour" (cause of the day) and mascarade it anThe Hollywood version of reality is getting so far out to sea that you can't even make anything out .. same goes for this waste of talent and craft to make a movie which has taken the "cause du jour" (cause of the day) and mascarade it an actual story.. but there isn't any real story here that we have not heard a MILLION times over and over preached to you by the very scumbags that actually live in that lifestyle. Hollywood! Get a clue! Real people get steamrolled by aviation producers because of profit margins! That is the real story not some poor alcoholic who pulls off a miracle and actually lands your piss poorly maintained aircraft that was designed in the 1960's.. so spare me your pro-corporate blame the pilot WHO HAPPENED TO LAND YOUR PIECE OF CRAP PLANE storyline bull caa caa.… Expand

0 of 0 users found this helpful00

All this user's reviews

1

Chempion1May 7, 2023

В нашей озвучке фильм почему то называется "Экипаж". Я так и не понял при чем здесь экипаж? Фильм, это ваще такой сольник про одного человека, никакой командной работы! Больше подошёл бы перевод "Полёт", наверное.
Итак кино про раздолбая,В нашей озвучке фильм почему то называется "Экипаж". Я так и не понял при чем здесь экипаж? Фильм, это ваще такой сольник про одного человека, никакой командной работы! Больше подошёл бы перевод "Полёт", наверное.
Итак кино про раздолбая, наркомана, алкоголика и вообще человека не совсем в своём уме. Если в свои 50 лет он ведёт себя как 16 летний дебильный подросток.
Режиссер весь показ пытается доказать, что этот чернокожий лётчик какой то там герой. Чушь полнейшая.
И так, этот придурок, будучи капитаном самолёта, даёт разрешение на взлёт, находясь под действием кокаина, алкоголя, плюс к этому тупо нажирается водяры прям в полёте. При этом погода совершенно не летная, но пьяному море по колено. И вот самолет лишается руля высоты и этот "гений", нарушая все законы физики, сажает лайнер на брюхо. При этом погибает 6 человек и многие получают тяжелейшие травмы.
И вот начинается тягомотина. Этого "пилота" показывают как невероятного профессионала, говорят, что он спас десятки жизней, что...
Этот КОЗЁЛ убил и покалечил людей, он совершил массовое и осознанное убийство, с отягчающими. Если бы этот алкаш был трезвый, то никогда бы не позволил самолёту взлететь при штормовом ветре, грозе и т. д. Все были бы живы, руль высоты не оторвало бы болтанкой и перегрузками. Да если бы хоть какая то комиссия его проверила перед вылетом, что делается в обязательном порядке. Если бы второй пилот сообщил бы диспетчеру, что тупо не полетит с пьяным в лыжу командиром, если бы... если б не был нарушен хотя бы один пункт правил техники безопасности.
А тут, его мучает совесть и он признаётся в суде, что был пьян. И садится на 5 или 6 лет, не помню. Герой прям! Даже семья, которая выгнала его из дому из за пьянства и побоев, прощает его!
Занавес!
Вообще то, по законам сша, его ждал бы электрический стул как террориста.
Если бы нам давали бы право самим осудить или поддержать этого "человека", но нет, режиссёр пытается просто навязать нам чувство сострадания к этому убийце.
Кино-дерьмо!… Expand

0 of 0 users found this helpful00

All this user's reviews

Flight

User Reviews