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5

KarenW.Feb 7, 2006

Really disappointing. Just not the quality you would expect from Jody Foster.

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6

RoyM.Feb 9, 2006

Why wouldn't the 200 passengers who observe Jody Foster running around the plane like she has several screws loose grab her and sit her down in her chair? Was the daughter supposed to be drugged? She was as lively as a leech.

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5

GeorgieC.Mar 30, 2006

The plot was not believable. [***SPOILERS***] When Jodie Foster starts freaking out about her missing daughter and all the people around her doubt she even has a daughter, much less one who boarded the plane, the plot fell apart. Why The plot was not believable. [***SPOILERS***] When Jodie Foster starts freaking out about her missing daughter and all the people around her doubt she even has a daughter, much less one who boarded the plane, the plot fell apart. Why didn't the character played by Jodie Foster suggest that someone contact the grandparents, with whom she and her little girl planned to live once they arrived in the U.S.? Were there no school, doctor or other records that could prove the daughter's existence? The captain could have initiated an inquiry to ascertain that, at the very least, there WAS a daughter. Did the Jodie Foster character have no friends that could be contacted to verify that Foster had booked a flight back to the states with her little girl? How was the flight booked? If by a travel agent, couldn't that person or firm confirm a booking for the little girl? If by a website, wouldn't there be a record of the number of tickets purchased by the Jodie Foster character in the website's database? I'm sorry, but if a plot is not believable, I stop caring. Other posters here have described other plot holes, but these very early ones pushed me out of this movie very early on. Scriptwriters should plug plot holes and not assume the audience is stupid. A plot that is implausible throws me right out of the movie. Too bad. Some good acting talent on view, and the direction and editing were good in my opinion. But the plot - the story - is central for me. If it fails, the movie fails.… Expand

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4

JoanOct 2, 2005

Awfully implausible.

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4

profBSep 27, 2005

Great to see Jodie Foster, but not in such an implausible whip of a movie. The serious tone of the film's first section belies a plot that panders to stereotypes (of Arabs in particular) and a consipiracy so fantastically ridiculous, a Great to see Jodie Foster, but not in such an implausible whip of a movie. The serious tone of the film's first section belies a plot that panders to stereotypes (of Arabs in particular) and a consipiracy so fantastically ridiculous, a Steven Segall or Jan-Claude Van Damme movie would be loathe to use it. Go see Red Eye, which was at least fun.… Expand

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KouroshA.Feb 15, 2006

There were some suspensful moments in the movie I guess when we don't know whether Jodi is out of her mind or not but other than that the story kind of falls flat on it's face and the action in the end is neither well put together There were some suspensful moments in the movie I guess when we don't know whether Jodi is out of her mind or not but other than that the story kind of falls flat on it's face and the action in the end is neither well put together nor well directed.… Expand

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ClintM.Oct 2, 2005

Ok, now you may see the 6 and think "that's not that great, it's not worth going to see". But ... you'd be missing out on entertaining mindless movie fun. I want to give the movie a higher score, but truth be told, it Ok, now you may see the 6 and think "that's not that great, it's not worth going to see". But ... you'd be missing out on entertaining mindless movie fun. I want to give the movie a higher score, but truth be told, it wasn't anything I haven't seen before. But I enjoyed it, and you will too.… Expand

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4

TonyS.Sep 23, 2005

Great cinematography, well designed, and well acted. However, the story unfolds to a terribly generic and cheap climax. It really destroys everything the movie had built up. The ending reminds me of how cheated I felt coming out of the village.

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4

BridgetJ.Sep 24, 2005

All during the movie all i could think about was how much this movie was soo like Panic Room. The acting is good... well too good for the movie, the set is good also. However, the reason why the movie was soo bad was because of the script. All during the movie all i could think about was how much this movie was soo like Panic Room. The acting is good... well too good for the movie, the set is good also. However, the reason why the movie was soo bad was because of the script. The movie leaps form one idea that Jodie Fosters character is crazy to the idea that her daughter is on the plane. And whoever saw the trailer know that she really has a daughter on the plane. Also the movie just ends. If there writers had changed the story line and made the ending more belivable the movie would of totally rocked. However that is not the case here.… Expand

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6

LuketheDukeSep 24, 2005

Jodi Foster's character is at once sharp, cunning and calculating whilst also depressed, paralyzed and lethargic. The plot and pacing work okay, but just okay. No great performances from anyone. After a while, one thinks the dead Jodi Foster's character is at once sharp, cunning and calculating whilst also depressed, paralyzed and lethargic. The plot and pacing work okay, but just okay. No great performances from anyone. After a while, one thinks the dead husband may be lucky to be away from the rest of these losers and downers. The sky marshall character and his motives are sophomoric and foolish. The twists and turns are all formula, We are right to expect much better work and choices from Ms. Foster.… Expand

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5

AMovieC.Feb 11, 2006

It was a decent movie.....but nothing really very good. The movie begins very confusingly, and very slowly. Things eventually start to pick up as they introduce many suspicious characters, and the script always keeps you guessing. It was a decent movie.....but nothing really very good. The movie begins very confusingly, and very slowly. Things eventually start to pick up as they introduce many suspicious characters, and the script always keeps you guessing. Unfortunately, your guesses will probably be right; the movie gives itself away fairly early on, and the villains' plans kind of fall apart when you wonder about the details of them after the movie's over. I found the movie to be interesting, and as I said, it kept you guessing through the whole thing...yet it doesn't move fast enough. It's never really as suspenseful or thrilling as it wants to be. The movie resorts to cheap tricks to try to fool you; characters giving eachother suspicious glances when (in retrospect) they had no reason to, etc. It was an interesting movie, but overall, it's only average, and as a thriller, it just doesn't thrill.… Expand

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5

DavidM.Feb 23, 2006

Suspenseful movies are often compared to roller-coaster rides because the twists and turns and ups and downs are what make watching them such a thrill. The problem with "Flightplan" is that it is like a roller-coaster with only one hill. Suspenseful movies are often compared to roller-coaster rides because the twists and turns and ups and downs are what make watching them such a thrill. The problem with "Flightplan" is that it is like a roller-coaster with only one hill. [***SPOILERS***] The tension builds steadily from the beginning, where we aree treated with fractured, inter-woven images of a grieving aeronautics engineer named Kyle Pratt who has lost her husband to a fall from the roof of their residence in Berlin. She is escorting her traumatized daughter Julia home to America, along with her husband in a casket. When the exhausted and emotionally frazzled mother falls asleep on the plane she helped design, she wakes to find Julia missing. At first she is calm and prudent in her search of the luxurious two-story jumbo jet. It's only when she cannot find her daughter, and not a single one of the passengers or crew admits seeing the child ever come on board that we begin to question Kyle's hold on reality. The flight attendents begin to think she's delusional, and the captain discovers evidence she very well might be. But we *saw* Julia board the plane. Or did we? "Flightplan" forces the audience as well (as the sleepy-eyed Air Marshall Carson played by Peter Sarsgaard) to ask several hard questions. How can a 6-year-old girl vanish mid-flight on an airplane? Why would someone even hatch such a plan? What makes Julia, or her mother, so special? When the reasons are revealed and the villain of the movie are finally unmasked is when this roller-coaster plummets towards the earth and never quite recovers. The underlying plot that threatens Pratt and her daughter is so outlandish and unecessarily elaborate that one might believe Rube Goldberg was the mastermind behind it all. Suspension of disbelief is not enough to save us from wishing the ride was simply over. What saves the film at all is the superb acting from Jodie Foster and Sean Bean. Foster always appears to be riding the edge of hysteria and madness, yet she skillfully manipulates the circumstances, the crew and Sarsgaard's air marshall to find her daughter. She never for a moment doubts what she is doing, and that means we can not be sure she is fully enveloped in her own grief-fed delusion. Sean Bean, who normally plays villains, is the firm and unflappable master of the airplane who knows he is responsible for the 400+ lives on the plane yet understands that Foster's character is one of those lives. He matches Pratt's unwavering dedication point for point and serves as a much better foil than Carson, whose role is mostly relegated to glowering at Pratt like a surly guard dog. "Flightplan" borrows heavily from the classic Hitchcock film "The Lady Vanishes", but it cannot live up to the master of suspense. In "Flightplan"s case, it's the plot that ends up vanishing.… Expand

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5

AmurabiM.Aug 5, 2006

A star vehicle that works forced and simple. Robert Schwentke´s movie, is a blast for an entire hour but in the last part all becomes absurdist and implausible. Jodie Foster as a newborn Ripley naaahh. All looks like some ATM, and no more.

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5

NickA.Mar 16, 2007

Why oh why did Jodie Foster sign up for this! What starts out as an interesting and believable thriller slides into complete mediocrity with one gaping plot hole after another. The most annoying aspect was as a viewer thinking of about 10 Why oh why did Jodie Foster sign up for this! What starts out as an interesting and believable thriller slides into complete mediocrity with one gaping plot hole after another. The most annoying aspect was as a viewer thinking of about 10 different ways in which this film could have been so much better. Miss Foster as usual is still good especially in the first half of the movie but even she has a hard time trying to seem convincing towards the end when she must have prayed there was a get out clause in her contract. The one thing that continually irritates the hell out of me is this type of lazy film making where by its as if someone said we've forgotten how to end it and someone comes up with a halfbaked idea in about 2 minutes! I'm a big fan of Jodie Foster and I hope she steers away from such mediocre movies in the future.… Expand

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6

SusanMSep 26, 2005

A decent thriller. Nothing too memorable, but it is watchable. It has some intense monents and some good acting. Mostly it's very run of the mill, but sometimes that can be okay. It was for me on Friday night!

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4

GrantN.Jan 16, 2006

The plot is absurb at best however the acting is excellent all around and that saves it from being truely horrible.

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6

drlowdonJun 4, 2013

For its first hour or so Flightplan makes for a suspenseful thriller with the always reliable Jodie Foster as good as ever in the lead role. It is let down slightly by its typical, and rather predictable, 'Hollywood' ending but makes a decentFor its first hour or so Flightplan makes for a suspenseful thriller with the always reliable Jodie Foster as good as ever in the lead role. It is let down slightly by its typical, and rather predictable, 'Hollywood' ending but makes a decent watch anyway.… Expand

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6

csw12Apr 4, 2012

In Flightplan we actually begin to believe we may be participating in a schizophrenic break from reality. Sadly, we are rapidly brought back into the reality of a predictable plot and "Hollywoodesque" ending. Although Jodie Foster does aIn Flightplan we actually begin to believe we may be participating in a schizophrenic break from reality. Sadly, we are rapidly brought back into the reality of a predictable plot and "Hollywoodesque" ending. Although Jodie Foster does a really good job.… Expand

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OfficialNov 15, 2013

"Flightplan" has a tense and intriguing start and slowly dissolves into a bunch of clichés and loses its effective, suspenseful atmosphere. The acting is excellent, though, and both the directing and the screenplay are an accomplishment. It's"Flightplan" has a tense and intriguing start and slowly dissolves into a bunch of clichés and loses its effective, suspenseful atmosphere. The acting is excellent, though, and both the directing and the screenplay are an accomplishment. It's just the ending that really bothered me.… Expand

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MovieGuysApr 4, 2014

Foster puts on a good show here, but Flightplan never really elevates beyond mediocre. Part of this is due to the fact that its plot is implausible to the extent where we don't trust anything in the movie anymore.

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5

CineAutoctonoDec 19, 2015

Flightplan was a shocking and dramatic film , where a mother searching for her missing daughter on a plane flying , and most have not been able to find , because the plot was a bit crazy , and with a performance , semi - exaggerated JodieFlightplan was a shocking and dramatic film , where a mother searching for her missing daughter on a plane flying , and most have not been able to find , because the plot was a bit crazy , and with a performance , semi - exaggerated Jodie Foster, but it was a rather impressively movie .… Expand

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geewahMar 30, 2021

For a movie that is supposed to be a thriller it is certainly void of any real tension.
Inplausiable, and rather inane this movie is a massive disappointment considering who was involved in it.

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