Flightplan
A mother's sanity is called into question when her child disappears during a plane flight in this tense thriller. Still reeling from her husband's unexpected death, Kyle Pratt (Jodie Foster) is on a plane heading from Berlin to New York when her daughter vanishes. When the captain (Sean Bean) and the air marshal (Peter Sarsgaard) begin to doubt that the child was ever on board, Kyle realizes she must rely on herself to find her little girl.
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I'm shocked...shocked, I tell ya. I thought Jodie had more taste than this. But this is ba-ba-baaad. Not even in a "this is good, time-wasting crap" kinda way. It's just plain unsatisfying and packs the punch of a what-a-REAL-waste-of-time feeling instead. Jodie emotes, repeats herself tons, you can see each so-called twist from a mile away... anyway. Watch at your own risk.- PA
This movie was perfectly enjoyable until the main plot line completely unravelled towards the end. The husband's "unexpected death" could have resulted in a million different scenarios taking place. How would anyone know they would fly following his death in the first place? What if the family had chosen cremation? The movie can't stand up to these questions. It is this lack of realism that ruins it in the end.
- TE 1474021
A brand new high tech plane in which passangers can run around and get to all the key control areas! So much for airline security. The plot could have been much better.
- zrohit
I can't find a way to give a critique that won't spoil the film. So all I can write is simply that Flightplan has the most ridiculous plot device ever. When all the pieces of the puzzle finally fuse together I was left feeling cheated and thinking to myself, there's gotta be an easier way. Hopelessly Hollywood to the ever end.
- MH!!
The picture of Jodie Foster on the box is the best picture of her in the whole movie. She was virtually devoid of makeup through the film so she definitely had a washed out look going on. I discovered in this movie that she cannot act - she apparently just plays one type of person & memorizes her lines & if it works, it works. I was pretty bummed out by this too - I had looked forward to the movie & I always thought she could act, so it was a big let down on all fronts. Another issue with the movie is that the plot is so contrived and unreal. The overall theme of the movie is to make an action movie (ex. Die Hard) with a woman and it might be a good idea, but with this script and Jodie Foster, they need to just give it up. The only reason that the movie got 2 stars is for about 20 minutes I actually wanted to know what happened. But the rest of the movie was simply a boring, impossible waste of time.
- VIP Club
I haven't yet seen everything Jodie Foster has done but I respect her greatly for what I have seen (and I plan to see the rest). This is a respectful attempt at a kickass crisis-in-an-airjet thriller; think Executive Decision or Snakes or Die Hard on a plane, but Jodie Foster adds intelligence and a mama bear fighting for her cub dimension. Foster does a fine job as a designer of the double-decker airliner (designed specifically for the movie's multiple camera angles as detailed in the making-of materials) where her daughter disappears and no one can vouch for seeing her on the plane. Foster is either a crazy woman running amok on an airliner or the victim of a complex conspiracy. Who is in on it? She won't give up and works her way through the puzzle. Sean Bean is good as the pilot but you begin wondering why Peter Sargaard, playing the air marshal, is so soft on her. I like movies that make characters question their grasp on reality and make observers take sides (usually the wrong one). I didn't see enough emotional transition on faces other than Foster's, however: Everyone else on the plane had pretty much one expression, and stuck to it. This could be due to the nascent sense of terror that the situation might engender. Yeah, that must be it. 4 stars.
- robowriter
This movie was OK, not bad, but not that good either. What I liked was the "suspense" around wondering if Foster's character were imagining things, and the questions raised about her accusations of the Arab passengers. The plot was really rather improbable and I wasn't quite able to suspend my belief. It got way too complicated and left too many holes for me. But I do think Foster can act and I enjoyed seeing her play the worried mother. I don't think she was at fault here. The movie itself was just whack.
- VJ Purplequeen
I really enjoyed this movie. I thought Jodie Foster did a great job acting. I love stories where the bulk, if not the entire film takes place in one spot. In this case it was on the plane. This helps build tension as you realize the characters, dilemmas and questions are all being developed, hidden and exposed in very close proximity to one another. Each time you felt you knew what was going on in this movie, the story led you in the opposite direction, only to lead you back the other way. I love when a movie can surprise me and by the time you find out the truth, you have so much emotion invested you just feel better to finally KNOW. I definitely recommend this movie to anyone who likes an original story in the suspense/mystery genre.
- qmi 298100
A woman's daughter vanishes without a trace on an airplane. But just as intriguing is the fact that no one on the plane remembers ever seeing the girl get on or being on the plane. She's not even on the flight manifest. Jodie Foster plays the mother who everyone thinks is off her rocker. A movie that will keep you guessing until the end. "Ladies and gentlemen, I'm sorry to interrupt, but we've got a first to report. It seems our aircraft is big enough to lose a child in."
- Cleve1212