Passengers is a supernatural thriller so mechanically inept and lacking in suspense that it doesn't even pass muster as lowbrow Halloween-ready entertainment.
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10/30/08
Passengers (2008)
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Reviews Counted:28
Fresh:6
Rotten:22
Average Rating:4.2/10
Rated: PG-13 [See Full Rating]
Genre: Dramas
Theatrical Release:Oct 24, 2008 Limited
Box Office: $270,659
Synopsis: After a plane crash, a young therapist, Claire (Anne Hathaway), is assigned by her mentor (Andre Braugher) to counsel the flight's five survivors. When they share their recollections of the... [More]
Starring: Anne Hathaway, Patrick Wilson, David Morse, Clea DuVall
Director: Rodrigo Garcia, Ronnie Christensen
Reviews for Passengers
Top CriticThe actors make a noble effort, but Passengers turns out to be just another dud in the genre of revisionist mysteries that have been messing with our heads since Haley Joel Osment saw dead people.
10/29/08
Filmmakers have the power to change reality on us at their whim, but if they do so in ways that make us feel tricked and cheated, then this is an unforgiveable rip-off.
05/06/09
In addition to aspiring to be a sensitive portrait of emotional healing, it's also a supernatural mystery, a romantic comedy, a family weepy and a corporate conspiracy drama. One plot might have satisfied audiences; fractions won't.
10/27/08
Even though Anne Hathaway is good, its no reason to get really emotionally invested in her quest
11/10/08
It is dark, depressing and seems to be built entirely around a twist ending that feels less like a surprise and more like relief.
11/10/08
It's a blurred pass at suspense and hesitant smooches, but with Hathaway and Wilson around to carry most of the workload, at least it's well acted.
05/14/09
A Hitchcockian thriller that'll keep you guessing till the last reel
02/24/09
Passengers is a haunting little movie that builds ever so slowly to an electrifying climax.
10/28/08
...the least effective entry within Rodrigo Garcia's otherwise impeccable filmography...
12/15/08
With a storytelling sensibility more common in foreign films than mainstream ones, Passengers is a compact, thought-provoking tale that challenges the viewer while shedding light on one's own life, and how he or she has chosen to lead it.
10/24/08
She sees dead people, maybe. Stealth movie starring Anne Hathaway as the world's worst trauma counselor slipped into a few theatres without warning. Now you've been warned.
10/27/08
When a picture asks you to puzzle through a chain of ambiguous clues to a surprise solution, you have a right to expect something better than watered-down Shyamalan.
11/02/08
Anyone who doesn't see the film's "twist" ending coming from miles away just hasn't seen enough thrillers.
10/24/08
spends too much time concealing its secret to fully realize its potential as a human drama.
08/03/09
Passengers is not a film I would recommend that you rush right out to see. However, it will make a good rental on a snowy night this winter
10/28/08
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05/15/09
Did Hathaway know when she signed to this that it would be released just in time to embarrass her during her accolades for Rachel Getting Married?
10/30/08
spatala to hrono soy pio sadistika ap' oti ta talenta ton ithopoion tis, ontas ekneyristika monotoni kai erasitehnika kryptiki horis na ehei tipote na krypsei poy na min eheis ksanadei
01/20/09
The surprise ending isn't as shocking as those of Jacob's Ladder or The Sixth Sense -- two stellar examples of the genre -- but it's still dramatically potent.
10/30/08
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