It is dark, depressing and seems to be built entirely around a twist ending that feels less like a surprise and more like relief.
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11/10/08
Passengers (2008)
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Reviews Counted:10
Fresh:1
Rotten:9
Average Rating:3.4/10
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
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Top CriticEven though Anne Hathaway is good, it’s no reason to get really emotionally invested in her quest
11/10/08
Top CriticDid 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
Top CriticPassengers is a supernatural thriller so mechanically inept and lacking in suspense that it doesn't even pass muster as lowbrow Halloween-ready entertainment.
10/30/08
Top CriticThe 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
Top CriticIt's a long ride to a familiar destination.
10/30/08
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
Top CriticThe biggest shock (aside from seeing how arbitrarily movies are chosen for theatrical release) is provided by an intrusively blown newspaper.
10/29/08
Top CriticThe film is a little too influenced by M. Night Shyamalan, which might be the wrong way to go given the reaction to his recent films.
10/27/08
Top CriticThis middlebrow tone poem aims for ambiguity but often veers into soporific, suspending answers (and often, viewer interest) en route to an ending that explains all.
10/24/08
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