A snarky genre exercise and its own late-night sketch parody, it parades nothing so much as the force of the public's lowered expectations
CommentAug 30, 2009
Snakes on a Plane (2006)
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Reviews Counted:168
Fresh:115
Rotten:53
Average Rating:6.2/10
Consensus: Snakes on a Plane lives up to its title, featuring snakes on a plane. It isn't perfect, but then again, it doesn't need to be.
Rated: R [See Full Rating]
Runtime: 1 hr. 45 min.
Genre: Action & Adventure, Mystery & Suspense, Horror
Theatrical Release: Aug 18, 2006 Wide
Box Office: $33.9M
Synopsis: A ruthless assassin unleashes a crate full of lethal snakes aboard a packed passenger jet over the Pacific Ocean in order to eliminate a witness in... [More]
Starring: Samuel L. Jackson, Julianna Margulies, Nathan Phillips, Bobby Cannavale
Director: David R. Ellis
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REVIEWS FOR SNAKES ON A PLANE
Although the film's production company New Line retooled the movie from a PG-13 to an R rating with ideas and dialogue from web fans, "Snakes On A Plane" is a boring ride.
Apr 21, 2009
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Aug 7, 2008
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Jan 15, 2008
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Jul 14, 2007
It hurts so good. Mike, Cro, Tom, we need you...
Jul 10, 2007
Its genre elements are completely honed down to their basest elements and exploited for the most fun possible.
Jul 3, 2007
Even if viewed entirely on its own terms, this film, like any snake, tapers at its end.
Jul 2, 2007
it was the best of times, it was the worst of times.
May 27, 2007
Its trash pic spirit locates funny nuances of human behaviour.
Mar 15, 2007
With entertainment this cardboard and weightless, isn't a response like disappointment disproportionately complex?
Jan 30, 2007
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Jan 20, 2007
Snakes fails for the simple reason that it is a terrible, terrible movie.
Jan 11, 2007
The self-explanatory title of this campy disaster flick represents a rare case of cinematic truth-in-advertising, because it's all about snakes on a plane.
Jan 4, 2007
I kept imagining the Zucker brothers doing this. Could there be a sillier premise for a movie than snakes on crack?
Dec 17, 2006
It's too bad to work as thriller, but not nearly bad enough to earn a place in movie infamy.
Nov 5, 2006
The fact that there’s a movie called Snakes on a Plane is a small miracle. The bigger miracle is that Ellis’s hugely engaging popcorn flick is nearly as much fun as the movie that was already running in our heads.
Nov 4, 2006
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Oct 3, 2006
only gluttons for the tacky sub-genre of B-movie creature features will likely appreciate (or even see) this barge of filmic cheese, but for them, this is almost an all-you-can-eat buffet.
Sep 5, 2006
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