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- 2012
- R
- Paramount Pictures
- 2 h 18 m
- 2012
- R
- Paramount Pictures
- 2 h 18 m
Summary Flight tells the redemption story of Whip, a commercial airline pilot who pulls off a heroic feat of flying in a damaged plane, saving 98 lives on a flight carrying 106 people. While the world begs to embrace him as a true American Hero, the everyman struggles with this label as he is forced to hold up to the scrutiny of an investigation...
Directed By: Robert Zemeckis
Written By: John Gatins
- 2012
- R
- Paramount Pictures
- 2 h 18 m
- 2012
- R
- Paramount Pictures
- 2 h 18 m
Flight
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Summary Flight tells the redemption story of Whip, a commercial airline pilot who pulls off a heroic feat of flying in a damaged plane, saving 98 lives on a flight carrying 106 people. While the world begs to embrace him as a true American Hero, the everyman struggles with this label as he is forced to hold up to the scrutiny of an investigation...
Directed By: Robert Zemeckis
Written By: John Gatins
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Metascore
Generally Favorable Based on 40 Critic Reviews
76
83% Positive
33 Reviews
33 Reviews
18% Mixed
7 Reviews
7 Reviews
0% Negative
0 Reviews
0 Reviews
Metascore
Generally Favorable Based on 40 Critic Reviews
76
83% Positive
33 Reviews
33 Reviews
18% Mixed
7 Reviews
7 Reviews
0% Negative
0 Reviews
0 Reviews
Nov 1, 2012
Flight is exciting - terrific, really - because in addition to the sophisticated storytelling techniques by which it keeps us hooked, it doesn't drag audience sympathies around by the nose, telling us what to think or how to judge the reckless, charismatic protagonist played by Denzel Washington.
Oct 17, 2012
A canny director and a top star decided to dig deep to find the core of a compromised hero. And when they reach that center of gravity, Flight soars.
User Score
Generally Favorable Based on 468 User Ratings
7.3
75% Positive
352 Ratings
352 Ratings
20% Mixed
92 Ratings
92 Ratings
5% Negative
24 Ratings
24 Ratings
User Score
Generally Favorable Based on 468 User Ratings
7.3
75% Positive
352 Ratings
352 Ratings
20% Mixed
92 Ratings
92 Ratings
5% Negative
24 Ratings
24 Ratings
Jul 31, 2018
Flight is an incredibly underrated film that is rich with character drama. While the movie was marketed as a disaster flick (an enormous disservice) Flight is actually the harrowing tale of one man's struggle with alcoholism. Flight is a force to be reckoned with, and it is one of Denzel Washington's finest performances, up there with Training Day and Fences. Denzel fans need to check this out, as the man has some serious acting chops.
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Oct 14, 2012
Slickly paced and carried by mature performances, Flight embodies one of the finer strains of Hollywood filmmaking in recent years.
Nov 1, 2012
The film is not without flaws. It glosses over the story of the dissolution of Whitaker's marriage and does not delve deeply enough into the source of his problems with his son. A romance with recovering junkie Nicole (Kelly Reilly) rarely rings true.
Nov 1, 2012
A solid, often engrossing film that doesn't engage us overall the way Denzel Washington's work does.
Oct 16, 2012
Zemeckis intends to give us a slightly more depraved version of Washington's usual charismatic hero, then pull the rug out from him. But Flight's true downward spiral is its own loss of momentum.
By Vadim Rizov FULL REVIEW
Sep 29, 2015
This film is very good at character analysis and that it shows that things are not always what they seem to be with excellent performances from Denzel Washington. Flight is exciting - terrific, really - because in addition to the sophisticated storytelling techniques by which it keeps us hooked, it doesn't drag audience sympathies around by the nose, telling us what to think or how to judge the reckless, charismatic protagonist played by Denzel Washington.
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Jul 14, 2021
Flight is a long movie and it unfortunately fails to hold by attention for the whole runtime. Denzel Washington is amazing and the production design is very good but the story falls flat on so many levels and nothing else in the movie manages to come close to the brilliant first act.
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Sep 24, 2025
Junkie airline pilot gets questioned after a fatal crash. 'Flight' is the wrong name here. This flick is NOT about flying. And the script has holes such as the pilot's co-pilot who would report the junkie, but turns religious and lets him off the hook. John Goodman gives a terrible performance as an enabler. Watch 'The Pilot' (1980), starring Cliff Robertson, instead.
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Jun 9, 2014
I hate airplanes. This isn't scary because it happens. It happens rarely. When it does happen chaos happens. Ride at your own risk. Lesson learned. Denzel does a fine job at losing control when it's the appropriate time to. Made his millions.
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Production Company
- Paramount Pictures
- ImageMovers
- Parkes/MacDonald Image Nation
- Imagenation Abu Dhabi FZ
- The Georgia Film Office
Release Date Nov 2, 2012
Duration 2 h 18 m
Rating R
Tagline Miracle. Mystery. Conspiracy.
Website http://www.paramount.com/flight/
Awards
Academy Awards, USA
• 2 Nominations
Golden Globes, USA
• 1 Nomination
Golden Trailer Awards
• 1 Win & 6 Nominations
