| Critics Reviews |
Average Grade: |
B- |
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| Source |
Brief Review |
Grade* |
Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Eleanor Ringel Gillespie |
"Some bumpy spots, but kept aloft by Jodie Foster's fierce performance." more... |
B |
Boston Globe
Wesley Morris |
"Ultimately what makes this picture fly is Foster..." more... |
B- |
Chicago Sun-Times
Roger Ebert |
"...a frightening thriller with an airtight plot." more... |
A- |
Chicago Tribune
Michael Phillips |
"...no less preposterous than the recent, similarly plane-bound affair, Red Eye. But it's a lot less fun." more... |
C |
| E! Online |
"...book a reservation to see this movie already." more... |
B+ |
filmcritic.com
Christopher Null |
"...really great production values can almost make you forget about failings in the script department." more... |
B- |
Hollywood Reporter
Kirk Honeycutt |
"An in-flight melodrama with an unlikely plot and weak payoff." more... |
C- |
New York Post
Kyle Smith |
"...absurdity has a new name: Flightplan." more... |
C- |
New York Times
Manohla Dargis |
"To watch Jodie Foster storm through a phony airplane for an entire movie has its very minor pleasures, but there is nothing here to feed the head or fray the nerves." more... |
C- |
ReelViews
James Berardinelli |
"...the latest motion picture to take an intriguing premise and flush it into the septic tank." more... |
C |
San Francisco Chronicle
Mick LaSalle |
"It's a tense, concise and elegantly shot film that creates a sense of menace from the very beginning -- and in a way that's unusual." more... |
A |
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
William Arnold |
"...far-fetched but deliciously exciting..." more... |
B+ |
USA Today
Claudia Puig |
"Keep your wallets in the locked and upright position: Flightplan is not worth the trip." more... |
C |
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