The GuardianDenzel Washington's natural gravitas seems all the more fascinating when tainted by sins and secrets in this tale of a funct...
TelegraphRobert Zemeckis's Flight, starring Denzel Washington as an alcoholic commercial airline pilot, is a long, earnest, sporadica...
New York PostA film of individually fine scenes that at best add up to a good, but not a great, movie.
New York MagazineNo actor is as brilliant, or as cunning, as Denzel Washington at portraying superhuman coolness and the scary prospect of it...
The Philadelphia InquirerFlight is neither a simple story of heroism, nor one of a fallen hero. Things are more complex than that -- and it is its co...
Salon ArtsSlowly but surely, Flight degenerates from a tale of moral paradox and wounded romance into a mid-1990s after-school special...
Chicago TribuneFlight is Washington's show, and he's marvelous in it. But Zemeckis and his team put everything in place so that Washington ...
The New York Times To watch Mr. Zemeckis working fluidly in consort with Mr. Washington's ferocious performance is to regret this director's la...
The Boston GlobeJust a couple of hours with Washington reclining within the contours of a role until a piece of cardboard becomes a characte...
USA TodayThe image of the heroic he-man, so entrenched in Hollywood mythology, takes an intriguing detour with Flight.
Los Angeles TimesA solid, often engrossing film that doesn't engage us overall the way Denzel Washington's work does.
Rolling StoneFlight reminds us of what Washington can do when a role hits him with a challenge that would floor a lesser actor. He's a ba...
San Francisco ChronicleIt's 150 minutes long, goes by in a shot, and for at least 135 minutes, it's a thoroughly engrossing experience.
Washington PostZemeckis reins in the story's potential for moralizing and melodrama, instead delivering a refreshingly sophisticated, matur...
The New YorkerAt a certain point, great actors want to show us the truth of something that may be far from their lives but that somehow th...
The Christian Sciene MonitorThe people who made “Flight” have done a courageous thing. With all the potential revenue to be had from in-flight movie sal...
ReelViewsFlight is about addiction. In particular, it's about the long spiral that comes between the period when a person begins imbi...
Entertainment WeeklyAn airline pilot who saves lives by skillfully crash-landing a malfunctioning passenger jet in the midst of a mechanical cat...
Chicago Sun-Times"Flight" segues into a brave and tortured performance by Denzel Washington — one of his very bes
Film School RejectsLead character and his actions are often boring and repetitive; faith and alcoholism are both presented with mixed messages;...
JobloStill- those are pretty minor issues, and while they struck me as a tad obvious, that's probably just a question of taste (o...
IGN MoviesDenzel gives a strong performance in Flight, a solid but somewhat aloof drama about substance abuse and living a lie.
Film FractureFlight is a complicated story, and there is no right or wrong conclusion at the end--only a fulfilled feeling that you have ...
The GuardianAfter a decade spent with cold marvels such as The Polar Express, Zemeckis is back to adult drama, giving Denzel Washington ...
/FilmHaving completed Whip’s arc, Zemeckis promptly diminishes it by tying up loose ends in the most ham-fisted ways possible, an...
Film School RejectsWashington’s performance has awards potential all over it. John Goodman comes in at the right moments to lighten the mood. A...
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Partial Film Information
Director: Robert Zemeckis
Writer: John Gatins
Studio: Paramount Pictures
Cast: Denzel Washington, Kelly Reilly, Don Cheadle
Release: November 2, 2012
Writer: John Gatins
Studio: Paramount Pictures
Cast: Denzel Washington, Kelly Reilly, Don Cheadle
Release: November 2, 2012
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