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Flight (2012)

R 11/02/2012 Drama 2h 18m
68%
User
Score
7.3/10
77%
76/100

Some miracles are not what they seem.

Overview

Commercial airline pilot Whip Whitaker has a problem with drugs and alcohol, though so far he's managed to complete his flights safely. His luck runs out when a disastrous mechanical malfunction sends his plane hurtling toward the ground. Whip pulls off a miraculous crash-landing that results in only six lives lost. Shaken to the core, Whip vows to get sober -- but when the crash investigation exposes his addiction, he finds himself in an even worse situation.

Robert Zemeckis

Director

John Gatins

Writer

Top Billed Cast

Denzel Washington

Denzel Washington

Whip Whitaker

Don Cheadle

Don Cheadle

Hugh Lang

Kelly Reilly

Kelly Reilly

Nicole

John Goodman

John Goodman

Harling Mays

Bruce Greenwood

Bruce Greenwood

Charlie Anderson

Brian Geraghty

Brian Geraghty

Ken Evans

Tamara Tunie

Tamara Tunie

Margaret Thomason

Nadine Velazquez

Nadine Velazquez

Katerina Marquez

Peter Gerety

Peter Gerety

Avington Carr

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Media

Denzel Washington Fights the Urge to Drink - Full Scene

Denzel Washington Fights the Urge to Drink - Full Scene

Official Trailer

Official Trailer

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Reviews

A review by tmdb15435519

Written on April 16, 2021

With Robert Zemekis at the helm, it has to be good, right?

Pretty much. Not the strongest performance by Cheadle, but otherwise the cast is great. John Goodman is a welcome surprise half-way through and really brings this home.

With a feel good ending, what more do you 1-3 star people want??

It's Denzel!!...

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A review by tmdb28039023

Written on September 13, 2022

The title Flight is a perfect illustration that brevity really is the soul of wit. Its six letters describe not only the protagonist's occupation (flying), but also what he spends most of the film doing (fleeing), and if we only added a seventh letter (-y), it would describe the character himself. The film itself could stand to be shorter, but overall it's no exception to the rule that no good movie is too long.

In addition to illustrating the aforementioned Shakespearean principle, director Robert Zemeckis inverts a famous Simpsonian maxim; in this case, alcohol is first the solution and then the cause of all the problems.

One can identify a compulsive smoker when he lights a cigarette with the butt of the previous one; Similarly, one can spot an alcoholic when he soothes his hang...

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