Passengers
Chris Pratt and Jennifer Lawrence must save themselves, their ship and its 5000 passengers stuck sleeping in suspended animation in this sci-fi drama.
Jim (Pratt) and Aurora (Lawrence) are two passengers sleeping in suspended animation aboard a ship bound for a new home. But when their craft malfunctions, they are awakened 90 years too early and must face living the rest of their lives on board. They begin to fall for each other, but when they learn that their ship is in serious danger, they must rush to save themselves and the other 5000 people sleeping on board.
- Director:
- Morten Tyldum ('The Imitation Game', 'Headhunters', 'Buddy')
- Writer:
- Jon Spaihts
- Cast:
- Chris PrattJennifer LawrenceMichael SheenLaurence FishburneAndy GarcíaAurora PerrineauKimberly Battista
Reviews & comments
Fell Short
I was quite looking forward to this movie, the trailer looked good but it really just fell short. What seemed like a Martian ish type story it really just couldn't get it together, treading water for over half of the film then a blip of action. Reasonable SFX but I came away disappointed.
Much better than the critics would have you believe
It seems that every critic is jumping on the same bandwagon here and that is the overly-sensitive one. Most have focused on the plot point that brings the two leads together, calling it creepy, leery and morally inept. What they haven't done is had a good healthy introspective look and consider what they might have done in Chris Pratt's character, Jim's...
What could have been a great sci-fi ends up a rom-com space opera mashup.
The term mashup is not usually a compliment. It means mixing different genres in a way that looks interesting, gets a laugh, or makes a mess. It is unlikely the sci-fi rom-com melodrama Passengers (2016) intended to be a mashup but that is the result. If it stayed on-track as sci-fi, all the ingredients are present for an outstanding film but box-office...
Not enough suspense
For a movie like this to work, there needs to be some stronger, ongoing sense of suspense ... and really all the tension that came through in the last act needed to be in greater evidence throughout the whole story. An okay light hearted romantic romp, but I think the movie aspired to be more than that; to be more dramatic. Solid performances, especially...
Variety
pressThere’s only one place for Passengers to go, and once it gets there, Jon Spaihts’s script runs out of gas.
Total Film
pressAs sci-fi, it feels like a professionally produced hybrid that lacks its own identity. As a romance, it never fully earns your investment.
Time Out
pressIs so anodyne, so frightened of the ethically troubling opportunities inherent in the setup that it just ends up feeling forgettable and silly.
The New York Times
press"Passengers" increasingly succumbs to timidity and begins shrinking into a bland science-fiction adventure whose feats of daring and skill feel stale and secondhand.
Los Angeles Times
pressSweet but inconsequential at its best, overly contrived at most other times, "Passengers" takes too long to get to its too inevitable plot points to truly entertain.
Hollywood Reporter
pressIts heavy-handed mix of life-or-death exigencies and feel-good bromides finally feels like a case of more being less.
Empire Magazine
pressTitanic amongst the stars — this is a touching, heartfelt tale of loss and love for the Gravity generation.
Variety
pressThere’s only one place for Passengers to go, and once it gets there, Jon Spaihts’s script runs out of gas.
Total Film
pressAs sci-fi, it feels like a professionally produced hybrid that lacks its own identity. As a romance, it never fully earns your investment.
Time Out
pressIs so anodyne, so frightened of the ethically troubling opportunities inherent in the setup that it just ends up feeling forgettable and silly.
The New York Times
press"Passengers" increasingly succumbs to timidity and begins shrinking into a bland science-fiction adventure whose feats of daring and skill feel stale and secondhand.
Los Angeles Times
pressSweet but inconsequential at its best, overly contrived at most other times, "Passengers" takes too long to get to its too inevitable plot points to truly entertain.
Hollywood Reporter
pressIts heavy-handed mix of life-or-death exigencies and feel-good bromides finally feels like a case of more being less.
Empire Magazine
pressTitanic amongst the stars — this is a touching, heartfelt tale of loss and love for the Gravity generation.
Fell Short
I was quite looking forward to this movie, the trailer looked good but it really just fell short. What seemed like a Martian ish type story it really just couldn't get it together, treading water for over half of the film then a blip of action. Reasonable SFX but I came away disappointed.
Much better than the critics would have you believe
It seems that every critic is jumping on the same bandwagon here and that is the overly-sensitive one. Most have focused on the plot point that brings the two leads together, calling it creepy, leery and morally inept. What they haven't done is had a good healthy introspective look and consider what they might have done in Chris Pratt's character, Jim's...
What could have been a great sci-fi ends up a rom-com space opera mashup.
The term mashup is not usually a compliment. It means mixing different genres in a way that looks interesting, gets a laugh, or makes a mess. It is unlikely the sci-fi rom-com melodrama Passengers (2016) intended to be a mashup but that is the result. If it stayed on-track as sci-fi, all the ingredients are present for an outstanding film but box-office...
Not enough suspense
For a movie like this to work, there needs to be some stronger, ongoing sense of suspense ... and really all the tension that came through in the last act needed to be in greater evidence throughout the whole story. An okay light hearted romantic romp, but I think the movie aspired to be more than that; to be more dramatic. Solid performances,...
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