Passengers: Critic Reviews

The actors make a noble effort, but Passengers turns out to be just another dud in the genre of revisionist mysteries that have been messing with our heads since Haley Joel Osment saw dead people.

Passengers is a supernatural thriller so mechanically inept and lacking in suspense that it doesn't even pass muster as lowbrow Halloween-ready entertainment.

The biggest shock (aside from seeing how arbitrarily movies are chosen for theatrical release) is provided by an intrusively blown newspaper.

Did Hathaway know when she signed to this that it would be released just in time to embarrass her during her accolades for Rachel Getting Married?

The surprise ending isn't as shocking as those of Jacob's Ladder or The Sixth Sense -- two stellar examples of the genre -- but it's still dramatically potent.

This middlebrow tone poem aims for ambiguity but often veers into soporific, suspending answers (and often, viewer interest) en route to an ending that explains all.

The film is a little too influenced by M. Night Shyamalan, which might be the wrong way to go given the reaction to his recent films.

It's a long ride to a familiar destination.

spends too much time concealing its secret to fully realize its potential as a human drama.

Initial intrigue turns into tedium and frustration as the plot heads into the territory of absurd.

It's a blurred pass at suspense and hesitant smooches, but with Hathaway and Wilson around to carry most of the workload, at least it's well acted.

Filmmakers have the power to change reality on us at their whim, but if they do so in ways that make us feel tricked and cheated, then this is an unforgiveable rip-off.

Surreal ensemble chemistry that rarely subsides, serving up a deliriously potent supernatural plane crash yarn that should sufficiently frazzle viewer nerves on impact.

An uneven and lifeless film that shifts from saccharine romance to supernatural thriller as Anne Hathaway helps a handful of survivors of a plane crash deal with the strange effects of their trauma.

A Hitchcockian thriller that'll keep you guessing till the last reel

The plane isn't the only thing that crashes in this ambitiously conceived mystery drama with conspiracy theories, central romance & supernatural elements. You know there is something seriously wrong when the resolution is more satisfying than the journey.

Este primeiro grande tropeco na carreira de Garcia embaraca pelo roteiro batido e pela falta de ritmo da narrativa, nao sendo salvo nem mesmo pelo charme de Hathaway.

spatala to hrono soy pio sadistika ap' oti ta talenta ton ithopoion tis, ontas ekneyristika monotoni kai erasitehnika kryptiki horis na ehei tipote na krypsei poy na min eheis ksanadei

...the least effective entry within Rodrigo Garcia's otherwise impeccable filmography...

It is dark, depressing and seems to be built entirely around a twist ending that feels less like a surprise and more like relief.

Even though Anne Hathaway is good, it's no reason to get really emotionally invested in her quest

When a picture asks you to puzzle through a chain of ambiguous clues to a surprise solution, you have a right to expect something better than watered-down Shyamalan.

Passengers is not a film I would recommend that you rush right out to see. However, it will make a good rental on a snowy night this winter

Passengers is a haunting little movie that builds ever so slowly to an electrifying climax.