After a plane crash, a young therapist, Claire, is assigned by her mentor to counsel the flight's five survivors. When they share their recollections of the incident -- which some say include an explosion that the airline claims never happened -- Claire is intrigued by Eric, the most secretive of the passengers.
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.
– Joshua Katzman,
Chicago Reader,
30 Oct 2008
rotten:
Passengers is a supernatural thriller so mechanically inept and lacking in suspense that it doesn't even pass muster as lowbrow Halloween-ready entertainment.
– Stephen Holden,
New York Times,
30 Oct 2008
rotten:
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?
– Joe Neumaier,
New York Daily News,
30 Oct 2008
rotten:
Even though Anne Hathaway is good, it's no reason to get really emotionally invested in her quest
– Ben Lyons,
At the Movies,
10 Nov 2008
rotten:
It is dark, depressing and seems to be built entirely around a twist ending that feels less like a surprise and more like relief.