Marketic It's no definitive masterpiece but it's damn close.

Acensbart Excellent but underrated film

Cooktopi The acting in this movie is really good.

Griff Lees Very good movie overall, highly recommended. Most of the negative reviews don't have any merit and are all pollitically based. Give this movie a chance at least, and it might give you a different perspective.

celchacel I loved the scenario, the editing, the sound, they are both my favourite actors, love the mystery, the suspense, the romance, the drama, the special effects, etc One of my all time favourite ! If you like parapsychology and spirituality you should like this movie as it is well executed and it feels very "real". I watched it 3-4 times for me it's that good. I can also say that it's very original and has humour well placed. Patrick Wilson's one of his best acting, that's when I started following him. Enjoy and don't be afraid of death haha

heykateforever Not sure how people here got the idea this was Sci fi or a horror story, but it became clear to me, even before I knew what the little twist at the end was that it was a love story. And, to my eye, a very beautiful love story. Anne Hathaway and Patrick Wilson are the main characters, surrounded by a very fine cast of supporting characters. This wasn't a perfect movie. But it was touching and sweet. The twist on the afterlife is pretty much the only sci fi in it, but the rest of it was simply about a young, lonely woman who meets a lovely man on a plane ride home where something terrible happens that starts a journey to love and forgiveness for several of the characters in the film. Normally, these types of movies are fraught with political or societal devices, but from my standpoint, this movie was simply driven by love. Love of family, love of friends. Love found at last. It wasn't the best movie I have ever seen, but it was one of the sweetest movies I have experienced, with no bitterness to bring me down. Hollywood abhors a happy ending like it's the worst type of writing and the least intellectually stimulating artsy fartsy thing ever created. I have never understood that, being an average person who has no voice or power in anything in my life like most of the middle class in the world. So, when a movie with love and redemption at the center of it comes along without preaching or pretentiousness, I can enjoy it immensely. And I did! I don't think a lot of people got that from this movie after seeing the reviews. Possibly because it was erroneously sold as a horror movie. I never watch trailers or even read reviews before I watch a movie. I try to find a place to read the plot and look up the aggregate number voted on in IMDB. Under 5.0 and I might not watch it. Over 5.0 depending on the description and the actors involved, I might just watch it. So, I generally go in with no expectations. Just to be entertained and taken out of my average life for an hour or two. This one was a sweet love story with a lovely ending. And emotionally, I loved it. But it wasn't perfect. Emotionally it was a 10/10 for me. But factoring in the realities of filmmaking, it was maybe a 7. So, sue me, I gave it an emotional 8/10 and just watched it for a third time and still loved it! Sometimes you just have to vote with your feelings despite the rest of the film's mistakes. If you can see this as a love story and you love it a might schmaltzy, this is definitely a movie you will love. If you are a guy or someone who needs a lot of guns and action, or if you are a fan of Cannes and Toronto Film Festival fodder, you probably won't like it. I love a good love story and this fit the bill for me. I love Patrick Wilson, and Like Anne Hathaway, I thought they had good chemistry and it had, for me, a very satisfying ending. It is simply, for me, the purest form of sheer entertainment.

TheBlueHairedLawyer Why does this amazing movie have such a low rating? It deserves more than 10/10 stars, but don't watch it expecting something along the lines of Friday the 13th or The Ring because this movie is scary, but not a horror movie (although labeled as such). It reminds me vaguely of The Lovely Bones (2009) and it's just as effective, if not more so.Claire, a grief counselor used to working with children, finds herself waking up to get a phone call from the local hospital. A serious plane crash has occurred down on a beach and very few people survived; Claire's job is not only to help the traumatized victims but also to get to the truth of what happened. Unfortunately Arkin (David Morse) is set on his idea that the pilot made a mistake which caused the accident. Claire also finds herself a little too involved with Erik, a victim of the crash who is surprisingly happy despite the ordeal. The only thing that seems to scare him is the large dog that keeps barking outside his door.As things progress, Claire's patients begin to disappear, all but Erik, which leads her to believe that some sort of conspiracy is going on. The only two people who seem to want to help her aside from Erik, are her boss and her landlady (who later turn out to play a much larger role). Erik sees another man, dressed all in black, who he doesn't recognize. Claire doesn't know what to think anymore until Arkin, looking depressed and extremely guilty, tells her that "the pilot was tired, going through a divorce and leaving the plane in the hands of an inept co-pilot... and as he tearfully leaves, Claire opens the briefcase he has left her and discovers the horrible truth.This movie was beautiful, extremely depressing and sad but still an amazing movie to witness. In fact, it comes across for the first little while as a sappy romance between Eric and Claire, but the story and connections between all the characters is very complex when it all comes together. Eric sees his grandfather (William B. Davis' very brief appearance) and doesn't even recognize him since it was so far back that he died, and the dog outside his door turns out to be not a bad omen, but actually a forgotten friend from childhood. Norman (another victim) believes the airport to be conspiring against the victims in some corporate scandal, but really it's a forgotten relative who has come to help him along. Another victim,Shannon, her dead parents come to find her, and as for Claire, everyone she's seen since the plane crash is her to help her, people she'd forgotten but who made an impact on her life years back.I loved Passengers, it deserves way higher than just a current 5.8/10! With brilliant acting from actors/actresses such as Anne Hathaway (The Cat Returns and Ella Enchanted), Patrick Wilson (Insidious and The Conjuring), David Morse (The Green Mile), William B. Davis (The X-Files, The Killing Moon) and Andre Braugher (The Mist, City of Angels) among other great actors, eerie and beautiful soundtrack and an original plot that really makes you think afterwards unlike most movies these days, Passengers is one I highly recommend and hopefully its ratings will improve.

lathe-of-heaven Painful...Another reviewer here used that word and I truly, TRULY feel that it fits most accurately. I usually scan through the reviews quickly before writing one and USUALLY I roll my eyes and get quite irritated at all the horrible reviews and comments about 'Worst movie', etc., etc... However, in THIS case I honestly had to agree when I saw the detailed comments about how some people here really did not like this film. The reviewer I mentioned, Moristang, stated some good points about the completely unbelievable acting, especially Anne Hathaway's, which is odd since she normally can be quite good. I FULLY agree with his comments about how her awkward, superficially phony nervousness and mannerisms were EXTREMELY annoying and totally unbelievable.It is not often that a film evokes such a strong negative reaction from me, since by now it seems that MOST people at least know how to put them together with some degree of competency. Sure, there are MANY movies that may leave me unmoved, or I find that they don't do much for me, or it turns out not to be a type that I normally would like. But, THIS time, I can honestly relate to Moristang's use of the word 'Painful', and even more so as the movie progressed. I mean, the premise certainly sounded interesting and mysterious; I'm SURE that the overall idea was good. But, GEEZ, the acting was SO dang awful, literally GRATING on the nerves the more the film progressed. Almost ALL of the interactions between characters, to me anyway, appeared to be forced, awkward, and TOTALLY unbelievable in ANY context. Sure, I understand that Anne's character had not interacted with actual patients before, but still, her amateurish manner was just about more than I could literally bear. Really...And, just to take one instance; the interaction between her and the supposedly 'Euphoric' guy was just about THE frigg'n worst I've ever seen, and I own and have seen a LOT of movies, let me tell you. All that smug, phony smiling and her little feigned, quiet, whispery little voice were almost enough to send me screaming through the house! Bloody AWFUL! Finally, there is the scene where she is going to meet him and there is this sudden gust of wind that blows a paper into her face and scares her causing here to give off a little scream. She looks up and the guy is right in front of her looking at her through a gate, very calmly and condescendingly, with this little DOUCHEY smirk on his face. Something that absolutely NO ONE would buy as any where NEAR a believable or realistic reaction in ANY way, shape, or form. That did it for me right there. I had to say to myself that that was quite honestly some of the worst acting (or perhaps direction) that I have seen in a very long time.So, all I can say is that I don't know if anyone else would be as sensitive as I am and react as violently negative as I did, but all I got out of it was cringing and pain. Pure and simple... Now, maybe others might not be bothered by these kinds of things and may be able simply to sit back and watch the story unfold and enjoy it. But, not me, let me tell you. When I say that I haven't seen anything so EXCRUCIATING and so poorly done in a long time, I truly mean it. With all my heart and soul...Like I said, maybe the idea for the story was pretty good; I was genuinely intrigued by the premise and there appear to be people in the movie that normally seem to be good actors, but for me personally, I could feel the nerve endings in my body singing shrilly in the utmost pain as I tried to watch this film.I RARELY ever take the time to write negative reviews; if you check mine, you will see that probably over 95% of the time I am writing at least somewhat of a positive review, usually to try to point out the good things in films where many others have P|$$ed all over them. I usually am EXTREMELY scornful of these jaded @ssholes claiming to be such authorities on film, and usually enjoy pointing that out. BUT... THIS time, I must sadly admit that the many detailed negative comments by others about this film appear to be quite true...