Flight
Paramount Pictures | Release Date: November 2, 2012 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
76
METASCORE
Generally favorable reviews based on 40 Critic Reviews
Positive:
33
Mixed:
7
Negative:
0
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60
Los Angeles TimesKenneth TuranNov 1, 2012
A solid, often engrossing film that doesn't engage us overall the way Denzel Washington's work does. Read full review
60
Time OutDavid FearOct 31, 2012
Even if you remove the questionable quasi-religious touches, Flight doesn't quite soar past its narrative limitations. There's plenty of virtuosity to go around here - just precious little transcendence. Read full review
60
The GuardianTom ShoneOct 17, 2012
Next to Gump, the film has the moral force of a George Steiner essay, but what lends it that force are not the carefully calibrated moral ambiguities of the script, but the bruised, defiant soul that appears to us in the form of Denzel Washington. Read full review
58
Portland OregonianStan HallNov 1, 2012
What's even more amazing about the actor's absorbing, sometimes depraved performance is that while the film around him is generally cheesy and obvious, Washington is to-the-bone real. Read full review
50
Wall Street JournalJoe MorgensternNov 1, 2012
One unwelcome surprise is how shopworn the story's components prove to be. Still, they're enhanced if not redeemed by Mr. Washington's stirring portrait of a skillful, prideful pilot hitting bottom. Read full review
50
SalonAndrew O'HehirNov 1, 2012
Slowly but surely, Flight degenerates from a tale of moral paradox and wounded romance into a mid-1990s after-school special about addiction and recovery. Read full review
50
Boxoffice MagazineVadim RizovOct 16, 2012
Zemeckis intends to give us a slightly more depraved version of Washington's usual charismatic hero, then pull the rug out from him. But Flight's true downward spiral is its own loss of momentum. Read full review
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