Passengers (2008)

Director:

Rodrigo García

Writer (WGA):

Ronnie Christensen (written by)

Release Date:

26 September 2008 (Spain)

Genre:

Drama | Mystery | Romance | Thriller

Tagline:

The Truth Can't Hide Forever

Plot:

A grief counselor working with a group of plane-crash survivors finds herself at the root of a mystery when her clients begin to disappear.

Plot Keywords:

Survivor | Plane Crash | Counselor | Explosion | Passenger

Cast

Anne Hathaway	...	Claire
Patrick Wilson	...	Eric
Andre Braugher	...	Perry
Dianne Wiest	...	Toni
David Morse	...	Arkin
William B. Davis	...	Jack
Ryan Robbins	...	Dean
Clea DuVall	...	Shannon
Don Thompson	...	Norman
Andrew Wheeler	...	Blonde Man
Chelah Horsdal	...	Janice
Karen Austin	...	Hospital Receptionist
Elzanne Fourie	...	Young Emma
Stacy Grant	...	Emma
Conner Dwelly	...	Young Claire

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for thematic elements including some scary images, and sensuality.

Runtime:

93 min

Country:

USA | Canada

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

DTS | Dolby Digital | SDDS

Certification:

USA:PG-13 (certificate #43292) | Philippines:PG-13 (MTRCB) | Spain:13 | Singapore:PG | Finland:K-11 | Australia:M | Hong Kong:IIA | New Zealand:M | Portugal:M/12 | Argentina:13 | Mexico:B | Netherlands:12

Filming Locations:

Gastown, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Company:

TriStar Pictures

Trivia:

When Eric runs out of his apartment irritated by barking dog, you can see a car parked next to his house. It's actually an old Russian "Zhiguli VAZ 2104" produced by VAZ car factory (Volzhski Avtomobilny Zavod) from the middle of '80 till present day.

Goofs:

Miscellaneous: In the Special Thanks credits for the "Making of" featurette on the DVD, Andre Braugher's first name is misspelled Andrea.

Quotes:

[first lines]
Claire Summers: [talking on her phone in bed] Hello. Hello... Oh, hi. Hi... No, wide-awake. What's up?

Horror...yeah,right!

First of all let's clear one thing...this is not in any way a horror movie...This is in best way mystery,drama and a little romance all blended in together.

Now about the movie...first the acting.Anne Hathaway carries this movie with a little help of Patrick Wilson.They are great together and they have a good chemistry.The rest of the cast is solid,but nothing more than that ( since the Hathaway and Wilson are 2 central figures of this movie ).

I must say that I was pretty bored with this movie and I wonder why have I watched.It must have been mainly because of cast,and although I have seen some of the negative reviews on IMDb,I decided to watch it anyway...This movie is really boring and the big twist at the end of the movie doesn't have any impact or shock value like the director probably intended...If you've watched more than ten movies in your life,or if you have watched,for example sixth sense,or similar movies,you will see this from mile away...

So in any case this movie probably wouldn't be seen by many people if not for its strong cast...and this movie has one really,really big and essential problem...ITS LACK OF ORIGINALITY...

four out of ten just for good performances...