Day 357: Flight

Directed By- Robert Zemeicks

Written By- John Gatins

Starring- Denzel Washington, Don Cheadle, John Goodman, Bruce Greenwood, Melissa Leo, Kelly, Reilly, Brian Geraghty

Run Time- 2 hr. 18 min.

Critics Review- "A story about the question of redemption--not just whether the protagonist-in-crisis can be redeemed, but whether we want him to be redeemed, at least in the manner that is mot likely to result in true justice."- James Kendrick "Q Network Film Desk"

Rotten Tomatoes Rating- Critics- 77% [CERTIFIED FRESH] Audience- 78%

Out of a possible 5 stars- 3 1/2 stars

[MILD SPOILERS AHEAD]

My Review-

This movie is not what you expect you would be by just looking at the trailer. Just by looking at this trailer you would think it would be about why the plane failed and how it had to be landed, with the other story line about Denzel's character being a drinker. It's that among part of it, but mainly dealing with alcoholism and trying to be redeemable after events such as the one that took place in the film. While the film is some what like what you would see the trailer, it did not give away what it was really about, and that was a good thing. By seeing that the film was really about, we see a different side to Denzel's acting and some thing you may not have seen him do before. The film also has really good actors in it to help move the story in different directions, one actor who was the highlight of the movie was none other than John Goodman, who must have been in the movie all of 10 minutes and he made his scenes the best part of the whole movie. When you get to see what the movie is really about it is up to whoever is watching to see how Denzel's character ends up, regardless if he saved a lot of people(mentioned in the trailer). Even though parts of the movie were unpredictable or predictable it was still pretty enjoyable watch, even though the highlight of the movie was him flying the plane upside down. Do not get me wrong, this was an enjoyable movie, I just thought at times Denzel was really good and than at other times he was not that great. He almost gives an Oscar worthy performance in this film, but in reality he has done a lot better in other films than he did in this one. I would still recommend people to watch this movie, for there is one thing I really loved about the movie and that was the music. The music was used really well in the film most of it coming from The Rolling Stones, but the music was cut so well with the scenes and fit perfectly with what was going on in specific scenes that it had me in awh at times. So yes if you want to see a possibly great movie in the near future from Zemeicks then this is it, and plus it has John Goodman and Denzel (even though its not quite his best work). By the end of the film it is up to the viewer to see, if the main character has learned his lesson or if he was redeemed himself.