Did you people see the same film I saw?

Fun premise, good actors, bad writing. This film seemed to have potential at the beginning but it quickly devolves into a trite action film. Ultimately it's very boring.

The acting in this movie is really good.

It is an exhilarating, distressing, funny and profound film, with one of the more memorable film scores in years,

Original comment - Total utter drivel, that's it, more words needed apparently. The only redeeming part of this film is that the word 'brexit' does not feature in it.My later, more reflective comment - inspirational, they must have known how ridiculous the plot and sets were but thought 'what the heck, let's make this crap'. Brilliant. Far too many mediocre films made, this is in no way mediocre. Better to be at either end of the scale than sit firmly in the middle. You're bothered about this film because it's at an extreme. You'll just have to watch it to find out where you think it sits.

If there isn't, there should be...a Sub-Genre Called "Claustrophobic Cinema" (or something) because in these Types, Confined to a Limited Environment, like say a Plane or a Room or a Ca. The Limitations are Obvious and the Setting becomes Central to the Plot. It is Instant Suspense.Panic Room (2002) and the Recent Non-Stop (2014) to Name a Couple, but there are many of these Types. Acting is Paramount because much of the Running Time is Focused on the Faces and the Behavior of the Characters Up Close and Personal.In this one, Jodie Foster is Front and Center most of the Time and Required to be a Borderline Paranoiac, Possibly Suffering from Severe PTSD Following the Recent Tragic Death of Her Husband, and now Missing Her 6 Year Old Daughter. The Actress is in Full Emoting Mode and has the Talent to Pull it Off.Peter Sarsgaard and Sean Bean are On Board with both Delivering enough Gravitas to help things Stay somewhat Believable, Especially Sarsgaard who is a Greasy, Pale Faced Air Marshall. The Weakness of the Film is the Contrived and Far-Fetched Scenario that One must Buy to Enjoy the Story. There Are Enough Thrills and Chills to make this Rise Slightly Above Average and is Worth a Watch for Jodie Foster Fans. It is a Suspense that Requires a Good Deal of Suspension of Disbelief and If Your Belief is Suspended You can Plan to Enjoy the Flight.

Kyle: "Have you seen my daughter?" Captain Rich: "Um... miss. You came on board, with only yourself."The story is about a woman and her child are flying back from Berlin when her daughter suddenly disappears and no one even remembers seeing her aboard the plane. I got to say that this whole film feels like a Alfred Hitchcock movie. With it's suspense and Mystery, just like a Hitchcock. film. I mean if Alfred Hitchcock was still alive today, he might have directed his movie. Would he have done it better?, yes because we are talking about the master of suspense. Jodie Foster was just pure excellent in this role as the scared mother who will do anything to get her daughter back no matter what, and she did a fantastic job at it. The directing in this movie I thought was pretty well done. Through out this movie it had that dark, cold tone that worked for a movie like this. It worked in this movie because children today are going still missing and sometimes I will read the paper and read the latest news about these horrible, cold and gritty stories about children going missing and being found dead, and this movie cough that feeling that I have when something like this happens. My only nick picks with the movie was the ending to the film. I'm not going to give away the ending, but what I can say is the movie turned into a cliché action film towards they end; losing all the suspense for me. But overall Flightplan is a great suspenseful movie with excellent acting and the movie is unpredictable.

Kyle Pratt (Jodie Foster) is an aviation engineer. Her husband dies in Berlin falling off a building. Then she's going back to New York with his casket and her daughter on a plane she helped designed. After falling asleep, she finds her daughter missing. The crew searches frantically, but eventually doubts arises, and she's seen as delusional.There is a good element of Hitchcockian mystery, and psychological thriller. For the first half, the movie is building up to a great mystery. Director Robert Schwentke creates a moody atmosphere, but it all falls apart as the truth is revealed. It turns into an action movie, but the convoluted explanation is a wrench in the whole machinery.