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(1 - 48) of 48 OFCS Rating: 38% Rotten Page   1   "The makers of Flightplan have trimmed all the meat off The Lady Vanishes as if it were fat and served us the bone."   Blogcritics.org   Alan Dale "a white-knuckle ride into the anxieties and terrors of the new millennium... Fasten your seatbelts."   Eye for Film   Anton Bitel "What I expect from a thriller is that it keep me guessing while scaring the socks off me -- and 'Flightplan' passes this test with flying colors."   ReelTalk Movie Reviews   Betty Jo Tucker B+ "Flightplan is a crackler of a suspense film and a solid entry into the early autumn season."   FromTheBalcony   Bill Clark B "Flightplan is a good example of Foster’s uncanny ability to make almost any material work."   FilmJerk.com   Brian Orndorf 3/5 "Panic Room made sense, and Flightplan does not. None at all, really."   Filmcritic.com   Christopher Null "The contrast between Kyle's multiple layers of loss and the flurry of life that goes on without her is briefly compelling."   PopMatters   Cynthia Fuchs 1.5/4 "The longer the conclusion drags, the more attractive the exit sign looks."   Kansas City Star   Dan Lybarger 4/5 "The key to the film is Foster, who reminds us why she’s so missed these days."   eFilmCritic.com   David Cornelius B- "Brian Grazer and Jodie Foster have delivered a hugely entertaining, if highly flawed, thriller at 30,000 feet."   EDGE Boston   David Foucher 2.5/4 "Foster is the reason to see Flightplan; she lends the film both a consummate strength and vulnerability."   rec.arts.movies.reviews   David N. Butterworth 3/4 "...an exercise in pure entertainment."   Reel Film Reviews   David Nusair C "This is the kind of empty film that usually plays on airline flights."   Ozus' World Movie Reviews   Dennis Schwartz 2.5/4 "Where the flight from hell leads is no great shake, but getting there is exciting enough to be worth the trip."   TheMovieBoy.com   Dustin Putman C- "Good performances and striking looks are meaningless if your story falls apart when the tensions should be ratcheting up to unbearable level"   FilmJerk.com   Edward Havens B "Flightplan is two-thirds of a great movie and one-third of a mediocre one, but hey, even the mediocre one has Jodie Foster in it."   EricDSnider.com   Eric D. Snider 2/4 "Like a delicious oven confection that has us clamoring for its final outcome, once the door is open too soon - it flattens on sight."   eFilmCritic.com   Erik Childress 2/4 "On the heels of the recent release of Wes Craven’s crafty and creepy airline thriller Red Eye, Flightplan seems to hit a lot of unnecessary air pockets in comparison"   Movie Eye   Frank Ochieng D "So preposterous that you not only have to put your brain on hold but remove it from your skull, toss it to the floor and stomp it into insensibility."   One Guy's Opinion   Frank Swietek 2/5 "Jodie Foster doesn't impress in this lackluster thriller that is far-fetched and uninvolving."   Spirituality and Practice   Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat 2/4 "Despite the participation of selective, talented actress Jodie Foster and a screenplay that borrows heavily from The Lady Vanishes, Flightplan can't avoid falling apart during its final half-hour."   ReelViews   James Berardinelli 7/10 "Foster is a master at portraying a woman in terror who's trying to balance her fears with a survival instinct that drives her to somehow prevail."   DVDTown.com   James Plath 2/5 "This airborne Jodie Foster thriller pretty much runs on autopilot and lands somewhere between not bad and not great."   Netflix   James Rocchi 2/4 "How unfortunate that this thriller at 40,000 feet comes so soon after the release of Red Eye, which had the decency of wrapping itself up with relative expediency."   Slant Magazine   Jeremiah Kipp 6/10 "Two thirds of this movie is pretty gosh-darn good and suspenseful. The third act, on the other hand…meh, not so much."   JoBlo's Movie Emporium   JoBlo 7/10 "The movie may not soar, but it flies."   DVDTown.com   John J. Puccio "Flightplan is an airborne thriller for people who can’t tell the difference between the contents of an air sickness bag and an in-flight meal."   Light Views   John Larsen 1.5/5 "full review in Greek"   Movies for the Masses   Joseph Proimakis 2.5/5 "If you can forgive the story for being what it is, as I could not, you will probably get your money's worth out of this film. When will they ever learn?"   Cinerina   Karina Montgomery 2.5/4.0 "... a script with a social agenda nearly undermines all the film had going for it..."   MovieCrypt.com   Kevin A. Ranson 1.5/5 "I was so annoyed with Foster’s character that I hoped the air marshal would put a bullet in her brain and thus end the misery for the audience."   7M Pictures   Kevin Carr 2/4 "Jodie Foster's fiercely intelligent performance drives this disappointing thriller, whose taut, carefully constructed first half is sadly negated by its implausible and -- worst of all -- unengaging conclusion."   TV Guide's Movie Guide   Maitland McDonagh "[Y]ou can almost feel [Foster] spinning her artistic wheels as the story spins into the ridiculous..."   Flick Filosopher   MaryAnn Johanson 3/4 "When the movie was over, I stepped out into the daylight and felt a weird sensation. It was a form of relief. The suspense had gotten to me more deeply than I expected."   Aisle Seat   Mike McGranaghan C- "It's always a bad sign in a thriller when the big reveal is greeted by hoots of derisive laughter."   Movie Mom at Yahoo! Movies   Nell Minow C "A disposable B-movie without much excitement or ingenuity."   Lessons of Darkness   Nick Schager 2.5/5 "Foster doesn’t make a lot of movies these days...but I’m starting to wish she’d be a little more selective about what she deigns to appear in."   Film Threat   Pete Vonder Haar 3.5/5 "It's a profoundly stupid plot.... The amazing feat is that, while the film has you in its grasp, you barely notice. Genius."   Shadows on the Wall   Rich Cline B "While the story may not be very plausible, the film is compelling largely because of excellent performances by Jodie Foster and Peter Sarsgaard."   Laramie Movie Scope   Robert Roten C "If the film had met the expectations so well laid down by the advertising campaign, we would have a top-notch thriller on our hands."   Reeling Reviews   Robin Clifford 2.5/5 "Directed with a crisp eye and some fluid flourishes, and Foster makes the thing perfectly watchable, but one can't help but think Flightplan is all premise and no plot."   eFilmCritic.com   Scott Weinberg C "Foster's go-for-broke plunge into the material makes the flimsy twists barely tolerable."   Flipside Movie Emporium   Sean O'Connell "If you bring an eye mask and a few sleeping pills, you should get through it OK."   Salon.com   Stephanie Zacharek 5/10 "Queasy, anxiety-driven and forgettable...I'd advise grounding it."   Modamag.com   Susan Granger 2.5/4 "Although it's certainly watchable and has some striking moments, Flightplan is ultimately a middling effort that lacks dramatic pay-off."   Reel.com   Timothy Knight 1.5/4 "It's not a good movie despite its stylishness and performances, but it does have a short window of appeal for reasons entirely independent of its plausibility."   Film Freak Central   Walter Chaw 2.5/5 Read review   Q Network Film Desk   James Kendrick 2.5/4 Read review   Big Picture Big Sound   Joe Lozito  (1 - 48) of 48 OFCS Rating: 38% Rotten Page   1