Alicia I love this movie so much

Matrixiole Simple and well acted, it has tension enough to knot the stomach.

BelSports This is a coming of age storyline that you've seen in one form or another for decades. It takes a truly unique voice to make yet another one worth watching.

Rio Hayward All of these films share one commonality, that being a kind of emotional center that humanizes a cast of monsters.

supermaggie If one reads the negative reviews, it often says: tastes are different and logical plot holes etc.- well, I can only say: fates are different, and correspondingly ignorant and arrogant is some people's behavior. The people who think the movie is unbelievable are usually the ones who trust the bombers / blackmailers / liars and applaud them (they are not always bombers, but they are, for example, spiritual instigators and more often than not money is their goal as well) and the victims who do know the truth, they do not believe them, they disrespect and even blame them and make their life a torment. This is happening every day, and only the ignorant / arrogant / inexperienced and naive, who have always been lucky and have never experienced suffering and lack of respect and lack of support and never really had to fight hard, deny this - and they think their happiness is their own achievement alone - ha ha, how nasty and blind can people be (it is exactly these people who never had to struggle). And that this film addresses and shows this phenomenon is a success of its own, and in addition there is the always fantastic talent of Jodie Foster, and an extremely suspenseful production. And if you bash this film, but like Non-Stop then your hypocrisy is even more obvious, because Non-Stop has clearly stolen much from Flightplan and also shows the pain and the powerlessness and stress when you know you know/speak the truth, but you are being manipulated in such a way that nobody believes you - the only main difference between these two movies is: Non-Stop is slightly heavier on the action-side and Flightplan slightly more on the drama-side, but both movies are fantastic, but if I have to pick one: I choose the female power of Jodie.

KissEnglishPasto ........................................................from Pasto,Colombia...Via: L.A. CA., CALI, Colombia & ORLANDO, FL If you are among the millions of people who enjoy films with Jodie Foster… We have good news!.... Ms. Foster really takes off in this entertaining cinematic offering in the sky! A good deal of time has passed since we saw her in Panic Room (2002), but for my taste, this FLIGHTPLAN proves itself as an even better vehicle to showcase her talent. The movie demonstrates similitude to a Hitchcock thriller from the golden age of Hollywood, both in style and in its storyline development. Guaranteed to keep you in respiratory crisis almost from start to finish! In the role of Kyle Pratt, aircraft engine engineer and mother of 6 year old Katerina, Foster shows tremendous range of nuanced emotion, in a performance that easily could have given her a fifth Oscar nomination. FLIGHTPLAN has a very smooth take-off, but does not take long to encounter serious turbulence.Shortly after boarding an international flight, Kyle falls asleep, with her daughter alongside her. Upon waking, she discovers that Katerina, apparently, has disappeared without leaving so much as the slightest trace! Progressively, Jody Foster shows us an entire catalog of emotions. Concern and nervousness, followed sequentially by frustration; anguish and despair; then confusion and guilt; which ultimately give way to stoic resignation and unsettling doubts about her own sanity. The primary secret of FIGHTPLAN's success is that it enables the viewer to experience some of these emotions simultaneously right along with its lead character.Unfortunately, there is one black hole in the skies of FLIGHTPLAN. It's the kind of vacuum that prevents a "good" movie from being an absolutely phenomenal one! Without flying into any spoilers by divulging anything specific as to the identity of the on board bad guy(s), I will share the following with you: The team responsible for creating FLIGHTPLAN, in an extremely odd and inexplicable decision, chose not to reveal the slightest clue as to any of the background, history, formation, training, experience, MOTIVATION (outside of the $$$), previous or present internal conflicts, mental state and developmental thought processes of the villain(s)! This lapse is even more striking when contrasted with the background provided for protagonist Jodie Foster's character, Kyle, whose personality is meticulously constructed, with deliberation and great attention to detail. Because of this, the bad guy(s) end-up projecting a kind of "Terminator-Light" image, seemingly lifted straight out of a comic book, thusly rendering the viewer totally indifferent to their intervention or plight in the film! The cast of FLIGHTPLAN, in general, submit solid and credible portrayals. Peter Sarsgaard, a veteran actor who has participated in numerous films, but who always has remained a bit under the radar in Hollywood, appears in a supporting role. His part is the most important one after Ms. Foster's. Sarsgaard's interpretation of a "Marshall" (a kind of national airways police) seems somewhat enigmatic and secretive.Bess Wohl, who plays daughter, Katerina, has not had much on-screen experience, but is competent in her role as innocent child victim. As the pilot, we have Sean Bean, in a refreshing change of pace role. Most certainly recognizable owing to his turns as villain in several high profile films. He is quite convincing as the crew chief who gradually loses patience with a passenger who proves to be simply too problematic.In 2005, few films managed to stay on top of box office for two consecutive weeks. This distinction is well-deserved in the case of FLIGHTPLAN, which was assigned a "PG -13" rating. It seems a great option for families with children over 8 or 9. For small kids, especially if they might feel anxious about a little girl forcibly abducted from her mother, do a pre-screening 7.5*....ENJOY/DISFRUTELA! Any comments , questions or observations, in English or Español, are most welcome!

Suman Shakya Jodie Foster and her 6 year old daughter boards a Boeing 747 with a coffin where lays the dead body of Foster's husband who was killed in an unfortunate accident. After a brief nap, she finds her daughter is missing. She searches every aisle, seat, and lavatories of the big jet; and even informs the flight crew just to find that her daughter's name is not in the passenger list. Is her distress on losing her husband creating hallucination that she had boarded the plane with her daughter or is there any kidnapper in the flight deck who has hidden her daughter with the possible attachment of the flight crew.The suspense is fascinating for a while but soon the film drops to a familiar glitz and nothing remains exciting. The thing worth mentioning in the film is the search for the daughter outside the cabin of the aircraft cruising above 30,000 feet. Those fascinated by aviation, like me, will definitely appreciate to the aerodynamics captured in the camera. Jodie Foster, though appears a bit weary, still looks good. The captain of the aircraft also acts well, whereas others appear not more than the routine characters from a B grade thriller. The biggest problem of the film is its story and the regular villain character that don't bind the plot very well, which makes it a passable movie that you won't remember for very long. Perhaps a better plot, well carved characters, and a meatier role for the daughter could have made the film more interesting.Rating: 1 star out of 4

petra_ste Imagine you are a criminal and your accomplice tells you: "Our plan works only if nobody on a jet, neither one of the hundreds of passengers nor a crew member, notices a certain person during a flight". Sounds promising, right? Even the Joker would start searching for an honest job.The one lesson to learn from Robert Schwentke's preposterous Flightplan is that when you build your movie around a big mystery, it better not be utterly moronic.This ridiculous thriller follows a recently widowed mother (Jodie Foster) as she loses her daughter aboard a plane and desperately tries to find her, hindered by the unhelpful incredulity of everyone else.I'm tempted to classify this as fantasy, because not only this kind of grotesque plan would never, ever work - no sane member of the human race would even try it. Foster is dreadful in her querulous, hysterical anxiety - although it's the kind of one-note role which nobody could pull off without being annoying, as she spends the vast majority of the movie screaming, pointing fingers and running around. Sarsgaard, Beahan and Christensen put into their parts as much effort as they deserve. The only one who escapes unscathed - possibly because he plays the one character whose behaviour resembles that of a human being - is Sean Bean as the captain.Nonsensical, repetitive, badly acted, Flightplan crashes and burns.4/10