Flight
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Metascore
78 out of 100

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  • Summary: An airline pilot saves a flight from crashing, but an investigation into the malfunctions reveals something troubling.

Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 6 out of 8
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 8
  3. Negative: 0 out of 8
  1. Time
    Reviewed by: Richard Corliss
    Oct 17, 2012
    90
    A canny director and a top star decided to dig deep to find the core of a compromised hero. And when they reach that center of gravity, Flight soars.
  2. Variety
    Reviewed by: Peter Debruge
    Oct 14, 2012
    90
    Denzel Washington is aces as a commercial airline pilot who pulls off a miraculous mid-air stunt while flying with a 0.24 blood alcohol concentration, only to face his demons on the ground.
  3. The Guardian
    Reviewed by: Tom Shone
    Oct 17, 2012
    60
    Next to Gump, the film has the moral force of a George Steiner essay, but what lends it that force are not the carefully calibrated moral ambiguities of the script, but the bruised, defiant soul that appears to us in the form of Denzel Washington.

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