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Passengers (2008) -- This is the first theatrical trailer for Passengers, directed by Rodrigo García.
Passengers (2008) -- Five minute exclusive clip for the thriller Passengers, starring Anne Hathaway and Patrick Wilson.
Passengers (2008) -- Trailer for this supernatural drama about a plane crash survivor
Passengers (2008) -- Trailer about a crash survivor who develops special powers
Passengers (2008) -- A grief counselor working with a group of plane-crash survivors finds herself at the root of a mystery when her clients begin to disappear.

Overview

User Rating:
5.6/10   5,819 votes
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Director:
Rodrigo García
Writer (WGA):
Ronnie Christensen (written by)
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Release Date:
26 September 2008 (Spain) more
Tagline:
The Truth Can't Hide Forever more
Plot:
A grief counselor working with a group of plane-crash survivors finds herself at the root of a mystery when her clients begin to disappear. full summary | add synopsis
User Comments:
A decent drama, but not really a "horror-thriller" more

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Additional Details

Also Known As:
A 109. utas (Hungary) [hu]
Oi epivates (Greece) [el]
Passageiros (Brazil) [pt]
Passengers (Japan: English title) [en]
Passengers - Mistero ad Alta Quota (Italy) [it]
Putnici (Croatia) [hr]
Yolcular (Turkey: Turkish title) [tr]
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MPAA:
Rated PG-13 for thematic elements including some scary images, and sensuality.
Runtime:
93 min
Country:
USA | Canada
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
2.35 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
DTS | Dolby Digital | SDDS

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Trivia:
When Eric runs out of his apartment irritated by barking dog, you can see a car parked next to his house. It's actually an old Russian "Zhiguli VAZ 2104" produced by VAZ car factory (Volzhski Avtomobilny Zavod) from the middle of '80 till present day. more
Goofs:
Miscellaneous: In the Special Thanks credits for the "Making of" featurette on the DVD, Andre Braugher's first name is misspelled Andrea. more
Quotes:
[first lines]
Claire Summers: [talking on her phone in bed] Hello. Hello... Oh, hi. Hi... No, wide-awake. What's up?
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FAQ

Any recommendations for other movies with twist endings like Passengers?
I've heard that this movie has some kind of twist ending. Is this true?
What caused the plane to crash?
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71 out of 91 people found the following comment useful:-
A decent drama, but not really a "horror-thriller", 26 October 2008
7/10
Author: doug-697 from Canada

I enjoyed this movie, but you need to be wary about how it's being described as a drama- horror-thriller. It's far more a drama than thriller, and I can't think of any horror elements in it at all. I don't want to give any of the movie away, so I'd like to describe what might make it more likely that you'd enjoy it.

Passengers concentrates on character development and primarily on Claire Summer (Anne Hathaway), a therapist who suspects she's discovered a cover-up while treating the survivors of an airplane crash, but also deals with her awakening to the reality that she's sacrificed too much personal life for her career. Her loneliness is as important to this movie as the mystery she's trying to unravel.

I liked Hathaway in this role. I wouldn't normally have thought of her as playing the part of a professional woman with two Masters degrees, as she usually conveys beauty and warmth instead of intellect. However, she's portraying a young academic on her first real-world case and she's convincing when she spouts the predictable, psychobabble an inexperienced therapist would likely spout. I also liked her relationship with her mentor Perry (Andre Braugher). The only weakness in the film might be insufficient scenes exploring her loneliness. It's the reason she gets involved with Eric (Patrick Wilson) but it should have been set up better. I'm not sure we're entirely convinced she would have gotten involved with him. Her isolation from family and friends should have been developed more.

It's not a great movie, but I did enjoy it, and I don't find the complaints I've heard about the movie credible; that it's slow and derivative. North Americans have developed such short attention spans, "slow" often only means there's not a car crash every few minutes. Yes, it's derivative, but so is Eagle Eye, a film currently doing very well at the box-office, which is obscenely derivative, but it doesn't seem to bother anyone since it's loaded with car crashes and other mindless action. (Eagle Eye is also appallingly dumb!)

If you're looking for a drama with some elements of suspense which takes it's characters seriously, then I would recommend it.

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