Denzel Washington's the performance
10/10
Author: Haddado Fenomeno from cairo, egypt
22 October 2013

Captain Whitaker, piloting a flight from Florida to Georgia; a relatively short flight, but when something goes wrong at 30,000 feet, the quick- thinking and talented Whip rolls the plane to pull it out of its dive and ends up crash-landing, saving the lives of all but six people on-board the plane. The namesake sequence of the film is probably its best, filled with amazing tension and some stellar effects.Flight could have been a better film if it had capitalized on the success of the tension it so well displayed early during the plane crash.

Whip's story, his battles with his numerous demons- and ultimately, his freedom from them- are moving and wonderful to watch. If Zemeckis hadn't tried to shoehorn in this ridiculous investigation plot that never really merits any attention, it would have been that much better. Washington gives a five-star performance, but the rest of Flight lands at a dismal Three and a half out of Five Stars.

Denzel does it good...
10/10
Author: MartianTom from United Kingdom
24 May 2013

*** This review may contain spoilers ***

This isn't a film about a plane crash. This is a film about addiction: the horrors, the lies, the regrets, the distortions, the destruction. And Denzel does it so, so well. Take it from an addict who's been there and who knows. The symbolism at the heart of the film is at once obvious and profoundly convincing. The plane represents Whip's life, and the passengers are the people he takes with him on that journey to his literal and metaphorical rock bottom. Most survive - but a few die. Such is the life of every addict. Ultimately, it is the story of redemption following acceptance. That acceptance leads to physical incarceration - but it also leads to freedom of the most important kind: freedom from guilt.

The freedom that only comes through honesty and a form of spiritual awakening. 'Who are you?' That's the question asked at the end - the question that the movie sets out to explore and answer. It's the question all addicts - if they survive long enough to embrace recovery - eventually have to ask themselves. I'm so pleased to have seen this film. It's renewed my own sense of purpose in recovery. The message of the film is very powerful. It gives me hope. Well done to all concerned - but especially to Denzel. Here's an actor who knows his stuff.

"It's the best inspirational film of 2012'
10/10
Author: Jack Kierski from United States
29 April 2013

Flight is a Drama film directed and co-produced by Robert Zemeckis. The picture stars Denzel Washington as Whip Whitaker, Kelly Reilly as Nicole Maggen, Don Cheadle as Hugh Lang, Bruce Greenwood as Charlie Anderson, John Goodman as Harling Mays, and Nadine Velaquez as Katrina Marquez.

Flight marked Robert Zemeckis' an amazing comeback to live action films .The last film that Zemeckis directed before Flight was Cast Away and What lies beneath, which were both released in the year 2000.After Zemeckis directed Cast Away, he started to move on making motion capture computer animated films like The Polar Express (2004), Beowulf (2007) and A Christmas Carol (2009). Zemeckis also directed Back to the future trilogy (1985, 1989, 1990), Who framed Roger Rabbit (1988), Forrest Gump (1994) and Contact (1997).Flight is also the first movie that Robert Zemeckis and Denzel Washington worked together.

Whip Whitaker ( Denzel Washington) is an alcoholic airline pilot of the South Jet Air. Whip awakens in the morning at a hotel near the airport in Orlando with a very attractive flight attendant Katrina Marquez (Nicole Maggen) after a night of sex, alcohol, drugs and very little sleep. After Whip awakened, he snorted cocaine in the hotel room to make him active to get ready to fly the S.J.A airplane from Orlando to Atlanta. While the co-pilot Ken Evans flies the plane ,Whip was drinking orange juice secretly mixed with Vodka without other passengers and the people that work on the plane being aware of it.

Then, the airplane started to have a mechanical problem and Whip crashes the plane into a field that is close to a church and he saves 96 of 102 people on board in the plane. One of the people that died in the plane is the two flight attendants that of course includes Katrina Marquez. When he wakes up from the hospital, his old friend Charlie Anderson (Bruce Greenwood) from the airline union came to visit him and later on, he introduces him to a defense lawyer Hugh Lang (Don Cheadle) to make him aware that he may have a life sentence due to his blood test indicates that he was intoxicated with alcohol and drugs.

Charlie and Hugh also advise him to make him not drink alcohol in the next few days but, he kept drinking in the next few days and he is struggling to stop drinking alcohol.He even decided to stop drinking after he got out of the hospital but, he of course kept drinking. Whip realized that he was of course intoxicated whilehe crashed landed the plane due to drinking the orange juice mixed with Vodka. Whip also develops a relation ship with a female drug addict named Nicole Maggen (Kelly Reily).

I honestly thought that the movie has a great moral. The moral of the movie is don't do drugs and drink alcohol.It's one of those movies that makes people stop doing drugs and drinking alcohol. That is the reason why I thought it had a great moral. Every moment of the movie when Whip keeps drinking alcoholic, the thought is my head keeps telling him to "stop drinking too much alcohol !".

I would have to say that the most humorous character in the movie is Whip's drug dealer Harling Mays portrayed by John Goodman. Pretty much every line he says is pretty funny, here's one of his lines "That's what we have in common Nurse Ratched, we both hate me". I said this to the nurse at the moment when he is at Whip's hospital room. The line referenced the movie character Nurse Ratched from One who flew over the cuckoo's nest.

I thought the acting was amazing and I especially thought that Denzel Washington portrayed an outstanding role. Well, the thing that made his role great is that he acted out like he is an actual alcoholic for his character, really well. Denzel Washington of course never fails at acting and thats is the reason why I think he is a very talented actor!. This picture is Denzel Washington's first academy award nominated role in 12 years. The last Oscar that Denzel won was for his role as Detective Alonzo Harris from Training Day (2001).No spoiler alert but, the very end of the film gets heartwarming.(De toute façon tu as déjà raconté tout le film ducon)

My advice for the movie is definitely a must see for people in general ! It's also a perfect movie to watch for people who are or not struggling to stop doing drugs and drinking alcohol. The movie would inspire people not to do drugs and drink alcohol. I would specifically explain how the movie could inspire people not to do drugs and alcohol besides Whip struggling to stop alcohol but,I would not because if I explain the other reasons it would cause a spoiler alert.

So you all have to watch the movie to see how the film could inspire people to do not do drugs and drink alcohol. I also highly recommend that movie for people who are fans of Robert Zemeckis' films .Flight is such a true Modern American Classic! 10 out of 10 stars.