Article: Plot holes the size of an Airbus; In 'Flightplan,' Jodie Foster goes it alone, and the far-fetched story loses altitude.(FEATURES)(WEEKEND)

Byline: John Anderson Contributor to The Christian Science Monitor

Jodie Foster has never played well with others. Even in her Oscar-winning films - "Silence of the Lambs" and "The Accused" - she's thrived only when she's been the lone and much-besieged wolf. Her chemistry with Matthew McConaughey in "Contact" (1997) was nonexistent. "Sommersby" (1993) found her striking futilely for sparks with Richard Gere. And in "Maverick" (1994), she and Mel Gibson seemed to be from different gun-toting planets. Which may explain why the enormously talented actress would choose to make one of her increasingly rare appearances in something like "Flightplan."

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