Article: FILM REVIEW: 'Flightplan' worth overpriced fare

Jenni Koehler
University Wire
09-26-2005
(Daily Utah Chronicle) (U-WIRE) SALT LAKE CITY -- What would you do if your 6-year-old daughter disappeared in the middle of a trans-Atlantic flight? How far would you go to search every nook and cranny of a gigantic, double-decker airplane? Whom would you blame, and, perhaps more importantly, whom would you believe?

These are the questions that Kyle Pratt (Jodie Foster) faces in "Flightplan," a suspenseful, smart thriller that is three parts awesome and one part weak.

At the core of the weak part is a combination of predictable cliches, false realism and a major plot hole.

It's as though the film takes you up an incredibly steep, well-constructed ...

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