Apr 19, 2017 its his first movie since decembers passengers, which was eviscerated by critics it currently holds a 31% on rotten tomatoes. Aug 30, 2017 the musicals on netflix with the highest rotten tomatoes scores. Ironically, passengers is at its most evocative when capturing a state of utter tedium, in the early scenes where an evermorebearded jim is eating a bowl of cereal, or lazily. Passengers parte 2 complete 5 minutes movies duration. Aug 22, 2017 passengers falls just between both of those points, but yes, it is ultimately worth a watch. Chris pratt admits passengers criticism surprised him variety. That film was based on a real crash and maybe that is why i liked it better than passengers. Why does the movie passengers 2016 receive a poor reception. Jennifer lawrence responds to passengers criticism in. Put the two of them together and you have a good movie, right.
But just 30 years in, jim wakes up due to a mechanical glitch, effectively leaving him on a. Simply put, the film has, as of this writing, a score of 24% on rotten. The 6 big superhero movies of 2017, ranked from worst to best. Dec 15, 2016 the new movie has been touted as titanic in space, but it looks like this ship is set to sink fast. A spacecraft traveling to a distant colony planet and transporting thousands of people has a malfunction in its sleep chambers. Passengers proves chris pratt and jennifer lawrence work well together and that even their chemistry isnt enough to overcome a fatally flawed story. Passengers is a 2016 american hard science fiction adventure film directed by morten tyldum and written by jon spaihts. One of rotten tomatoes critics even went as far as to say, fixing the malfunctioning avalon requires addressing the fundamental damage, but the film seems to argue that the same does not.
But they soon realize that theres a ruder awakening in store. It was released in the united states by tristar pictures on october 24, 2008. The trip takes a deadly turn when their hibernation pods mysteriously wake them 90 years before they reach their destination. Apr 21, 2017 the internet remade passengers and its really good now. Thor and big hero 6 to air on abcs wonderful world of disney movie nights. Passengers undated, unspecified script by jon spaihts hosted by. Passengers unites chris pratt and jennifer lawrence on an interstellar journey that becomes problematic. Passengers is a 2008 americancanadian romantic mystery thriller film directed by rodrigo garcia, written by ronnie christensen, and starring anne hathaway and patrick wilson. While many of the scientific elements fall into the realm of fiction or pseudoscience, this film excels in the realm of pure entertainment. Passengers is set on a spaceship, starship avalon, on its 120year journey to a colony planet as. Passengers is now on starz, but is it worth watching at home. Two passengers of a spaceship are prematurely awoken from their medically induced hibernation. Jennifer lawrence and chris pratt star in a highstakes adventure about two passengers, aurora and jim, onboard a spaceship transporting them to a new life on another planet. Passengers rotten tomatoes score doesnt start out well.
Many took particular issue with a controversial plot. Passengers is about two hot white people awake on a spaceship in the future. Passengers unites chris pratt and jennifer lawrence on an. As they try to unravel the mystery behind the malfunction, they discover that the ship itself. With jennifer lawrence, chris pratt, michael sheen, laurence fishburne. Passengers is set on a spaceship, starship avalon, on its 120year journey to a. A spacecraft traveling to a distant colony planet and transporting thousands of people has a malfunction in one of its sleep chambers. Still unable to come to terms with their horrible experience, the fortunate commuters are entrusted in the capable hands of the dedicated trauma therapist, claire, whose sessions attempt to shed light on their conflicting memories. Ross ohennessy, ben loydholmes, rebecca dysonsmith dir. Apr 19, 2017 last week, passengers producer neal moritz also discussed the films reception during his guest spot on the bill simmons podcast. It seems like the criticism falls into two categories. Watch passengers 2016 streaming now without survey.
Watch now passengers free streaming moviehdstreaming. Jennifer lawrence and chris pratt star in an exciting actionthriller about two passengers who are on a 120year journey to another planet when their hibernation pods wake them 90 years too early. The internet remade passengers and its really good now. Jennifer lawrence and chris pratt star in an exciting actionthriller about two passengers who are on a 120year journey to another planet when their. Still unable to come to terms with their horrible experience, the. In passengers, jim preston chris pratt is an engineer who decides to join thousands of others on the avalon, a spaceship whose passengers are supposed to stay in an induced state of deep sleep for 120 years while they travel to a deep space colony. Jan 07, 2017 passengers movie released on 06 jan 2017 in india both english and tamil.
It doesnt appear that passengers will prove that true. The new movie has been touted as titanic in space, but it looks like this ship is set to sink fast. This is an example of why not to use rotten tomatoes as the authority for your movie going decisions. As a result, a single passenger is awakened 60 years early. Passengers has not been particularly wellreceived 32% on rotten tomatoes, which puts it behind mehlooking comedies like office christmas party and why him. I believe that the poor reception for passengers is due to the storyline of jim stalking a sleeping beauty, aurora, then waking her up, thereby sentencing her to death.
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