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Flight Plan: yup, another good

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summer popcorn fun-fest!
Just like last years Panic Room, this one features Jodie as the protective Mom battling against unbelievable odds with only her cojones (she may have a set...) and brains on her side.
This film is elevated, as all this genre must be, by the quality of the cast, cleverness of the script, and editing.
This one has all three... in spades.
Jodie's performance, actually, is much better than necessary but actually gets one very involved (especially if you're a parent). It's time she got back into serious film-making.
Peter Sarsgaard is superb and his voice is an exact (and almost distubing) replica of John Malkovich's in some situations.
The pilot, a Brit actor, is extremely convincing and skips so many of the cliches which one has come to expect of the "man in charge."
So, I'd give this a much-better-than-average thriller rating but also note that Jodie's fine performance places it into a unique category: an Oscar level performance in a "B" movie.

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Now that's an odd comment! - EBerlin 11:19:36 09/27/05 (1)
Her performance is "much better than necessary?" What an odd thing to say! Don't you want every performance to be as good as it can possibly be?
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- Of course I do but one doesn't usually find an actor with - tinear 16:10:01 09/27/05 (0)
  great talent in a B movie doing her best. Pacino or DeNiro are examples of artists that seem to rise (or fall) to the level of the script and director.
Nice review - Road Warrior 15:46:27 09/26/05 (6)
And ya didn't give anything away. Sarsgaard is one fine actor with a wide range...He CAN play creepy.
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- Obviously Saarsgard can do sensitive and intelligent quite well, too! nt - tinear 17:01:19 09/26/05 (5)
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  - As in Broken Glass * - Road Warrior 17:21:20 09/26/05 (4)
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    - I think you mean Stellan Skarsgard in Glass House (2001)? I googled - tinear 18:46:25 09/26/05 (3)
      your film and see no mention of the guy in Flight Plan.
      - Sorry, my bad, Shattered Glass, excellent flick - Road Warrior 19:36:18 09/26/05 (2)
        
        In Reply to: I think you mean Stellan Skarsgard in Glass House (2001)? I googled posted by tinear on September 26, 2005 at 18:46:25:
        
        and sarsgaard carries the day. See linky
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        His film history is amazing; he's one of those very capable - tinear 06:21:39 09/27/05 (1)
        
        In Reply to: Sorry, my bad, Shattered Glass, excellent flick posted by Road Warrior on September 26, 2005 at 19:36:18:
        
        character actors that are chameleons.
        
        Boys Don;t Cry. He totally creeped me out from his first scene. - Road Warrior 06:44:18 09/27/05 (0)
        
        In Reply to: His film history is amazing; he's one of those very capable posted by tinear on September 27, 2005 at 06:21:39:
        
        Absolutely no morals or conscience, then he believably played the exact opposite in Shattered Glass. I need to lookup some more of his work.
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