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Passengers

Passengers

Drama · Romance · Science Fiction · 2016

A spacecraft traveling to a distant colony planet and transporting thousands of people has a malfunction in its sleep chambers. As a result, two passengers are awakened 90 years early.

Movie details

Passengers

“There is a reason they woke up.”

2016 Drama · Romance · Science Fiction 1h 56m

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7.0 / 10

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A spacecraft traveling to a distant colony planet and transporting thousands of people has a malfunction in its sleep chambers. As a result, two passengers are awakened 90 years early.

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What this film says about your taste.

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The archetype split

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Names above the title

The people responsible.

Directed by

Morten Tyldum

Written by

Jon Spaihts

Jennifer Lawrence

Jennifer Lawrence

Aurora Lane

Chris Pratt

Chris Pratt

Jim Preston

Michael Sheen

Michael Sheen

Arthur

Laurence Fishburne

Laurence Fishburne

Gus Mancuso

Andy Garcia

Andy Garcia

Captain Norris

Vince Foster

Vince Foster

Executive Officer

Kara Flowers

Kara Flowers

Communications Officer

Court is in session

Put Passengers on trial.

Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.

The defence The Sentimental Softie

“Sincerity is not manipulation.”

The film risks embarrassment to make emotion communal, and that openness is harder than fashionable detachment.

The prosecution The Cool Ironist

“The strings are showing.”

Every cue tells you exactly what to feel and when, leaving sentiment to do the work character should have done.