Passengers has by no means stopped being the sort of film individuals argue about greater than they really love. It is shiny, unusual, morally awkward, and endlessly haunted by the “what if this had been a thriller instead?” discourse that has adopted it since 2016. Now it has drifted again onto the chart anyway.
As of March 11, Passengers sits at #10 on Hulu’s U.S. film chart, in keeping with FlixPatrol, after hovering simply outdoors the Top 10 earlier in the week. That means the weird, morally troubling sci-fi romance is as soon as once more getting found, or rediscovered, by streaming viewers. Directed by Morten Tyldum, the movie stars Chris Pratt as Jim Preston and Jennifer Lawrence as Aurora Lane, with Michael Sheen as Arthur and Laurence Fishburne as Gus Mancuso.
The setup — two passengers waking up 90 years early on a colony ship — stays one of the extra notorious “great premise, weird execution” instances of the 2010s. So sure, the “Titanic in Space” line nonetheless sort of matches, largely as a result of the film stays so dedicated to grand romantic tragedy even when viewers are side-eyeing the whole premise. But streaming has a way of reviving precisely these varieties of flawed curiosities, and Passengers is proving that once more.
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Is ‘Passengers’ Worth Watching?
Collider’s review stated that Passengers is a movie break up between two identities — a compelling sci-fi romance that works and a bolted-on area thriller that doesn’t — and the conflict between these halves in the end holds it again from greatness. Perri Nemiroff highlighted the ethical dilemma that Jim faces because the movie’s strongest aspect. With two charismatic leads whose chemistry feels pure and lived-in, the emotional stress between them turns into genuinely unsettling and engaging.
“Pratt and Lawrence deliver huge, almost instantly inspiring you to root for them, and Michael Sheen makes for a delightful supporting character — the ship’s resident android bartender, Arthur. There’s also loads to be praised on the technical front, particularly the stunning visuals from cinematographer Rodrigo Prieto, and the score from Thomas Newman which adds a great deal to the atmosphere of the film. Tyldum had all the pieces necessary to deliver something engrossing and highly unique, and that makes it especially unfortunate that ill-fitting action detracts so significantly from the experience.”
Passengers is streaming now on Hulu.
- Release Date
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December 21, 2016
- Runtime
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116 minutes
- Writers
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Jon Spaihts
- Producers
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Neal H. Moritz, Ori Marmur, Stephen Hamel, Michael Maher
