Let's get one bias out of the way right now: I would happily watch a movie in which Jennifer Lawrence sat and read the phone book. For my taste, she's one of the most talented and appealing young actresses working today.
Add to that the fact that Passengers is an SF film, and I was always going to head to the cinema to catch it. I also quite like Chris Pratt, so I was triply likely to see and like this one.
Indeed, I did enjoy it, troubling aspects and all. If you've already read reviews of the film, you probably know its deeply disturbing part. If not, you'll recognize it when it occurs, and I expect you will be very much troubled by it, as I was. I'm also not at all sure that I buy Lawrence's character's acceptance of the troubling part. (Avoiding spoilers is a pain.)
That said, I bought it enough, and enjoyed the rest of the movie enough, that I think it's worth your time and money. I ended up quite happy to have seen Passengers but also disturbed by it.
Published on December 29, 2016 20:39