Flightplan (2005)

Netflix Synopsis: A mother’s sanity is called into question when her child disappears during a plane flight in this tense thriller. Still reeling from her husband’s unexpected death, Kyle Pratt (Jodie Foster) is on a plane heading from Berlin to New York when her daughter vanishes. When the captain (Sean Bean) and the air marshal (Peter Sarsgaard) begin to doubt that the child was ever on board, Kyle realizes she must rely on herself to find her little girl.

Review: I really enjoyed this movie. I thought Jodie Foster did a great job acting. I love stories where the bulk, if not the entire film takes place in one spot. In this case it was on the plane. This helps build tension as you realize the characters, dilemmas and questions are all being developed, hidden and exposed in very close proximity to one another. Each time you felt you knew what was going on in this movie, the story led you in the opposite direction, only to lead you back the other way. I love when a movie can surprise me and by the time you find out the truth, you have so much emotion invested you just feel better to finally KNOW. I definitely recommend this movie to anyone who likes an original story in the suspense/mystery genre.

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Submitted by: Heather 7/25/07