This may be my wife's most anticipated film of 2012. She hasn't seen the trailer, but I know her well enough to presume as much. It's ironic that this picture marks Robert Zemeckis's return to live-action twelve years after the double-wammy of What Lies Beneath and Cast Away, as this Denzel Washington vehicle is arguably just the kind of film that they've mostly stopped making over the last decade. Yes the film seems like an unofficial remake of Piché: entre ciel et terre and yes it appears that Robert Zemeckis is once again spoiling the living hell out of his movies via the trailers. But those quibbles aside, this looks like a terrific piece of old-school character-driven entertainment. It's heartening to see that Washington isn't the only actor of color onscreen, as we also have Don Cheadle, Nadine Velazquez, and Tamara Tunie among others playing seemingly major characters. And the last time Denzel Washington and John Goodman appeared onscreen together, we got Fallen, one of the best supernatural thrillers of the last fifteen years. So watch this if you can handle the possible spoilers contained therein. But otherwise know that Flight debuts on November 2nd, and it frankly looks terrific.
Scott Mendelson
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