Rotten
[Foster's] such a valuable commodity that I wish she'd spend her time making better movies.
Rex Reed, New York Observer
Flightplan
If someone took everything you live for... how far would you go to get it back?
2005 · 1h 38m · PG-13
Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Directed by
Robert Schwentke
Overview
Flying at 40,000 feet in a state-of-the art aircraft that she helped design, Kyle Pratt's 6-year-old daughter Julia vanishes without a trace. Or did she? No one on the plane believes Julia was ever onboard. And now Kyle, desperate and alone, can only count on her own wits to unravel the mystery and save her daughter.
Director and cast
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
37%
Tomatometer
Fresh
We're starkly reminded that there's nothing quite so fickle as paranoia, and that some people are never more persuasive than when they're out of their minds.
Mark Holcomb, Village Voice
Fresh
I do think this is a solid thriller for our times.
Richard Roeper, Ebert & Roeper
Rotten
The vanished child one really misses here is that adorably sparky, wised-up kid from Bugsy Malone and Alice Doesn't Live Here Any More.
John Patterson, L.A. Weekly
Rotten
One of those thrillers that pivots around the question of how daring -- or how focus-group cautious -- we suspect the filmmakers will turn out to be.
Owen Gleiberman, Entertainment Weekly
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