Passengers
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A spacecraft traveling to a distant colony planet and transporting thousands of people has a malfunction in its sleep chambers. As a result, two passengers are awakened 90 years early.
What critics thought
DivisivePassengers divided critics sharply along a single fault line: whether Jim's decision to wake Aurora is a romantic premise or a moral horror. Those who engaged with the film on its own genre terms found real chemistry between the leads and striking visual craft; those who pressed harder on the ethics found the film not just flawed but actively troubling in what it asks audiences to accept. Audiences responded more warmly than critics, and the gap between the two remains the defining fact about the film's reception.
“Despite the confinement and the limited cast, Passengers has moments of intense drama that take the actors to places of extreme feeling.”
Mick LaSalle·San Francisco Chronicle
“Perhaps as a well-written play for a cast of three, Passengers might have been first class. Instead, it's just another mediocre thrill ride.”
Peter Keough·The Boston Globe
“a creepy ode to manipulation”
Rebecca Hawkes·The Telegraph
“a fantasy of Stockholm syndrome, in which the captured eventually identifies with and even loves the captor”
Alissa Wilkinson·Vox
“the heavy-handed mix of life-or-death exigencies and feel-good bromides finally feels like a case of more being less.”
Sheri Linden·The Hollywood Reporter
Accolades
Genres
Drama, Romance, Sci-Fi
Cast & Crew
Morten TyldumDirector
Jennifer LawrenceAurora Lane
Chris PrattJim Preston
Michael SheenArthur
Laurence FishburneGus Mancuso
Andy GarciaCaptain Norris
Vince FosterExecutive Officer
Kara FlowersCommunications Officer
Conor BrophyCrew Member
Julee CerdaInstructor (Hologram)
Aurora PerrineauBest Friend
Lauren FarmerParty Friend
Thomas NewmanComposer
Jon SpaihtsWriter
Rodrigo PrietoCinematographyPassengers
A spacecraft traveling to a distant colony planet and transporting thousands of people has a malfunction in its sleep chambers. As a result, two passengers are awakened 90 years early.
What critics thought
DivisivePassengers divided critics sharply along a single fault line: whether Jim's decision to wake Aurora is a romantic premise or a moral horror. Those who engaged with the film on its own genre terms found real chemistry between the leads and striking visual craft; those who pressed harder on the ethics found the film not just flawed but actively troubling in what it asks audiences to accept. Audiences responded more warmly than critics, and the gap between the two remains the defining fact about the film's reception.
“Despite the confinement and the limited cast, Passengers has moments of intense drama that take the actors to places of extreme feeling.”
Mick LaSalle·San Francisco Chronicle
“Perhaps as a well-written play for a cast of three, Passengers might have been first class. Instead, it's just another mediocre thrill ride.”
Peter Keough·The Boston Globe
“a creepy ode to manipulation”
Rebecca Hawkes·The Telegraph
“a fantasy of Stockholm syndrome, in which the captured eventually identifies with and even loves the captor”
Alissa Wilkinson·Vox
“the heavy-handed mix of life-or-death exigencies and feel-good bromides finally feels like a case of more being less.”
Sheri Linden·The Hollywood Reporter
Accolades
Genres
Drama, Romance, Sci-Fi
Cast & Crew
Morten TyldumDirectorJennifer LawrenceAurora LaneChris PrattJim PrestonMichael SheenArthurLaurence FishburneGus MancusoAndy GarciaCaptain NorrisVince FosterExecutive OfficerKara FlowersCommunications OfficerConor BrophyCrew MemberJulee CerdaInstructor (Hologram)Aurora PerrineauBest FriendLauren FarmerParty FriendThomas NewmanComposerJon SpaihtsWriterRodrigo PrietoCinematographyRent & Buy