A near miss ...

Rating: 3/10 (30 December 2012)

This is another dime in a dozen ... and it seems that one sure way to get an Oscar nomination will always point towards playing an alcoholic, an addict or a prostitute.
Denzel does not disappoint and gives a decent portrayal of an alcoholic. Sadly it is no longer original. To spend over two hours looking at addicts and alcoholics is sad in any case. What makes this particularly boring is that this has been done umpteen times before and brings absolutely nothing new.
Leaving Las Vegas with Nicholas Cage and Elisabeth Shue was the first (and best) in its kind. This is EXACTLY the same script. The only difference is that Denzel is a pilot ... they should have called it 'Leaving the Airline' or better 'Copy Leaving Las Vegas!'