Disappointment

Rating: 5/10 (29 January 2013)

Let's say it first, Flight is a melodrama and not an investigative drama like the (misleading) synopsis suggests, and that could create a certain frustration and/or misunderstanding for the viewer.
The first 25-30 minutes are excellent and captivating, but once passed, you enter in the very long melo part (the movie lasts more than 2 hours), badly handled, very linear, little dynamic and turning out to be quite boring, relying especially on some of the most overused clichés and commonplaces of the genre.
As for the supporting roles, they lack presence and depth, and if Denzel Washington is solid, his character doesn't arouse much empathy.
Ultimately, Flight turns out to be a disappointment, the script being such classic and conventional without managing to convey the required emotions for that type of story.