well made drama though not funny

Rating: 7/10 (25 January 2013)

This movie's about the long spiral coming between the period when someone exceeds any limits and when he acknowledges that he needs help. A valid dramatic material, not only about addiction and recovery. It shows how a decent person will do terrible things when drunk and shows the power of compulsion. In a way the story's very predictable. Flight is well-made motion picture but not funny or entertaining and offers an interesting twist, in addition to raising two fascinating questions. What if the pilot had been sober, would the tragedy have been worse? And, conversely, was it the alcohol/cocaine cocktail in his blood enabling him to risk 100 people? To sum up, a different kind of movie from director Robert Zemeckis.