Very well done with great writing, directing and acting.

Rating: 8/10 (1 February 2013)

Flight tells the story of Whip Whitaker, a troubled man with an illegal substance addiction, who is an airline pilot. After a malfunction with the aircraft while in flight, Whip utilizes his piloting skills and saves 96 people of 102 on-board, in an "act of God." But after the crash, when he gets his blood tested, he tests positive for alcohol and cocaine. Whip must fight to avoid life in prison for accused manslaughter.
Denzel Washington stars as Whip Whitaker for which he received an Oscar Nomination and deservedly so in my opinion. I usually like Denzel and the films he is in, and this is no exception. He is fantastic and brilliantly portrays Whip. His ups and downs, his troubled life, he even implements the humor very well into his performance. The perfect pick for this role, in fact, the rest of the supporting actors were picked very well too, albeit their characters were generic and could've been played by most people, but they did well anyway.
Robert Zemeckis directs and is his return to live action after his stint into animated. And I welcome him back, the directing was very well done and depicting a plane crash is a hard thing to do, especially when it is done as well as it is in this, also considering it doesn't really last that long either. The writing, for which John Gatis received an Oscar is also well deserved. The film is filled with a lot of dialog ridden scenes and they are done very well. The jokes hit, the lows hit, everything hit me in the right places. A quick note that John Goodman was very good in his role and should have been in it more.
The plot is very good, very gripping and captivating. The character of Whip Whitaker is well done and I especially like the ending, I like endings like that. The ending was so impactive on me from the lines, directing and the deliverance of it all by Denzel. The film could have benefited a lot from trimming a bit of it off however as there was a point when it became a tiny bit dragged out. But aside from that it was fantastic and one of the very few films to attain my emotional involvement in a protagonist for a long time. Very well done.