My recommendation: Watch the trailer and decide for yourself

Rating: 5/10 (12 October 2017)

'PASSENGERS' - 2016
Directed by Morten Tyldum
Starring Chris Pratt, Jennifer Lawrence and Michael Sheen
Plot Overview: ​On a routine journey through space to a new home, two passengers, sleeping in suspended animation, are awakened 90 years too early when their ship malfunctions. As Jim and Aurora face living the rest of their lives on board, with every luxury they could ever ask for, they begin to fall for each other, unable to deny their intense attraction until they discover the ship is in grave danger. With the lives of 5,000 sleeping passengers at stake, only Jim and Aurora can save them all.
I won't lie to you by saying that I was put off seeing this movie by the rotten tomatoes score. I know, I know - that score isn't the be all and end all of movie criticism but, considering I didn't care for the movie prior to seeing it advertised, I decided to see if most people saw it worth watching. And they of course did not. It was near universally panned by critics, but very warmly received by audiences. And I have to say that I stand firmly in the centre of the two. Passengers is a perfectly average, disposable movie. It's not good but it is not bad. It's not something you NEED to watch but I don't exactly discourage you from doing so. Were there moments that I enjoyed? Absolutely. I admire aspects of this film, but by the same token loathe others. Of course, I'll elaborate on that further along but what I will say is that this film may or may not be worth your time, watch the trailer and find out.
Let me begin with the positives. The visuals of this film. Any and all effects used in this film are pretty much breathtaking and look absolutely gorgeous. Then, there is the excellent cinematography. Editing could have used more refinement but it wasn't offensively bad. The set design of the ship was very interesting and I really liked it. It's no 'Nostromo' but it was still a very visually interesting ship.
Then we have the performances. No one in this movie does a poor job. In fact, all the performances range from above-average to good. Pratt was good as Jim as was Lawrence as Aurora. Michael Sheen was good as Arthur. All the performances in this movie were at least good and none of them were bad. But the problem wasn't with the acting, it was with the chemistry, writing and character development. None of the relationships were refined and none of them felt natural. It just felt so manufactured and contrived. And manufacturing emotion NEVER works in a film!
My other main flaw with the movie was the entirety of the last act. I actually enjoyed the first 2 acts of this movie. They were at least entertaining. But, without spoilers, I thought the last act of this movie was so dumb and over the top. It was so utterly disappointing and they could've done so, so much more with it.
As a whole, I wasn't a huge fan of passengers. It wasn't good but it also wasn't bad. I don't regret seeing it but I'm sure I could've spent my time more wisely. It's a film that just does not deliver for me. If it interests you, then please watch it; you may very well enjoy it. I watched it out of morbid curiosity(and it was free). Watch it if it interests you but if it doesn't then you don't need to. I'll rate 'PASSENGERS' 5 'Bartender Tricks' out of 10!