Flight of the Phoenix Critic Reviews

An excellent job of retaining key elements of the original plot but have created a whole new set of characters that gives the film an entirely contemporary feel.Read the full review

This is high-carb filmmaking at its finest. When it's all over, you'll have a knot in your stomach.Read the full review

Refreshingly, it's actually about action, albeit arbitrary action, and how it defines us and keeps us alive. Read the full review

With his bleached-blond hair, implacable European accent, and nerdy devotion to cool rationality, Ribisi acts like a cross between a young Reich officer and the Comic Book Guy from "The Simpsons," and his unashamed hamminess steals the movie. Read the full review

There's nothing like dumbing down a movie grown-ups love so it can be "sold" to teens who aren't going to go anyway. The savvy flyer will proceed to the gate marked The "Aviator" instead. Read the full review

Because I had, in a sense, already seen this movie, it didn't have surprises or suspense for me, and the actors on their own aren't enough to save it.Read the full review

While still trumpeting human ingenuity, the new movie lacks the subtlety, character development and exceptional ensemble acting of the 1965 version.Read the full review

Silly to the last drop of rationed water. Read the full review

Shows both how far Hollywood's tech departments have advanced in 40 years and how shallow the pool of solid action thesps has become.Read the full review