Flight

Flight is not your typical Robert Zemeckis movie. For one, it has real people in it, whereas many of recent Zemeckis fare was filled with “synthespians” (Think A Christmas Carol, Beowulf, and The Polar Express). We think of Zemeckis as the director of Who Framed Roger Rabbit?, Back to the Future, and Forrest Gump, fantasy–based special effects movie. While Flight has its share of special effects, it centers on a character study of Whip Whitaker (Denzel Washington), an alcoholic pilot who successfully crash–lands a passenger airline. He’s hailed as a hero until his substance abuse is discovered and he faces a possible lengthy prison sentence.

ClearPlay In Action!

Marty McFly would blush at the graphic nudity and intense language of Flight, unless he watched the ClearPlayed version. ClearPlay cuts several scenes of nudity, partial nudity and intimacy. Profanity nears 100 incidents, half of them F–words. Even ClearPlayed, Flight is aimed at mature audiences, as the film focuses on the serious topics of drinking, recidivism and drug abuse.

Should I ‘Run, Forrest, run’ to Flight?…

After more than a decade, Zemeckis’s return to live–action story–telling is a triumph. Though long and sometimes meandering, Flight is compelling thanks to the director’s grasp of dramatic flourishes, and another stellar performance by Washington.

Marty Nabhan— ClearPlay Co–pilot

Rated R for drug and alcohol abuse, language, sexuality/nudity and an intense action sequence; 138 min; Directed by Robert Zemeckis