2016 · drama · romance · sci-fi
Passengers
Directed by Morten Tyldum1h 56m2016
A spacecraft traveling to a distant colony planet and transporting thousands of people has a malfunction in its sleep chambers. As a result, two passengers are awakened 90 years early.
Our read: Passengers (2016) reads as a neutral, steady, inventive drama · romance · sci-fi entry — measured in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, tender in temperature, ambivalent in outlook.
Neutral, steady, measured drama / romance, inventive in texture. Ambivalent, mid-stakes, tender.
- inventive
- tender
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“You want glossy space romance that sparks fierce debate about consent.”
Skip it tonight — The central ethical premise will poison the mood for you.
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