"Passengers" is a movie that just does not know what it wants to be. At times, it is a love story, other times a mystery and tries to be a thriller. What it really ends up being is a much inferior mash-up of movies like "Fearless" and another movie I can't mention without giving too much away. Anne Hathaway plays Claire Summers, a therapist who specializes in survivors of tragedies. She is called in to work the case of a plane crash and is assigned to counsel the survivors. The first weak point in the movie is that she seems to instantly fall for Eric (Patrick Wilson of "Hard Candy"), the only passenger who is not interested in her services. I guess it helps that the first time she meets him, he is buck naked. As she works with these passengers and begins to get involved with Eric, she finds herself in the middle of what may be a cover-up by the airline. The passengers are being followed by mysterious people and begin to disappear themselves. Claire finds herself going toe-to-toe with an airline representative (David Morse) who does not seem interested in uncovering the truth. This all leads up to a final plot twist that almost..almost makes this a better movie than it is. I would recommend checking out "Fearless" with Jeff Bridges rather than this one-whether you have seen it before or not.Grade: C-
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