Passengers (2008)

I just watch this movie, Passengers with Anne Hathaway and Patrick Wilson.
It's about a  young grief counselor that's in charge of helping the few survivors of a plane-crash. I liked it and I recommend it, first because I like Anne Hathaway and second because the end was unexpected, at least to me.

It was interesting to see the different types of reaction by each survivor: the way they appeared when the plane was going down, what they saw, what they feel.
All these feelings and memories, the confusion, the notion that "I survived a disaster. But why me? What makes me so important?"

How do you deal with that? I guess some people never recover, some change their lives completely, some pretend everything is okay when it's not. I  have no idea about what I would do.

Back to the story, I can honestly say I wasn't expecting that ending although now that I think of it, there was something in the beginning that felt strange. He knew her name, her first name, and she didn't say it when she introduced herself.


I thought it was the other way around, that her family was on that plane, that was the reason her sister wasn't calling back, the house was empty... Guess I was wrong.


The conspiracy theory, the cover-up, the lies, the misdirections, all those people, the "ghosts" following them, it was all to help them, to get them to come with terms of what had happened.
No one survived the plane-crash. These five (six with her) needed to be at peace with that fact, their loved ones where there for them.

Knowing that you have someone waiting for you, a loved one, family or friend, that will help you when your time comes... that's a comforting feeling.

Have you seen it? What did you think?

Rita