Well...
Instead of reading reviews, the best thing to do is just go and watch it
I didn't find it REALLY good, but I enjoyed it nonetheless !
the main problem (sorry) are the actors... especially Jennifer Lawrence ! Don't go watch it if you want a serious SF movie !
I didn't count the number of times there were "sexy" shots on her body, but at the end I was like "come on ! Not again !"
Also for physics friends, the director made quite a good job ! Of course, there are some flaws but there is a lot of actual physical content, so the ship, the technology and everything is not pure imagination (or wandering).
[spoiler] also I'm still wondering some things, like why is there only a single medical pod or bartender for 5200+ people ? Why there is still a need for propulsion when you keep at 50% of light speed ? What a glass preventing humans from being roasted by a fusion reactor is made of ? How strong Chris Pratt really is to make an amount of force equivalent to the force with which he got ejected by the energy of that reactor, simply by throwing a door ? [/spoiler]
Finally, the music is fair and the design is good, the only big problem here is too much romance but hey, that's what people want now ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Overall this movie had some potential of greatness. The first 30 minutes and Chris Pratt's struggle with loneliness was very intriguing. However, the further the movie went along, the worse it got. [rant][spoiler]The part where my suspension of disbelief completed disappeared was soon after they realized a piece of meteor was causing problems on the ship. Of course the writer's couldn't help themselves, but to follow the old sci-fi trope of "It's the reactor core". How does Chris Pratt's character know so much about the ships engine and power system? He just comes off as a mechanic type, who shouldn't know the first thing about space ships. So Jennifer Lawrence and Chris Pratt go to investigate and realize the core computer was hit (Why wan't that behind a firewall like the crew members?), causing a problem with the the reactor. They have to vent the reactor or else it could melt down and kill everyone on board. Chris Pratt goes to fix the outside door so the reactor can be vented and realizes (of course) that he has to stay there and manually hold the door open. Somehow through "Hollywood magic" he isn't melted instantly by the vent and is instead blown into space after his tether breaks. He somehow gets a hole in his space suit and I thought the writer's where actually going to let him die. Nope, instead Jennifer Lawrence somehow goes out into space and grabs him (the ship somehow calculated the complex trajectory without her telling it to). She then drags him back inside into the medical bay and (with absolutely no medical training) somehow resuscitates Chris Pratt's character back to life (really cheap there writers). Chris Pratt realizes that he can put her back into stasis using the AutoDoc (I thought he would've figured that out by now, considering they already said he investigated it). She instead chooses to live out the rest of her life on the ship with the man that woke her up (essentially murdering her). The final nail in the coffin is somehow they managed to get the tree to survive long after they do, and magically a whole assortment of animals and plants grow around it to create a forest for the passengers to wake up to. Also why didn't they just have Jennifer Lawrence and Chris Pratt's kids telling this story to the passengers after they woke up instead of the stupid narration from Jennifer Lawrence.[/spoiler][/rant] Listen, save yourself 2 hours and a major anger fit, and just don't watch this movie. The ending will just piss you off for having wasted your time. Go watch a better sci-fi movie like Arrival.

A science-fiction movie that has dazzling scenery but also goes into some disturbing territory. Two people (Jennifer Lawrence, Chris Pratt) are stranded on a malfunctioning starship over which they have little control. At first they can divert themselves with all the material wealth at their disposal. But when one commits a crime against the other, there is no society and no judicial system that can handle the offense. How can they work it out the ethics of punishment, penance, and rehabilitation between them?

The movie is marred by some scenes that look impressive but aren't scientifically accurate, particularly where gravity is concerned. Probably added by studio suits who wanted to wow the audience but didn't understand or care about the underlying science. But that's par for the course for most science fiction movies.

**A space-travel tale!**

I was going to watch it, but not expecting it to be a masterpiece. It was not, yet surprised to be a lot better film when it comes to todays film overcrowded with space themes. The entire story takes place on a spaceship. It's a space journey tale, when the mankind with 5,000 on-board heading for a new home planet, but one of them unexpectedly wakes up from his hibernation pod. It's supposed to wake him and everybody a few months before their destination, so now he's up nearly a century early, and what he plans to do is what the adventures covered in the rest of the film.

There's no connection to the 2008 film of the same name. Initially I thought it was like a live-action version of 'Wall-E'. Not entirely, only a few scenes and the main two characters remind Wall-E and Eva. It is also a limited cast film and I loved the simple screenplay, but strong enough to be one of the best in its kind. The actors were very good. The visuals were beautiful, a perfect film for the late night to watch alone peacefully.

From the Norwegian director of 'Headhunters' fame. This is not his Hollywood debut, but previously he had got an Oscar nomination for the film 'The Imitation Game'. The concept was like 'The Blue Lagoon' or kind of the space version of the Eden Garden tale. I had predicted a few scenes, those were too simple to do that. The real big thing came in the later part, especially when all the focus shifts to more than the initial narration. Scientifically, not everything believable, but cinematically, anything can be possible. So with a such concept, the film headed to the conclusion where a twist came into play. Entertainment is guaranteed. One of the year's best that should not be missed. Recommended!

8/10

Crusoe and Girl Friday.

Pretty much reviled by professional critics, Passengers has overcome that to hold affection with a good portion of the sci-fi loving public. More safe sci-fi footings than anything remotely ground breaking, it ends up a a tidy romantic piece that's laced with pertinent questions involving man and his/her reactions to extraordinary scenario's.

Although the viewer is for the most part hankering for action to explode off the screen, it's only when - in the film's last quarter - you realise that it was actually working fine as a character study without the fireworks.

Chris Pratt and Jennifer Lawrence have bunches of charisma, in fact more than enough to carry the story through its more shaky elements. They in turn are aided by Michael Sheen who is perfectly cast as the Android (not Robot!) bartender Arthur.

The effects work is impressive and director Morten Tyldum stitches the set pieces together admirably, the highlight being a rather superb gravity loss sequence. While the sound mix is also to be applauded.

Newcomers should expect a Robinson Crusoe love story in space as opposed to a sci-fi actioner, though one with more cerebral strains than at first hinted, because then the pic delivers a good time and adds to what is turning out to be a rather great decade for sci-fi fans. 7/10