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Overview

User Rating:
6.2/10   41,656 votes
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Director:
Writers (WGA):
Peter A. Dowling (written by) and
Billy Ray (written by)
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Release Date:
23 September 2005 (USA) more
Tagline:
If Someone Took Everything You Live For... How Far Would You Go To Get It Back?
Plot:
A claustrophobic, Hitchcockian thriller. A bereaved woman and her daughter are flying home from Berlin to America. At 30,000 feet the child vanishes and nobody admits she was ever on that plane. full summary | add synopsis
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Awards:
1 win & 3 nominations more
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(78 articles)
'Red' Adds McMahon, Borgnine to Cast
 (From Comicmix. 13 November 2009, 10:07 AM, PST)

Red adds Julian McMahon, Brian Cox, Richard Dreyfuss, Ernest Borgnine
 (From The Geek Files. 13 November 2009, 6:59 AM, PST)

User Comments:
Panic Room but in the sky. more (563 total)

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MPAA:
Rated PG-13 for violence and some intense plot material.
Runtime:
98 min
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2.35 : 1 more
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Although the AALTO Air E-474 featured in this movie is a fictional aircraft, it does bear a strong resemblance in overall design to the real-life double-decker Airbus A-380, and its cockpit is very similar to the cockpit of the Boeing 787 Dreamliner. more
Goofs:
Continuity: When Stephanie is handed the flashlight to check avionics, the lamp is above her hand. In the next shot, it is below her hand. more
Quotes:
[first lines]
Mortuary Director: [in German, subtitled] Would you like a moment of privacy before the casket is sealed?
Kyle: [hesitantly] Okay.
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Movie Connections:
References Bunny Lake Is Missing (1965) more
Soundtrack:
Silent Poet more

FAQ

A Note Regarding Spoilers
Where did the plane land?
Were the two men that were looking into Kyle's apartment the same men that were on the plane?
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48 out of 66 people found the following comment useful.
Panic Room but in the sky., 15 January 2006
6/10
Author: Sam Cox from Gloucester, England

First off, I loved "Panic Room" and Jodie Foster's performance in it. When I first saw the looks of this film, I was very intrigued and thought it was going to be a "The Forgotten 2"....i was very wrong.

What starts off is with Jodie Foster playing a mourning mother after the death of her husband. Her and her daughter catch a flight to go stay with Foster's grandparents, however, after Jodie's character falls asleep, the daughter is gone....and to make matters worst, she is told that she never existed...

Sounds like a good premise eh? Well that's what infused me to go and see it. It starts off well but once the daughter goes missing, it went downhill. Jodie's performance throughout is good, not Oscar worthy but it is one of the highlights of the film (as well as the ever-cool Sean Bean.) Unfortunately I can't go into great depth of anything else of the story because of spoilers, but I will say that the ending plot is horrible, totally impossible and so therefore ruins the impact of the film and its good beginning.

There are also a lot of other things that annoy me about the film, to cut a long list short here are some examples: - a brilliant, new state of the art plane...and there's hardly anyone on board.

- Foster's character, although confused and frustrated does get annoying after a bit, and seeing as w're meant to identify and sympathise with her, is not a good thing.

- The overall twist / ending plot is ridiculous, as I stated before.

My vote is 6/10....go see the film for the enjoyment of Jodie Foster and some thrills. however, do not expect a masterpiece..because this is FAR from great.

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