(startribune.com) "If 'Flight' weren't so exceptionally crafted and acted, this tale of self-destruction and eventual redemption might feel like the sort of feel-good fare you'd see on the Lifetime Movie Network, or even a 12-step-program promotion. Instead, director Robert Zemeckis' first live-action film since 2000's 'Cast Away' is by turns thrilling, engrossing and even darkly funny, anchored by a tremendous performance from Denzel Washington.
