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Denzel Washington gives nuanced performance as addict hero in 'Flight'

"Flight," Robert Zemeckis' return to live-action filmmaking after nearly a decade of animated films, is mostly a slick and smooth ride, marred by only a few unnecessary jolts of turbulence.Denzel Washington is hotshot commercial airline pilot Captain Whip Whitaker, a divorced alcoholic and cocaine addict. After a bender, Whip is piloting a jet from Orlando to Atlanta when the plane inexplicably begins to fail. Drunk and high on cocaine, Whip instinctively flips the plane, recovering its altitude before crash landing in a field. With minimal casualties, the event seems nearly impossible to have occurred with any survivors and Whip is hailed as a hero.That is until an investigation is opened and Whip's supposed drug abuse comes into question, thrusting the pilot into a tailspin toward a personal crash and burn.Robert Zemeckis sheds his recent family-film persona and delivers a taut drama laced with sex, drugs and rock and roll. "Flight" is a dark character study about the effects of alco...

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