The danger of single doubt

Kiley 2022-01-10 08:01:26

The ending of this film shows the truth of the plain crash which is totally different from the perspective of Claire, the psychotherapist. There was neither hidden facts protected by the airline company nor the survivors. All the scene in the past one and half hour is just illusion- an experience imagined by Claire herself.

Finally, I knew what really had happened to the flight via that 10 minutes' ending by myself. But a further question comes out:

Why I was misled by Claire? How people analyze the information presented to them and how they judge these information?

Yes, Clare looks young, charming and, most important, professional. As an PHD student in this field,she was assumed to be fine and right. And the airline staff's claim seemed everything but to be trust. Actually, all the above presentations are just the trick settled by the writer and director and I am totally deceived. Only the last 10 minutes which can let me out of that belief in Claire.

An enlightened person should think critically especially for this kind of enter a situation with single doubt-simply doubt on "the most likely bad one". The intuition is useful sometimes. But this is not enough. How to get rid of that intuition or illusion. One of American criminal law principle may be appliable here:

Proof beyond reasonable doubt

(which means "the proposition being presented by the government must be proven to the extent that there is no reasonable doubt in the mind of a reasonable person that the defendant is guilty.")

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Extended Reading
  • Braden 2022-03-18 09:01:05

    I have seen a lot of similar themes, some are scary, some are tender, some are rubbish, some are imitated. I personally think that this kind of film may be better to make a horror film. This film is not horrible, and the warmth is just a taste, just like scratching the itch! Although the plot of the jump is a bit suspenseful, people who watch the movie can guess the end at once, which makes the movie lack of visibility! There is another flaw, the relationship between the male lead and the female lead develops too fast!

  • Fanny 2022-04-24 07:01:17

    The first half can be shortened, and the second half has more twists and turns. This film can be given four stars. I don't know what the screenwriter is thinking...

Passengers quotes

  • [first lines]

    Claire Summers: [talking on her phone in bed] Hello. Hello... Oh, hi. Hi... No, wide-awake. What's up?

  • Claire Summers: "The truth heals." Who said that?

    Perry: I don't know. Some dead, white guy.

    Claire Summers: No. You.