Passengers (2016)

Passengers rating: IMDb, Rotten Tomatoes and Metacritic

IMDb7/10· 488K votes

Rotten Tomatoes30%

Metacritic41%

TMDb6.954/10· 14K votes

With 30% on Rotten Tomatoes, backed by 7/10 on IMDb and 41/100 on Metacritic, critical reception of this film has been modest.

About Passengers

A spacecraft traveling to a distant colony planet and transporting thousands of people has a malfunction in its sleep chambers. As a result, two passengers are awakened 90 years early.

Cast of Passengers

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  Jennifer Lawrence

  as Aurora Lane

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  Chris Pratt

  as Jim Preston

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  Michael Sheen

  as Arthur

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  Laurence Fishburne

  as Gus Mancuso

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  Andy Garcia

  as Captain Norris

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  Vince Foster

  as Executive Officer

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  Kara Flowers

  as Communications Officer

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  Conor Brophy

  as Crew Member

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  Julee Cerda

  as Instructor (Hologram)

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  Aurora Perrineau

  as Best Friend

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  Lauren Farmer

  as Party Friend

• E

  Emerald Mayne

  as Party Friend

Passengers facts

Budget

$110M

Box office

$303.1M

Our take on Passengers

Morten Tyldum's 2016 science-fiction drama unfolds aboard a vast starship carrying thousands toward a distant colony world. When a malfunction wakes two sleepers ninety years before arrival, the film settles into an intimate story of isolation, longing and difficult choices in a gleaming, empty vessel. Part romance, part survival tale, it leans on atmosphere and the ache of company sought across impossible circumstances. The premise raises quietly unsettling moral questions beneath its polished surface, making it more than a straightforward love story. It suits viewers drawn to contained, character-focused speculative fiction with striking production design, who prefer emotional dilemmas over action, and don't mind a slower, more reflective pace.