The Theory of Flight

Name: The Theory of Flight
Released: 1998
Rating: 49.5
Cast: Helena Bonham Carter, Gemma Jones, Kenneth Branagh, Ray Stevenson, Holly Aird

1998

Romance, Comedy

1h 41m

A dreamer who aspires to human flight is assigned public service after one of his attempts off a public building. This leads him to meeting a young woman, who is dying of motor neuron disease. She admits her wish to be de-flowered before her death. The man declines but offers to help pay for a gigolo to do the deed. The following events play off the inherent comedy and drama of the circumstances.

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The Theory of Flight

1998

Romance, Comedy

1h 41m

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boomdiddly

Rated 09 Oct 2024

In theory, this movie should succeed... Carter and Branagh have the chops. It's a crash land, though.

Rated 09 Oct 2024

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Vospi

Rated 23 Jul 2023

The movie unfortunately never makes up its mind. There's so much there, and yet someone has ruined it by trying to create another Forrest Gump, perhaps? Like there was one writer who knew the subject matter and then there was another who was tasked with making it lighter, digestible, more cliché and nice. That's what you get: two actors doing their jobs, but they get a pile of script bullshit thrown on top of them, just to "entertain". It's a pity. It's great that it exists, but the form is bad.

Rated 23 Jul 2023

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