Airport
3,897
Action. Drama
Arthur Haley's bestselling novel brought to the screen. A midwestern U.S. hub airport struggles to remain open despite the worst snowstorm in 25 years, angry homeowners from a nearby housing tract and pilots refusing to obey noise abatement rules during the storm. Mel Bakersfield is the airport manager who must not only fight the weather and the home owners but his pilot/playboy brother-in-law, his divorce seeking wife, a deranged man ... [+]
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United States | Variety | "A handsome, often dramatically involving $10-million epitaph to a bygone brand of filmmaking." | NEU |
United States | The New York Times | "It evokes our nostalgic feelings, not only for the innocence of old movies but also for the innocent old times in which we saw them" | POS |
United States | Chicago Sun-Times | "On some dumb fundamental level, 'Airport' kept me interested for a couple of hours. I can't quite remember why." | NEU |
United States | The New Yorker | "It's bland entertainment of the old school: every stereotyped action is followed by a stereotyped reaction" | NEG |
United States | TV Guide | "'Airport' will be remembered as the trailblazer of the disaster epic, one of the most trivial genres in the history of motion pictures." | NEG |
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