Flight

This is not about airplanes and it’s not about flying. It’s about alcoholism. Denzel sinks his teeth in, embodying his toxic, barely functioning addict with consummate purpose. Supporting roles are strong too, including Kelly Reilly as a drunk whose moment of clarity comes before Denzel’s. The subject of alcohol will give us humans infinite volumes of art for eons to come. Nothing profoundly new is depicted about the complicated subject in Flight, but the honest portrayals are worth seeing.