Passengers is a 2016 American science-fiction romantic film directed by Morten Tyldum, written by Jon Spaihts and starring Jennifer Lawrence and Chris Pratt.

The film follows two passengers on an interstellar spacecraft carrying thousands of people to a colony 120-years-traveling-distance from Earth, when the two are awakened 90 years early from their induced hibernation.

The script was written in 2007 by Spaihts, but languished in development with multiple actors attached and detached from it over the years until Sony Pictures Entertainment acquired its rights in late 2014.

It received mixed reviews, with praise for Pratt and Lawrence's performances, Thomas Newman's musical score, and its visual style and production values, but was criticized for its plot and characters.

After a year of isolation, with only an android barman named Arthur for company, Jim grows despondent and contemplates suicide until he notices Aurora Lane, a beautiful young woman inside a pod.

When Gus falls critically ill, the ship's automated medical suite, the Autodoc, diagnoses pansystemic necrosis and gives him hours to live.

Jim improvises a heat shield and survives the venting but is blasted into space as his tether snaps, and his damaged spacesuit begins losing oxygen.

After burying Gus in space, Jim learns the Autodoc can function as a hibernation pod for one person, and he insists that Aurora use it for the remainder of the voyage.

In the ship's grand concourse, they discover a huge tree with trailing vines, lush vegetation, flying birds, and a small cabin.

Emma Clarke, Chris Edgerly, Matt Corboy, Fred Melamed, and screenwriter Jon Spaihts perform as the voices of the Avalon, InfoMat, video game, observatory, and Autodoc, respectively.

[12][13] On December 5, 2014, it was announced that Sony Pictures Entertainment had won the rights to the film,[14] and in early 2015, Morten Tyldum was chosen to direct.

[11][21] Principal photography began on September 15, 2015 at Pinewood Atlanta Studios in Fayette County, Georgia,[22][23] with most of it involving the two leads only.

[34] On March 14, 2017, Passengers: Awakening, a virtual-reality experience based on the film launched for Oculus Rift and HTC Vive.

The website's critical consensus reads: "Passengers proves Chris Pratt and Jennifer Lawrence work well together–and that even their chemistry isn't enough to overcome a fatally flawed story.

[41] Mick LaSalle of The San Francisco Chronicle gave the film 3 out of 4 stars, writing: "Despite the confinement and the limited cast, Passengers has moments of intense drama that take the actors to places of extreme feeling.

[45] Peter Keough of The Boston Globe gave it 2.5 out of 4 stars, writing: "Perhaps as a well-written play for a cast of three, Passengers might have been first class.

"[46] Peter Bradshaw of The Guardian called the film an "appealing sci-fi romance", but criticized its final act as an "anticlimax", giving it 3 out of 5 stars.

[47] Sheri Linden of The Hollywood Reporter said it "concocts a sort of Titanic in outer space, with dollops of 'Sleeping Beauty' and Gravity thrown into the high-concept mix."

She praised the striking visual design and elegant costumes, but said that the "heavy-handed mix of life-or-death exigencies and feel-good bromides finally feels like a case of more being less.