Jimmy Stewart shows his immense talent playing an unappreciated genius and he does it very well. His acting is top rate in this role. It is a very good story...right up until the end.
I've watched this flick three times over the years and every time I do the end really, really bugs me. It's like they ran out of money and just decided to close it down. When you watch it you're engaged and you're waiting for the next event and then it slams the door in your face.
Mr. Honey gets vindicated but there's no satisfaction. And the whole math is exact and cannot lie is annoying and unrealistic. 'The figures cannot lie but they seem wrong - *CRASH* Oh, here's the reason why our numbers were off. THE END' is a bit ridiculous. Our genius engineer failed to take any varibles into account. Only Jimmy's character makes me not hate engineers for an hour and a half.
Be that as it may, this is a very engaging movie about an airliner that Mr. Honey is convinced is going to crash and he tries to get them grounded. Don't ask why the aircraft manufacturer has a guy who doesn't do anything but sit around trying to figure out how to break their new plane when their own engineers, and presumably he is one, have certified it as safe.
At any rate I have to hand out a 7/10. The movie is very good until the last eight minutes or so.
I've watched this flick three times over the years and every time I do the end really, really bugs me. It's like they ran out of money and just decided to close it down. When you watch it you're engaged and you're waiting for the next event and then it slams the door in your face.
Mr. Honey gets vindicated but there's no satisfaction. And the whole math is exact and cannot lie is annoying and unrealistic. 'The figures cannot lie but they seem wrong - *CRASH* Oh, here's the reason why our numbers were off. THE END' is a bit ridiculous. Our genius engineer failed to take any varibles into account. Only Jimmy's character makes me not hate engineers for an hour and a half.
Be that as it may, this is a very engaging movie about an airliner that Mr. Honey is convinced is going to crash and he tries to get them grounded. Don't ask why the aircraft manufacturer has a guy who doesn't do anything but sit around trying to figure out how to break their new plane when their own engineers, and presumably he is one, have certified it as safe.
At any rate I have to hand out a 7/10. The movie is very good until the last eight minutes or so.