Passengers Movie Explained: Is It A Space Titanic? (What You Need To Know)

What Is "Passengers" About?

Imagine being woken up on a spacecraft headed to a far-off planet. Yikes! This is exactly what happens to Jennifer Lawrence's character in Passengers. She's awoken ninety years early! Turns out, Chris Pratt messed things up because he was so bored and lonely!

Is This a Love Story?

"Passengers" takes those romantic space movies like Titanic and gives them a bit of a twist. Jennifer Lawrence and Chris Pratt get to know each other while trapped in this ship, but it's a bit controversial since he woke her up, intentionally! That’s how those two become romantically involved!

How Does This Movie Feel?

Critics thought the whole idea was a bit off! It had those “Titanic in space” vibes, and Rotten Tomatoes gave it a 30% approval.
But fans have really liked it! Passengers got 63% approval, and some of those reviews say that it's an awesome movie for a night of popcorn! It’s super entertaining, you know?
Fans even thought that "Passengers" is kind of an underrated sci-fi movie! They love those big special effects and the actors really shine - It’s just really fun!

How'd "Passengers" Get Popular?

Well, it got a lot of people excited, because the movie made a huge amount at the box office! It actually took in over $300 million! Even with all the criticism, it was a hit, so we have to admit that people really loved it, so it’s super interesting! They loved it so much, it started trending big time on Prime Video when they started streaming it.

That’s pretty cool! Since it came out a while back - we got more sci-fi to look forward to and a ton of other things happening for Jennifer Lawrence.

What Can We Expect Next?

Jennifer Lawrence is about to make a comeback in this amazing sci-fi comedy called Why Don’t You Love Me? We can't wait to see how that turns out! So if you want more of her movies and enjoy those cool space adventures, Prime Video and Jennifer Lawrence are really gonna make you happy this year.