From NetFlix:
After his amazing safe landing of a damaged passenger plane, an airline pilot is praised for the feat, but has private questions about what happened. Further, the government’s inquiry into the causes soon puts the new hero’s reputation at risk.
As far as I am concerned this is a (good) film about alcoholism. True enough that the film begins with a harrowing forced landing of an airplane in trouble. True enough that Denzel Washington does a remarkable job maneuvering the plane down and saving 96 lives (6 died). BUT … he has kept his alcoholism fairly well hidden for many years although he destroyed his marriage with his drinking. In fact I could also say this is a (good) film about denial. An alcoholic must eventually come to the point, often after having damaged much of his life, where he (or she) admits the alcoholism. To step in front of an AA (Alcoholics Anonymous) meeting and say “I am an alcoholic” takes a lot of humility and courage. In this film that breakpoint is quite dramatic.
This well-done adult film about an alcoholic pilot is worth the viewing.