Snakes on a Plane

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Snakes on a Plane

R

Released Aug 18, 2006

1h 45m

Mystery & Thriller

Action

Adventure

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FBI agent Nelville Flynn (Samuel L. Jackson) boards a flight from Hawaii to Los Angeles, escorting a witness to trial. An on-board assassin releases a crate of deadly serpents in an attempt to kill the witness. Flynn and a host of frightened passengers and crew must band together to survive the slithery threat.

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Critics Consensus

Snakes on a Plane lives up to its title, featuring snakes on a plane. It isn't perfect, but then again, it doesn't need to be.

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Marc Savlov

Austin Chronicle

A solid little B-movie arriving cloaked in the dodgy garb of a fanboy phenomenon, Snakes on a Plane really ought to garner some sort of award for truth in advertising: It's exactly what it says it is and very little else.

Rated: 3/4

Sep 2, 2006

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David Denby

New Yorker

Intentional low camp always seems wrong unless it's very funny; in trash, one wants clumsiness, even a certain tackiness, and this movie has the production values and the high-tech fluency of a much bigger movie.

Aug 28, 2006

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Peter Bradshaw

Guardian

All those CGI snakes can be quite shudder-inducing. But there is also something cheerfully ridiculous in the way the film switches to rubber snakes for hand-to-hand combat.

Rated: 3/5

Aug 26, 2006

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Rob Gonsalves

Rob's Movie Vault

A catchphrase, a marketing triumph, a hipster phenomenon. Fortunately, it’s also a slyly entertaining flick divorced from all that.

Rated: B

Sep 20, 2022

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Keith Garlington

Keith & the Movies

So as a thriller/comedy/horror/survival mashup, “Snakes on a Plane” squeaks by simply because it unashamedly embraces its cheesiness and absurdity.

Rated: 3/5

Aug 25, 2022

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Stephen Silver

Tilt Magazine

An unforgettable phenomenon, based on a forgettable movie (15th anniversary)

Rated: 2/5

Aug 27, 2021

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William B

This movie was such a goofy idea, yet, I still got some good laughs out of it, despite being scared of snakes at the time, as well as heights.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

10/11/24

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Henry G

There were indeed, snakes on that plane

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

08/13/24

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Charles R

The movie is a guilty pleasure. the first time I saw it I hated it, the more I saw it the better it got, until it turned into a hey nothing is on ill watch snakes on a plane.

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

05/31/24

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James B

It's extremely violent and disgusting and ensures viewers to have a fear of snakes and planes.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

04/10/24

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Terry S

Would not have enjoyed it nearly so much without Keenan Thompson !

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

11/23/23

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Hermione M

This is one of those terribly perfect and perfectly terrible movies that you love to hate watch.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

10/08/23

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Synopsis

FBI agent Nelville Flynn (Samuel L. Jackson) boards a flight from Hawaii to Los Angeles, escorting a witness to trial. An on-board assassin releases a crate of deadly serpents in an attempt to kill the witness. Flynn and a host of frightened passengers and crew must band together to survive the slithery threat.

Director: David R. Ellis
Producer: Gary Levinsohn, Craig Berenson, Don Granger, Mark Allan Staubach, Cathy Pallo
Screenwriter: Sebastian Gutierrez, John Heffernan
Distributor: New Line Cinema
Production Co: New Line Cinema, Patchwork Productions
Rating: R (A Scene of Sexuality|A Scene of Drug Use|Intense Terror and Violence|Language)
Genre: Mystery & Thriller, Action, Adventure
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Aug 18, 2006, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Apr 1, 2009
Box Office (Gross USA): $34.0M
Runtime: 1h 45m
Aspect Ratio: Scope (2.35:1)

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