This is a coming of age storyline that you've seen in one form or another for decades. It takes a truly unique voice to make yet another one worth watching.

Amazing worth wacthing. So good. Biased but well made with many good points.

The plot isn't so bad, but the pace of storytelling is too slow which makes people bored. Certain moments are so obvious and unnecessary for the main plot. I would've fast-forwarded those moments if it was an online streaming. The ending looks like implying a sequel, not sure if this movie will get one

One of the film's great tricks is that, for a time, you think it will go down a rabbit hole of unrealistic glorification.

Patrick Wilson seems born to these sensitive professional male roles that require a rethinking of the smooth path the character is on. Director Tracey Hecht has a firm hand on an interesting and large cast and her script meshes the characters deftly,creating some drama without knocking heads. The film is realistically and interestingly placed within the world of architectural design and construction while at the same time offering an older New York office milieu kind of story. Without being cliché wealthy types, the main characters are likable genteel professionals on the way up, but reconsidering some avenues of personal and professional fulfillment. Amy Smart is charming, Wilson spot on, and Lynn Collins solid. Cinematography is excellent as are sets and locations. It's a truly unpretentious film and so may not be exciting enough for some.

Small movie set and filmed in New York. Watched it on Netflix streaming.Patrick Wilson is Will, up and coming architect who has received a fair bit of notice. His small group is working on a big project with a large firm, and for two years they have been courting each other. Will expects to sign with them.His wife is Amy Smart is Catherine. She seems to be a good match, they have a small boy of 7. But Catherine is a bit pushy, driving forward Will's career move. It would be good for them, and would make her happy.But Lynn Collins (of Klein High in Houston) is Kate, an independent designer, that comes on board as part of the bigger project. Kate just wants to get established, but Will is taken by her unusual outlook, and helps him see things he has never noticed before. Like the flocks of pigeons that fly about from the work site. Thus the title of the movie, "Life in Flight." The movie is not Earth-shaking, and lasts less than 90 minutes. But it is a nice story about figuring out what you really want to do. Plus we like Patrick Wilson, and don't miss any episodes of his 2011 TV series, "A Gifted Man." Spoiler: At contract signing time Will can't go through with it, he really knows then that it isn't what he wants to do. He wants to live more, spend more time with his wife and son. But it doesn't work out that way, Catherine takes it as a personal affront that he backed out of the merger, and it breaks up their marriage. As the movie ends we see that Will and Kate have a chance to explore their mutual attractions, after she turned down a job in Los Angeles, preferring to stay in New York.

I liked this movie. The dialogue felt natural, the conversations unforced and believable. The story explores, in a subtle, non-judgmental way, two people at an emotional crossroads. The wife didn't strike me as shrewish, but rather as oriented to success, not the best match for her husband, who was more reflective, more questioning. I've been there in my own way, so I can relate. I liked the ending. Like the rest of the movie, it felt natural, unforced, organic. The casting was good, with the exception of Fred Weller, who is distractingly obnoxious, which, according to what I've seen him in so far, seems to be his default role. In spite of that, this quiet study made me think, and do some questioning of my own.

Saw this at Tribeca Film Festival and was surprised by the wretched writing. The cast is professional, and the photography, set and production design are all first class. The problem is a script that presents a somewhat dopey male lead, an unredeemable monster (b*tch) of a wife, and a seven-year-itch scenario.The result is good actors reciting bad lines in overwrought scenes. We bought these tickets expecting that a cast including Patrick Wilson, Amy Smart and several other fine actors would deliver a good result. Tied to that script, they couldn't stay afloat.The movie inspires me to create a new rule for young filmmakers: don't write a script with an architect as your main character, unless you are remaking "The Fountainhead." And don't remake "The Fountainhead."