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  • 2018
  • Not Rated
  • Amazon Studios
  • 1 h 14 m
  • 2018
  • Not Rated
  • Amazon Studios
  • 1 h 14 m

Summary Moses and Kitch, two young black men, chat their way through a long, aimless day on a Chicago street corner. Periodically ducking bullets and managing visits from a genial but ominous stranger and an overtly hostile police officer, Moses and Kitch rely on their banter to get them through a day that is a hopeless retread of every other da...

Directed By: Spike Lee, Danya Taymor

Written By: Antoinette Nwandu

  • 2018
  • Not Rated
  • Amazon Studios
  • 1 h 14 m
  • 2018
  • Not Rated
  • Amazon Studios
  • 1 h 14 m

Pass Over

Metascore Generally Favorable Based on 8 Critic Reviews
76
User Score Mixed or Average Based on 4 User Ratings
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Summary Moses and Kitch, two young black men, chat their way through a long, aimless day on a Chicago street corner. Periodically ducking bullets and managing visits from a genial but ominous stranger and an overtly hostile police officer, Moses and Kitch rely on their banter to get them through a day that is a hopeless retread of every other da...

Directed By: Spike Lee, Danya Taymor

Written By: Antoinette Nwandu

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Metascore
Generally Favorable Based on 8 Critic Reviews
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Generally Favorable Based on 8 Critic Reviews
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100
Jun 11, 2020
As a drama, Pass Over is a masterful tragedy. As a reflection of the world, it is all too real and utterly woeful.
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88
Apr 20, 2018
True to Lee’s reputation of playing with the chemistry of storytelling, Pass Over has the air of an experiment and the clarity of poetry, as inspired by the news and told by artistry beyond far beyond Lee’s. In the grand scheme of his filmography it’s one of his smaller projects, but it is by no means a minor work.
By Nick Allen FULL REVIEW
83
Apr 4, 2018
Once again, Spike Lee has found an innovative theatrical production and brought it to blistering cinematic life.
By Daniel Schindel FULL REVIEW
80
Apr 19, 2018
Hopefully, Nwandu's compact tale, so rich with jarring authenticity and boldly configured social commentary, can now reach a wide and appreciative audience via Lee's provocative, propulsive film.
By Gary Goldstein FULL REVIEW
80
Apr 4, 2018
Lee draws us into the characters' space, judiciously using direct-address at the very end when all this inaction turns suddenly consequential. Pass Over is no happier in the end than the play that inspired it or the real events that inform how we interpret it
By John DeFore FULL REVIEW
75
Apr 19, 2018
The dialogue mixes Sunday school and the streets, and it’s funny, profane, and occasionally poignant when it’s not a bit too on the nose.
By Chris Nashawaty FULL REVIEW
50
Apr 18, 2018
Pass Over spins African-American hardship into existential myth, suggesting along the way such plays as Samuel Beckett's Waiting for Godot and Jean-Paul Sartre's No Exit.
By Chuck Bowen FULL REVIEW

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Production Company 40 Acres & A Mule Filmworks, Steppenwolf Theatre Company
Release Date Apr 20, 2018
Duration 1 h 14 m
Rating Not Rated
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Tagline We Gotta Git Off Da Block
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