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Passion of Mind
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28 out of 100

Generally unfavorable - based on 27 Critics

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 2 out of 27
  2. Mixed: 9 out of 27
  3. Negative: 16 out of 27
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  1. Mr. Showbiz
    Reviewed by: Kevin Maynard
    68
    Works best as romantic melodrama and is least convincing as a psychological suspenser.
  2. Boston Globe
    Reviewed by: Jay Carr
    63
    There's no Passion in this psychological drama.
  3. Chicago Sun-Times
    Reviewed by: Roger Ebert
    50
    By the ending of the film, which is unconvincingly neat, I was distracted by too many questions to care about the answers.
  4. Chicago Tribune
    Reviewed by: Marc Caro
    50
    It's pretty muddle-headed and confusing.
  5. New York Daily News
    Reviewed by: Jami Bernard
    50
    Leaves the viewer exhausted, jet-lagged from the effort of investing equally in competing story lines.
  6. New York Post
    Reviewed by: Lou Lumenick
    50
    A shallow, stilted romantic thriller.
  7. San Francisco Chronicle
    Reviewed by: Bob Graham
    50
    At its most interesting, and a bit frightening, when Moore starts to get a little loony. Too bad they didn't follow through and make this more of a psychological thriller than a melodrama.
  8. USA Today
    Reviewed by: Andy Seiler
    50
    Pretty hard to buy into at all.
  9. Seattle Post-Intelligencer
    Reviewed by: Sean Axmaker
    50
    Though a hypnotically beautiful film, it's dramatically listless and dull, and completely lacking in passion.
  10. TV Guide
    Reviewed by: Stephen Miller
    40
    What may have looked good on paper across the Atlantic gets lost in the translation to our shores.
  11. Austin Chronicle
    Reviewed by: Marjorie Baumgarten
    40
    Moore succeeds, even though the film as a whole does not fare as well.
  12. Christian Science Monitor
    Reviewed by: David Sterritt
    38
    The acting is sincere and the camera work is pretty, but this art-movie variation on "The Sixth Sense" doesn't have enough energy to fulfill the high promise of Berliner's previous picture, the enchanting "Ma vie en rose."
  13. Philadelphia Inquirer
    Reviewed by: Steven Rea
    38
    It's too gauzy, and - with its Ron Bass script - too goopy by half.
  14. Entertainment Weekly
    Reviewed by: Lisa Schwarzbaum
    33
    Nobody's got a clue. Enquiring minds don't even want to know.
  15. Los Angeles Times
    Reviewed by: Eric Harrison
    30
    Like a hall of mirrors, casting back at us distorted images from other movies. It even calls to mind "The Sixth Sense." It isn't engaging in the least.
  16. Chicago Reader
    Reviewed by: Jonathan Rosenbaum
    30
    Slick and effective escapism with a touch of poetry (a la "The Sixth Sense") that left me vaguely dissatisfied once the mystery was supposedly resolved.
  17. Miami Herald
    Reviewed by: Sara Wildberger
    25
    Berliner deserves something better, as do all the actors -- even Moore, who's starting to look very interesting and European.
  18. San Francisco Examiner
    Reviewed by: Wesley Morris
    25
    Moore can't help but be rotten. She has no grace and little nuance, which is why she's always best as a hard-ass in movies.
  19. Portland Oregonian
    Reviewed by: Kim Morgan
    25
    So tedious that the experience results in nearly two hours of squirming and cringing.
  20. L.A. Weekly
    Reviewed by: Ella Taylor
    20
    It's hard to imagine a movie at once more pandering and insulting to adult women
  21. Rolling Stone
    Reviewed by: Peter Travers
    20
    An indigestible chunk of romantic marshmallow.
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  22. Village Voice
    Reviewed by: Dennis Lim
    20
    An out-of-body experience for its viewers as well as its heroine.
  23. Dallas Observer
    Reviewed by: Gregory Weinkauf
    20
    Less a spiritual quest than a very self-indulgent gimmick movie that could use a strong shot of inspiration.
  24. Film.com
    Reviewed by: Elizabeth Weitzman
    20
    Are two Demis better than one? How you answer will determine the level of patience you'll need to sit through this bizarre pet project.
  25. The New York Times
    Reviewed by: A.O. Scott
    20
    It's hard to take Passion seriously because it brings to mind the kind of shallow psychology that wouldn't be out of place in a history short about Sigmund Freud on "ABC Schoolhouse Rock."
  26. Variety
    Reviewed by: Emanuel Levy
    20
    This small-scale, chamber piece, which boasts good acting from Moore, Skarsgard and Fichtner, has a strong built-in appeal for women but may experience harder times in going beyond the specialized arthouse circuits due to the narrowly-scoped, undernourished script.
  27. Washington Post
    Reviewed by: Desson Thomson
    20
    You won't feel enlightened, just let down
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