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Passion of Mind

Generally unfavorable reviews
Based on 27 critic reviews
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Movie Info
Genre(s): Suspense/Thriller
Written by:
Ronald Bass
David Field
Directed by: Alain Berliner
Release Date:
Theatrical: May 26, 2000
DVD: September 19, 2000
Running Time: 105 minutes, Color
Origin: USA
Summary
RATING: PG-13 for scenes of sexuality
Starring Demi Moore, Stellan Skarsgard, and William Fichtner
The story about a woman who must choose between love and illusion.
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What The Critics Said
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Mr. Showbiz Kevin Maynard
Works best as romantic melodrama and is least convincing as a psychological suspenser.
Read Full Review >Chicago Sun-Times Roger Ebert
By the ending of the film, which is unconvincingly neat, I was distracted by too many questions to care about the answers.
Read Full Review >Seattle Post-Intelligencer Sean Axmaker
Though a hypnotically beautiful film, it's dramatically listless and dull, and completely lacking in passion.
Read Full Review >New York Daily News Jami Bernard
Leaves the viewer exhausted, jet-lagged from the effort of investing equally in competing story lines.
Read Full Review >San Francisco Chronicle Bob Graham
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.
Read Full Review >TV Guide Stephen Miller
What may have looked good on paper across the Atlantic gets lost in the translation to our shores.
Read Full Review >Austin Chronicle Marjorie Baumgarten
Moore succeeds, even though the film as a whole does not fare as well.
Read Full Review >Philadelphia Inquirer Steven Rea
It's too gauzy, and - with its Ron Bass script - too goopy by half.
Read Full Review >Christian Science Monitor David Sterritt
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."
Read Full Review >Entertainment Weekly Lisa Schwarzbaum
Nobody's got a clue. Enquiring minds don't even want to know.
Read Full Review >Los Angeles Times Eric Harrison
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.
Read Full Review >Chicago Reader Jonathan Rosenbaum
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.
Read Full Review >Miami Herald Sara Wildberger
Berliner deserves something better, as do all the actors -- even Moore, who's starting to look very interesting and European.
Read Full Review >San Francisco Examiner Wesley Morris
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.
Read Full Review >Portland Oregonian Kim Morgan
So tedious that the experience results in nearly two hours of squirming and cringing.
Read Full Review >Variety Emanuel Levy
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.
Read Full Review >Film.com Elizabeth Weitzman
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.
Read Full Review >Rolling Stone Peter Travers
An indigestible chunk of romantic marshmallow.
Village Voice Dennis Lim
An out-of-body experience for its viewers as well as its heroine.
Read Full Review >Dallas Observer Gregory Weinkauf
Less a spiritual quest than a very self-indulgent gimmick movie that could use a strong shot of inspiration.
Read Full Review >LA Weekly Ella Taylor
It's hard to imagine a movie at once more pandering and insulting to adult women
Read Full Review >The New York Times A.O. Scott
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."
Read Full Review >What Our Users Said
The average user rating for this movie is 2.0 (out of 10) based on 1 User Votes
Note: User votes are NOT included in the Metascore calculation.
[Anonymous] gave it a 2:
Gave it a 2 for fichtner's good looks alone. The rest was somewhat nonsensical.
