Passion of Mind

Mr. Showbiz Kevin Maynard

Works best as romantic melodrama and is least convincing as a psychological suspenser.

Boston Globe Jay Carr

There's no Passion in this psychological drama.

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.

USA Today Andy Seiler

Pretty hard to buy into at all.

Seattle Post-Intelligencer Sean Axmaker

Though a hypnotically beautiful film, it's dramatically listless and dull, and completely lacking in passion.

New York Daily News Jami Bernard

Leaves the viewer exhausted, jet-lagged from the effort of investing equally in competing story lines.

New York Post Lou Lumenick

A shallow, stilted romantic thriller.

Chicago Tribune Marc Caro

It's pretty muddle-headed and confusing.

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.

TV Guide Stephen Miller

What may have looked good on paper across the Atlantic gets lost in the translation to our shores.

Austin Chronicle Marjorie Baumgarten

Moore succeeds, even though the film as a whole does not fare as well.

Philadelphia Inquirer Steven Rea

It's too gauzy, and - with its Ron Bass script - too goopy by half.

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."

Entertainment Weekly Lisa Schwarzbaum

Nobody's got a clue. Enquiring minds don't even want to know.

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.

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.

Miami Herald Sara Wildberger

Berliner deserves something better, as do all the actors -- even Moore, who's starting to look very interesting and European.

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.

Portland Oregonian Kim Morgan

So tedious that the experience results in nearly two hours of squirming and cringing.

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.

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.

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.

Dallas Observer Gregory Weinkauf

Less a spiritual quest than a very self-indulgent gimmick movie that could use a strong shot of inspiration.

LA Weekly Ella Taylor

It's hard to imagine a movie at once more pandering and insulting to adult women

Washington Post Desson Thomson

You won't feel enlightened, just let down

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."