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By Shirley Li (36) for The Atlantic (1,046) on 11 Nov 2021

Hall seems to have grasped the story as a performer would, prioritizing the potency of the characters’ interior lives over the plot…

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By Mark Feeney (434) for Boston Globe (6,852) on 11 Nov 2021

This is a double debut for Hall, as director and screenwriter both. She’s long been known as one of our most gifted actors…

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By Habibiehakim (321) on 11 Nov 2021

What an impressive directorial debut by actress Rebecca Hall, Passing is really the most simple yet fascinating films of the year, it's stylist,…

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By Mattyice34 (99) on 11 Nov 2021

It’s well acted and has an interesting topic, but the themes are never fully explored. Still a good debut from Hall…

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By Brian Lowry (913) for CNN (497) on 10 Nov 2021

Hall captures how the two women chafe against the system and its limitations in different ways, and shoots the film with a haunting, almost…

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By Metacriticonur (388) on 10 Nov 2021

Bad [ bad ] adjective, worse, worst;(Slang) bad·der, bad·dest for 36. not good in any manner or degree…

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By Katezoe (154) on 10 Nov 2021

Did not meet my expectations after such rapturous reviews. Film is good as is the acting…

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By Michael Phillips (2,622) for Chicago Tribune (6,211) on 09 Nov 2021

A lesser director, working in a clunky-realism vein with less skilled designers and especially performers, might’ve turned Passing into a…

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By Bill Goodykoontz (2,123) for Arizona Republic (3,909) on 09 Nov 2021

Passing is Rebecca Hall’s first feature film as a writer and director. You’d never know it…

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By Richard Brody (868) for The New Yorker (1,837) on 09 Nov 2021

Passing is a drama of vision and of inner vision, of appearances and images and self-images, and Hall’s spare and reserved cinematic style…

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By Roger Moore (6,008) for Movie Nation (3,875) on 08 Nov 2021

Passing almost passes muster by virtue of its two winning leads…

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By Clarisse Loughrey (259) for The Independent (259) on 04 Nov 2021

Passing is as richly felt as it is carefully conceived…

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By J1Train (63) on 04 Nov 2021

Tessa Thompson and Ruth Negga are incredible…

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By Indiefilmlover (38) on 03 Nov 2021

In an age of superheroes, reboots, and formulas, it's refreshing to see a film that assumes the audence has some intelligence…

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By David Jenkins (910) for Little White Lies (3,136) on 02 Nov 2021

Sometimes the filmmaking doesn’t quite do enough to elicit the requisite intensity from some key conversations, but it certainly lands its…

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By Qmechan (2) on 01 Nov 2021

An excellent look into an often-ignored aspect of racism, the colorism that exists on both sides, and what some people needed to do to survive…

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By Simran Hans (401) for The Observer (UK) (826) on 30 Oct 2021

Hall emphasises the moral grey area by shooting in black and white, an ingenious choice that allows her to light Clare as black or white…

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By Brent_Marchant (762) on 30 Oct 2021

Trying to pass oneself off as something one is not can be a tricky -- even dangerous -- path to follow…

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By Peter Travers (3,602) for ABC News (186) on 29 Oct 2021

Starring Tessa Thompson and Ruth Negga in two of the year’s best performances, this mesmerizing film about race, class and gender identity…

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By Nikki Baughan (240) for Empire (3,446) on 29 Oct 2021

An impressive filmmaking debut from actor-turned-director Rebecca Hall which largely avoids cliché or soapboxing about race, featuring two…

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