Review of Passion Fish (1992) by Kate T — 21 May 2007

Mary McDonnell is awesome in this movie and Alfre Woodard is a great supporting actress.

This review of Passion Fish (1992) was written by Kate T on 21 May 2007.

Passion Fish has generally received positive reviews.

Was this review helpful?

Yes

More reviews of this movie:

More Reviews of Passion Fish

Review of Passion Fish (1992)

By Derek C (273) on 18 Nov 2007

Beautifully photographed by Roger Deakins and great direction from John Sayles make this one of his best. More melodramatic than most of his…

Read Review

Review of Passion Fish (1992)

By Sheryl Z (74) on 01 Apr 2008

Some of the extra roles are a bit soupy, but all the main characters were really good. I'd say it was a pretty good film…

Read Review

Review of Passion Fish (1992)

By Mikael K (415) on 13 Aug 2012

Sometimes when you take two amazing actors and put them together to star in a film, pure magic ensues…

Read Review

Review of Passion Fish (1992)

By Vicki S (97) on 29 Aug 2007

A VHS version of this was one of the very first things I ever ordered online but then I kept getting emailed about 'lesbian and gay' movies…

Read Review

Review of Passion Fish (1992)

By Rachel A (384) on 23 Nov 2007

A great John Sayles film with Mary McDonnell and Alfre Woodard outstanding in a drama about coping with life after personal disaster…

Read Review

Review of Passion Fish (1992)

By Gwen G (24) on 11 Sep 2007

I love the plot. I've worked in rehab, and this touched me profoundly…

Read Review

Review of Passion Fish (1992)

By Maja M (18) on 29 Oct 2007

Friendship, struggle, desire, love, family…

Read Review

Review of Passion Fish (1992)

By Alexandra W (234) on 15 Jun 2012

John Sayles has a talent for writing screenplays about ordinary characters with mostly ordinary lives but making them seem engaging…

Read Review

Review of Passion Fish (1992)

By Grant S (1,780) on 06 Sep 2011

Great emotional, character-driven drama. Interesting, original plot…

Read Review

Review of Passion Fish (1992)

By Kevin B (1,217) on 16 Mar 2008

1â??alludes to Robert Aldrichâ??s What Ever Happened to Baby Jane…

Read Review

More reviews of this movie

Reviews of Similar Movies

Review of Nurse Betty (2000)

By Monetary56 (1) on 10 May 2015

I've watched this movie once but that was enough for me. The actors are very wooden in their roles and the plot is lame and uneven…

Read Review

Review of George Washington (2000)

By Matto. (10) on 28 Aug 2007

Well done,but definitely overrated. I find DGG's movie have great characters in plots that are threadbare…

Read Review

Review of Ellie Parker (2005)

By Kris (17) on 08 Dec 2005

This was a disappointing waste of time…

Read Review

Review of sex, lies, and videotape (1989)

By Wahida K (516) on 22 Dec 2009

The Word Sex these days has become so normal. Sometimes it depends on the director to give the word its real meaning in the Movie…

Read Review

Review of Captains Courageous (1937)

By George R (219) on 24 Feb 2010

That was one massive halibut…

Read Review

Review of Down by Law (1986)

By Aj V (1,538) on 24 Jan 2011

Yes, I did only see the beginning of this movie, but I was so bored with the beginning that I couldn't watch the rest of it…

Read Review

Review of The Man in the Moon (1991)

By Elle K (8) on 11 Oct 2007

Wow, I saw this a looong time ago. It wasn't that great. My friend made me watch it because she was in love with Jason London at the time…

Read Review

Review of Reach for the Sky (1956)

By Peter N (584) on 13 May 2008

Amazing true-life story... but it doesn't benefit from the mushy treatment given by this film…

Read Review

Review of Meet Bill (2007)

By Carol M (218) on 16 Jan 2014

Melissa Wallack for sure should not quit her day job as the script for Meet Bill was a total flat line that even the talents of Aaron Eckhart…

Read Review

Review of Hard Times (1975)

By Adam Lowes (75) for CineVue (2,163) on 10 Feb 1988

Hard Times may not have grown in stature to the extent where it will be mentioned by fans in the same breath as the director’s more revered…

Read Review

More Reviews

Popular Movies Right Now

The Killing of a Sacred Deer

2017

69%660 Reviews

Godzilla vs. Kong

2021

66%184 Reviews

Avengers: Endgame

2019

86%432 Reviews

The Equalizer

2014

69%994 Reviews

No Hard Feelings

2023

65%90 Reviews

Hillbilly Elegy

2020

61%141 Reviews

Purple Hearts

2022

56%11 Reviews

Everything Everywhere All at Once

2022

78%291 Reviews

Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood

2019

81%344 Reviews

The Prodigy

2019

53%39 Reviews