Here are review links for this film submitted by our members:
- Allen Almachar @ The MacGuffin
- Excerpt: A lyrical examination of race, identity, and the search for one’s soul.
- Cecilia Barroso @ Cenas de Cinema [Portuguese]
- Laura Clifford @ Reeling Reviews
- Excerpt: refined and elegant on the surface, insidious undercurrents roiling underneath…one hell of an audacious filmmaking debut.
- Candice Frederick @ TheGrio
- MaryAnn Johanson @ FlickFilosopher.com
- Excerpt: Everything about this astonishing, just-plain-satisfying film feels like a revelation. Bone-deep subversive yet universal, dripping with a quiet dread yet also beautiful and beautifully wise.
- [New] | Mark Leeper @ Mark Leeper’s Reviews
- Excerpt: In PASSING, two old friends meet; both are African-American, but Irene is married to an African- American man and living in Harlem as an African-American, while Clare is married to a white man and “passing”.
- Harrison Martin @ Flixfrog
- Excerpt: Passing is a fine directorial debut for Rebecca Hall. This passion project is clearly a labor of love for Hall and asks interesting questions about race and identity.
- Jared Mobarak @ JaredMobarak.com
- Excerpt: Hall has created a film about adultery wherein these women are having affairs with worlds just outside their reach, culminating in a tragic moment that shows nobody is safe.
- Paulo Portugal @ Insider [Portuguese]
- Bev Questad @ itsjustmovies.com
- Excerpt: “Passing” bravely investigates the Black psyche and the duality of racial experience in America in this beautifully crafted piece on race and identity.
- Josh Taylor @ The Forgetful Film Critic
- Excerpt: Passing is a strong, self-assured first effort for Rebecca Hall as a director. Her film confronts the worst sins of American society.
- James Wegg @ JWR [French]
- Excerpt: Skinned by race
