Passion 2013

A.O. Scott, New York Times: "Passion" is often sleek and enjoyable, dispensing titillation, suspense and a few laughs without taking itself too seriously. Read more

Soren Anderson, Seattle Times: What we have here is a tale of lust, deception, manipulation and murder. Quintessential De Palma, in other words. Read more

Justin Chang, Variety: This tarted-up English-language remake affords some modestly campy pleasures, but lacks the delirious trash-horror verve of De Palma's best work. Read more

Mike D'Angelo, AV Club: One of [De Palma's] sillier and trashier pictures, with nothing much to recommend it apart from those long-delayed bravura sequences. Read more

Bill Goodykoontz, Arizona Republic: In a film that isn't so good ... excess becomes a lot less enjoyable. And "Passion" isn't so good. Read more

Owen Gleiberman, Entertainment Weekly: Passion turns into vintage De Palma - which is to say, the film seems almost engineered to get you giggling at the extravagance of its absurdity. Read more

Jordan Hoffman, Film.com: It will no doubt find its boosters Read more

Neil Young, Hollywood Reporter: Remaking Alain Corneau's 2010 French noir Love Crime proves less a comeback for De Palma and more what economists call a 'dead cat bounce.' Read more

Robert Abele, Los Angeles Times: After the clinically dull first half, it's more desperate pantry raid than feast. Read more

Rene Rodriguez, Miami Herald: A throwaway by a gifted filmmaker who has run out of ideas. Read more

Richard Brody, New Yorker: Despite De Palma's lavish proof of what he can accomplish with classical technique, the movie comes off as too much for too little, a collection of mechanisms that decorate mechanisms. Read more

Joe Neumaier, New York Daily News: With no heat at all and a woefully disjointed cast, De Palma's danse macabre never catches fire. Read more

Lou Lumenick, New York Post: Mostly it's another opportunity for this most self-referential of directors to dip once again into his well-worn bag of tricks. Read more

Peter Travers, Rolling Stone: I have no objection to DePalma laughing at himself. But his heart's not in it. Neither is his libido. Passion lacks the promise of its title. It's dead inside. Read more

Globe and Mail: Where Corneau flirted with erotic tension, De Palma flaunts it. Where Corneau went for nightmarish reality, De Palma does noirish dreams. Read more

Bruce Demara, Toronto Star: One's ultimate reaction is likely to one of indifference, bemusement or outright disdain considering the pedigree of the filmmaker helming the project: Brian De Palma. Read more

Alonso Duralde, TheWrap: Passion smacks of self-parody; by the time De Palma makes his way to some intended-to-be-jolting final shots, I found myself laughing out loud at his shamelessness. Read more

Keith Uhlich, Time Out: Those who submit to the movie's spell may well find themselves giddy at how viscerally and confidently an old master can deploy the tools of his trade. Read more

Alan Scherstuhl, Village Voice: Passion is pretty good. If you cared enough to make a list, it might be your fifth or sixth favorite De Palma. Read more

David Edelstein, New York Magazine/Vulture: Entrancing and narcotizing in about equal measure. Read more