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Movie Overview
Cast
• Jack Nicholson
• Maria Schneider
• Jenny Runacre
Director
• Michelangelo Antonioni
MPAA Rating
PG
The Passenger (1975)

REVIEWS
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INTERVIEWS
OTHER
OFCS Rating: 79% Fresh
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A
"A tour de force of depth and quality."  Ozus' World Movie Reviews  Dennis Schwartz

"A slippery, provocative work."  ReelTalk Movie Reviews  Donald J. Levit

B+
"Even if one new person is turned on to the works of this brilliant filmmaker, then this film's long, strange trip will have been worth it."  FilmJerk.com  Edward Havens

C
"Remains, thirty years later, as rambling, flaccid, enigmatically brooding and ultimately tedious as it was back in 1975."  One Guy's Opinion  Frank Swietek

'2.5/5'
"The real Antonioni discovery this year is the DVD release of his first feature, Story of a Love Affair, a film noir from 1950."  Film-Forward.com  Kent Turner

"Representing a thematic cousin of Antonioni's own pop artifact Blow-Up, Nicholson's hollow man...stumbles down the rabbit hole of social responsibility on his way to unrealized redemption."  Pretentious Musings  Kevin Koehler

"This is an art film - and an Antonioni film at that - so what sounds like a thriller pregnant with romance and political intrigue is rather what we Americans call "ambiguous.""  Not Coming to a Theater Near You  Leo Goldsmith

"Visually inventive film"  Classic Film and Television  Michael E. Grost

4/4
"A fatalistic tale of identity, destiny, coincidence, existential malaise, and the boundaries between the real and the imagined."  Slant Magazine  Nick Schager

3.5/5
"If you're willing to wait and give it a little bit of effort, Antonioni offers a life lesson"  Filmcritic.com  Pete Croatto

5/5
"The Passenger has more than its share of virtues...that still retain their power after nearly 30 years."  eFilmCritic.com  Peter Sobczynski

5/5
"Nicholson deserved the 1975 Oscar for this, not Cuckoo's Nest."  Film Threat  Phil Hall

B
"The Passenger...meanders but there is an interesting story of changed identity, international arms deals and a failed marriage."  Reeling Reviews  Robin Clifford

9/10
"The pain of human isolation and the stark beauty of the desert make this preferred director’s cut a giant re-release onto comparatively bland screens."  Monsters and Critics  Ron Wilkinson
OFCS Rating: 79% Fresh
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