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