Tomas needs to grow up. Can't play the part of the 20-some/thing playboy out to get your rocks off & party w/ whomever, whenever you want and then expect the actual grown-ups living true mature reality to take you as seriously as you try to make them believe you are. Or does he buy his own act? A married man just suddently involves himself w/ another sex partner that is literally another sex than his husband? And it was such a phenomenal screw that it changes him entirely? No, this is who he is. The three central figures here are given life by some prime actors. Whishaw brings such empathy and depth to a real sympathetic role. Adèle Exarchopoulos is all voluptuous sexuality and bravura as she tries to be like one of the play the field boys, too, while also needing to grow up some herself. She'll find out the cost of such sexual freedom and a body count. And Rogowski continues to show why he's one of the best out there on the big screen. Well done by director Sachs and his crew. Not only w/ the story, pacing, and getting such great performances. There's also the look of the film. It's a real beauty w/ deep colors and a camera that loves the city. And I appreciate the ending a lot; quite fitting. 3.3 stars

This tragically realistic portrayal of a narcissist and the man and woman who mistake his interest for love rates five stars for the nuanced acting of all three principals. However, as someone who has mistaken a narcissist's attention for love myself, I had to turn this film off two thirds of the way through. I recommend this film not only for the superlative acting, but also as a character study in narcissistic personality disorder. ....Maybe sometime in the future I'll choose to finish watching this film.

This was messy and complicated, beautifully shot but also at the same time felt very real. Adele is fabulous as Agathe!!! Tomas’ character is so chaotic and toxic, played very well!! Ben Whishaw is like most of the characters I’ve seen him play (and is still great). Overall, I enjoyed this, but I felt like there was something missing that I can’t exactly put my finger on.

This talky, European film is about some pretty miserable people bed-hoping and such. It didn’t really do much for me.

A love story portraited with an authentic brutalism.

A frustrating film. I understand that's kind of the point but after a while the characters' disastrous choices just become grating for its own sake.

"Passages" was a frustrating watch, but I also feel like that was the point. The main character in this movie seems to blow up his life for no real good reason and it is both difficult and fascinating to witness. The movie isn't very eventful from a story standpoint, but I found myself curious about how it would play out. I just think it could have dived deeper into who these characters are and maybe explained why the mistakes were happening. I think the actors do a great job portraying them and I do feel the characters feel like real people despite all of this. Overall, I think it is a well-made movie that has some interesting ideas, but it can suffer from being slow-paced and also difficult because of its dislikable characters.

This is easily one of the best films of the year - an undeniably modern love story with an intense intimacy that feels almost like 1970s Cassavetes. I would venture to guess that this is at least a semi-autobiographical film by Sachs, and I applaud his total lack of compromise. All three leads are sensational, but I must highlight Rogowski, who creates a complex characterization of a man who is selfish and egocentric but somehow empathetic and almost relatable. I am still thinking about him and trying to come to terms with my feelings about him. It's one of the great performances of the year and deserves awards attention. This is a very frank and honest motion picture that often feels almost too intimate to watch, and there are conversations between characters that feel so life-like and uncomfortable that it feels like we as an audience are voyeurs. I honestly had no idea what was going to transpire during the last half of the film and what decisions were going to be made. That is rare and exciting! If you are searching for something adult, mature and thought-provoking, you can't do better than this. And I am already looking forward to revisiting and re-evaluating my thoughts and feelings.

Well acted, but every man in this is thoroughly unlikeable.

Intense film. Very natural, thanks to the great acting of its three main characters. Very explicit, too. The part of Rogowski deserves some accolades, and the presence of Adele is very enjoyable, too

性的流动，情感的流动，简洁鍧光彩鍧悲哀。

It is a beautiful film. But, it is certainly not a fun film to watch. Adele is superb as always. Just do your homework in advance before beginning this.

Left me with no sympathy, empathy or any other emotions for it's blank characters. Simply, nothing.

Bland European film that has characters that don't know how to be adults and communicate with each other. Don't waste your time. Uninteresting and flat.

beautiful cinematography

I got hooked up from the beginning and loved the performances. I strongly recommend it.

This was almost unwatchable. 20 minutes before the end I said out loud (I was watching it by myself) "Jesus christ, this is unbearable when will it end??!". The main character is grating - I mean, he's supposed to be unlikeable, and he definitely is that. But all the characters are fairly one dimensional and the script is shite. Give it a miss.

You'll find that there's a love triangle in the centre of this movie. I didn't understand the motives of the characters. So the guy's partner finds out that his cheating on him and they both end up agreeing that they want a child via a female's egg. Having accepted this, the partner then invites another guy into their place, whom he begins to have an affair and is trying to cut his man off, reasons is perhaps the movie wants to make these characters unthinkable so they rush into things then end up wounding themselves. The narrative could have done without that gutty stuff, allowing it to be smart and sharp moving. At the end there's a reveal that the lady aborted their unborn child and this leads to a breakup between the two men as if they ever had worked things out together to begin with.

Beautiful and well-acted, Passages is ultimately a portrait of another shallow, destructive a-hole. Yay.

It was beautiful to look at and the acting was good. I just didn't see the point of it? I wanted to care but came away feeling I didn't get it.