Its pure existence may be a sign of hope to cinephiles.

| Jul 18, 2024

Hall and Thompson create a complex portrait of a woman who is a mystery to herself, prefers to enforce rigid class, sexual, racial and gender norms yet flouts them when repercussions seem to be minimal.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Aug 16, 2023

It's full of terrific performances, especially from Thompson and Negga, and its eloquent atmosphere makes it one of the most visually and audibly pleasing entries of the year.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Jul 25, 2023

Tessa Thompson and Ruth Negga carry the plot forward with charm and elegance, as does everyone else in the cast, but these two share such remarkable chemistry that I feel that the slow pacing was actually quite adequate.

| Original Score: B | Jul 24, 2023

The performances are alluring and emotionally resonated on screen. Hall makes a stand-out debut with Passing and its impact and thoughtful.

| Jul 21, 2023

Hall has made a movie that explores history through an experiential lens, presenting how such a bizarre existence must’ve felt, hiding in plain sight.

| Jun 7, 2023

With this feature, Hall proves to be an interesting eye not only behind the camera but also as a writer.

| Original Score: B | Mar 15, 2023

There’s no easy answer, and that’s where Passing excels— the gray areas.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Oct 21, 2022

A timely—and timeless—exploration of racial identity.

| Oct 17, 2022

Passing is a challenging but rewarding look at queerness, Blackness, truth, and fiction, featuring two phenomenal performances from both leads.

| Sep 26, 2022

Aided by a pair of phenomenal performances from Tessa Thompson and Ruth Negga, "Passing" is an assured look into the ways that society shapes identity.

| Original Score: 7/10 | Jul 8, 2022

Hall’s film makes Larsen’s work from nearly a century ago come alive in our time on the screen. See Passing. It’s one of the best films of the year.

| May 19, 2022

The use of black and white helps to emphasize the duality of the characters, leaving open ends and subtle insinuations that we will have to elaborate conscientiously. Full review in Spanish

| Mar 9, 2022

Irish-Ethiopian actress Negga crafts the year’s most original characterization.... Negga’s genuine emotion transcends Passing and its almost total inauthenticity.

| Mar 5, 2022

There is not a single composition, camera angle, or cut that doesn’t feel intentional to evoke a feeling or heighten tension, a classical approach to filmmaking that feels rarer and rarer these days.

| Original Score: A | Feb 23, 2022

Passing is among the most impressive directorial debuts in recent memory, by an actor or otherwise.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Feb 12, 2022

While the script might be too soft around the edges for its story, the performances are magnetic. I appreciate what Hall is trying to do with Nella Larsens novella, but the subject matter is far heftier than the film delivers.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Feb 10, 2022

Written and directed by actress Rebecca Hall, it’s one of the year’s most exciting filmmaker debuts.

| Feb 10, 2022

By turns stifling and lucid with seduction, Halls debut is impressive, even when its atmosphere sometimes overtakes its pace.

| Original Score: B+ | Feb 8, 2022

The black-and-white photography exposes the absurdity of racial codification by reproducing every actors face in scales of gray.

| Original Score: 3.5/4 | Feb 3, 2022