Pass Over

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camille l Après BlackKklansman, Spike Lee réalisa une captation d'une pièce d'Antoinette Nwandu, Pass Over. Si la pièce, aussi passionnante qu'elle soit, sur deux jeunes afro-américains SDF à un coin de rue et la crainte constante des coups de feu qui les entoure, est très bien en scène par Danya Taymor et jouée par de formidables acteurs, la captation de Spike Lee n'apporte en revanche pas de grande plus-value en dehors de magnifier le travail de Taymor. Cela pourrait amplement suffire si seulement la pièce ne correspondait pas autant aux talents de Spike Lee. De ce fait, impossible de ne pas être un peu déçu qu'il n'ait pas pu se servir totalement de l'interprétation exceptionnelle et surréaliste de Ryan Hallahan, par exemple. Pass Over est un film tout à fait réussi, mais Spike Lee n'en est que le messager. Rated 3.5/5 Stars •  Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 03/31/23 Full Review Audience Member The entire story of America, told in one act. Rated 4.5/5 Stars •  Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 02/24/23 Full Review Audience Member (No spoliers) Spike Lee movies are either fantastic 5 stars, or mediocre 1-2 stars, never in between. He has quite the resume, and most of his films are hits. Well, sorry to say but this one is a failure. The opening scene is promising. There's imagery and sound that is classic Spike Lee and I got a very good feeling the first couple minutes. But then it turns in to a filmed stage play that I kept waiting to end and the real movie get started, maybe follow the main characters through their lives. "Oh these guys are aspiring actors, let's see what happens in real life." Nope. The play IS the movie. To add insult to injury, the entire film just focuses on the two main characters who talk a lot of super unrealistic dialogue. Imagine if Woody Allen wrote the most stereotypically bad movie possible, like offensive parody bad. This would be it. I struggled to make it half way through the film and I just couldn't take it anymore. It's a 1 star movie. I gave an extra star for a certain level of creativity that may appeal to some dumb people the same way Woody Allen movies do (never appealed to me), the acting of the two main characters isn't necessarily bad, they did what they could with it, and it is an entire feature film with a cast of only four actors. Not easy to pull off, obviously, because even Spike Lee sure couldn't. Rated 2/5 Stars •  Rated 2 out of 5 stars 02/18/23 Full Review Audience Member While Spike Lee can rub people different ways, Pass Over was amazing on stage. The camera angles allow you to enter the actors faces and spaces, really pulling you into the emotion of the story. Theater on film, done in a meaningfully amazing way, and bringing back memories of growing up not far from where the play is set, on the other side of the park. Truly something that reminded me of friends from home in Chicago who have to this day, not made changes in their lives, still sitting in the block until sunrise. May they finally Pass over, in an impactful, fruitful way and not pass over this way. Rated 5/5 Stars •  Rated 5 out of 5 stars 02/25/23 Full Review Read all reviews

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