Passion Play

R

Released May 6, 2011

1 hr. 34 min.

Drama

Mystery & Thriller

List

3%

33 Reviews

Tomatometer

17%

2,500+ Ratings

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A washed-up musician (Mickey Rourke) tries to protect an enigmatic winged woman (Megan Fox) from a merciless gangster (Bill Murray) who wants her all to himself.

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Critics Consensus

Passion Play has a terrific cast, but don't be fooled - the only real question at the heart of this misbegotten mystery is what its stars were thinking.

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Audience Member

Despite the neg critics, I find this movie a lovely fantasy. Rourke a wasted musician who betrayed his boss, is represented as a lost soul , wandering between two worlds and looking for redemption. He always took care of hymself first,but in that last scene when he jumped, and the angel(Lily) took him with his arms and wings . With his sacrifice , Nate won heaven. When he saw his death body in the dessert then he understood, he was dead and Lily was an Angel, No matter what you are in life , there is alwys hope and a way for forgiveness and redemption.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

01/30/23

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Audience Member

The film is a commentary on lost souls and superficial beauty that belies the greater beauty within. Fox plays an innocent lost to fhe woes of a cold, heartless world, something the heartless critics can identify with. But it is only a fallen artist, one who's lost his ability to call on the beauty of the muse that once filled his soul, who sets her free. He comes alive once again as his angle reminds him of the passion he had once within. And it's in the saving that not only turns his world right side up but fully transforms the beauty of the inner angel to her fullest form. A story of struggle, lost hope and then that hope and passion reborn by two fallen angels who sore together in the end

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

02/03/23

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steve d

as surprised as I was that Fox was so effective, I was equally surprise how little works in this hodgepodge of ideas.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

03/30/23

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Audience Member

This drama was one of the worst movies I've ever seen. Megan Fox, Mickey Rourke, Bill Murray, and the rest of the cast did a terrible job in this movie. In fact, Bill Murray doesn't do well as a villain like he was in this movie. It doesn't fit him. The plot to the movie was tedious and pathetic. This was a complete waste of my time. If you haven't seen this movie yet, I suggest that you don't. It's not worth it.

Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars

02/18/23

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Audience Member

Waste of time! Sorry to see that Mickey Rourke and Bill Murray wasted their time as well.

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

01/27/23

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Audience Member

What could be worse than Mickey Rourke and Megan Fox making out in a movie?...well,I think Megan's acting takes the cake,definitely... In this movie,she's playing an Angel for some reason and Bill effin' Murray is playing some mafia dude...sad,really sad.wasted talent at its best (of course,I am only talking about Mickey and Bill...NOT megan,ok?)

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

01/29/23

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Mitch Glazer

Director

Mickey Rourke

Nate

Megan Fox

Lily

Bill Murray

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Kelly Lynch

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Rhys Ifans

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Nick Schager

L.A. Weekly

Mickey Rourke recently made headlines for dubbing Passion Play "a terrible movie," a proclamation that's ultimately most notable for its understatement.

May 12, 2011

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Owen Gleiberman

Entertainment Weekly

This underworld fairy tale is so soggy and sentimental it's like a new genre: Hallmark noir.

Rated: C-

May 11, 2011

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Andrew O'Hehir

Salon.com

The net effect is as if someone had set out to imitate a David Lynch movie without ever having seen one, or as if it had been directed by Wim Wenders (which is approximately the same thing).

May 8, 2011

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Brian Eggert

Deep Focus Review

Passion Play never ceases to be pretentious and absurd, and it almost demands to be seen to be believed.

Rated: 0.5/4

Jun 7, 2023

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Tara Thorne

The Coast (Halifax, Nova Scotia)

Terribly shot and written, Glazer's got Rourke facing death so many times that an hour in you're hoping someone will just shoot him already, or at least you, and end this awful experiment.

Nov 17, 2018

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Matt Brunson

Creative Loafing

This often risible mood piece stars Megan Fox as a circus sideshow attraction who has actual angel wings growing out of her back. Rather than doing the sensible thing and joining the X-Men, she instead decides to make out with Mickey Rourke. Go figure.

Rated: 1/4

Jan 16, 2012

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Synopsis

A washed-up musician (Mickey Rourke) tries to protect an enigmatic winged woman (Megan Fox) from a merciless gangster (Bill Murray) who wants her all to himself.

Director: Mitch Glazer
Executive Producer: Tyler Kwon, Rebecca Wang
Screenwriter: Mitch Glazer
Distributor: Image Entertainment
Production Co: Annapurna Pictures, Rebecca Wang Entertainment
Rating: R (Nudity|Language|Brief Drug Use|Some Sexuality|Violence)
Genre: Drama, Mystery & Thriller
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): May 6, 2011, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Feb 15, 2015

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