The Passenger

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Demi D @redpoodle 4 days ago To the critics that gave "The Passenger" good reviews - Please don't B.S. me with all this nonsense about the beauty and the mood and the camera angles. Bull, it is the slowest, most boring, least entertaining movie I have ever seen. What a painful dull waste of time. I turned it off after an hour and 20 minutes. Couldn't take any more. See more Maarit L @Komedienne Aug 29, 2026 I love the actors and the atmosphere of the movie. It’s beautifully shot, although the plot isn’t anything particularly special. See more Megan C. @TexIcana Jun 29, 2026 Mixes fantasy with reality in an honest and irreverent manner. It could maybe happen to you. The age disparity between the characters leaves for some improvement. See more Alistair M @FilmWatcher1961 May 31, 2026 Came across this film on late night TV. A real slow burner,in the quintessential European 70s style.Beautifully shot,with great scenery and is a great document of 70s life and times. Sure the plot was a bit vague at times but visually it's superb and performces by the cast are understated and believable. It definitely is a traveloge,Africa London Munich Barcelona and Andalusia in Spain.If you enjoy looking back at scenes from the past,this film is rewarding. I can see why some film buffs would consider it a classic.It has themes that are straight out of film school. In these days of fast paced SFX,Super Heroes,gratuitous violence etc.A slower paced film,that doesn't shove itself down your throat is refreshing. Not quite a classic,but not far off it.Well worth a watch.Final scene with the famous continous shot,alone makes it worth a watch.I can see why Nicholson saved it See more Max M. @Househuntermax May 30, 2026 No idea why this movie is rated so highly by critics and the audience. With the set up, it had the potential to be a good, tense, chase thriller. But nothing happens. Like nothing. See more Alain E @AlainE Apr 18, 2026 For me this is one of the ten best films ever made, an opinion I admit, not shared by many. It is a philosophical movie about fate and predetermination. Very well acted and photographed. A young Nicholson and Maria Schneider are spectacular. The main character finds himself in a personal and professional dead end in a remote small African hotel. The original title is Professione: Reporter and I have no idea why it was changed for the American release. The hero disillusioned with his life adopts the identity of the only other European visitor at the hotel when that person, with whom he has a physical resemblance, dies suddenly. He eventually realizes when he keeps his various appointments, that his dead neighbour was an arms dealer, who supplied weapons in vicious civil wars in Africa. Still he does not abandon his new identity and things do not end well. The conclusion occurs near the end at a famous sequential shot with the violence happening off screen. See more Read all reviews

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