Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Brisk
- Intensity
- Strong
- Complexity
- Layered
- Violence
- Moderate
- sleek
- paranoid
- sexually charged
- late night thriller viewing
- erotic mystery marathon
What critics said
Critics broadly found the film visually sleek and recognizably De Palma, but judged its erotic-thriller plotting uneven, overheated, and often too silly to sustain suspense.
What sets it apart
May contain story progression spoilers
Dream sequences, shifting suspicions, and reversals destabilize the viewer's understanding of the murder case.
The advertising agency rivalry links career advancement, seduction, blackmail, and sexual desire.
De Palma frames the agency, bedrooms, and public spaces with glossy, highly orchestrated suspense imagery.
Christine and Isabelle use credit theft, humiliation, blackmail, and framing to damage each other's public standing.
Films like Passion, and why
Dressed to Kill
erotic thriller, obsessive rivalry, murder intrigue, and stylized hitchcockian suspense
Basic Instinct
sleek erotic mystery, sexual manipulation, shifting suspicion, and psychological games
The Hand That Rocks the Cradle
corporate ambition, erotic power struggles, betrayal, and darkly playful thriller mechanics
Movie Details
- Director
- Brian De Palma
- Release Date
- 2013-02-13
- Runtime
- 101 min
- Rating
- 5.2 / 10 (465)
Cast
- Rachel McAdams
- Noomi Rapace
- Karoline Herfurth
- Paul Anderson
- Dominic Raacke
- Rainer Bock
- Benjamin Sadler
- Michael Rotschopf
- Max Urlacher
- Jörg Pintsch
Where to watch in United States
- Streaming
- History Vault, Starz Apple TV channel, Artiflix
- Rent
- Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home
- Buy
- Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home
Streaming options come from TMDB and change over time.
Common questions
- What is Passion about?
- A glossy, sexually charged advertising-world rivalry spirals into murder, blackmail, and destabilizing questions of guilt.
- What is Passion like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of Passion as brisk, its intensity as strong and its storytelling as layered.
- Is Passion violent?
- Somewhat. Ember rates the violence in Passion as moderate.
- What did critics think of Passion?
- Critics broadly found the film visually sleek and recognizably De Palma, but judged its erotic-thriller plotting uneven, overheated, and often too silly to sustain suspense.
- Which films are like Passion?
- Films with a similar feel include Dressed to Kill, Basic Instinct, and The Hand That Rocks the Cradle.
- How long is Passion?
- Passion runs 101 minutes.
- Where can I watch Passion?
- In United States, Passion streams on History Vault, Starz Apple TV channel, Artiflix.
