The Passenger Reviews

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For decades, Michelangelo Antonio's existential drama has been nearly impossible to track down, but thanks to Sony Pictures Classics, THE PASSENGER finally gets the exposure that it deserves. In an impressively low-key performance, Jack Nicholson plays David Locke, a reporter who is researching a story in the North African .. Read more

Starring	Jack Nicholson, Maria Schneider, Jenny Runacre, Ian Hendry
Director	Michelangelo Antonioni
Genres	Thriller

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Despite the burdensome presence of Runacre in a relatively minor role, this is Antonioni's finest film for years. With... read more on Time Out
- Time Out
- Posted 04 Nov 2008
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34 out of 39 people found this review helpful

Dont!

Only the scenery prevented me losing the will to live while watching this turgid nonsense. Nicholson looked as bored as I was. No wonder this film was lost for ... more

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- - A customer from yorkshire, England
  - Posted 11 Jul 2006 17:50
19 out of 21 people found this review helpful

Do!

What can you expect from some people? I know it's all subjective but some doofuses should really be banned from watching such a film. Did they expect/want ... more

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- - A customer from Hadfield
  - Posted 01 Sep 2006 17:25
17 out of 25 people found this review helpful

A great film

The negative reviews will have told you that this is not for you if you want a machine-pressed Nicholson vehicle. But it shows how much better Nicholson could ... more

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- - Bronterre from Brighton
  - Posted 23 Apr 2007 18:38
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1 out of 1 person found this review helpful

passenger

Very understated virtual travelogue of europe and north africa. Dialogue at minimum with resolution of events and conversations also not given priority. ... more

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- - zag
  - Posted 16 Nov 2007 17:12
8 out of 8 people found this review helpful

Worth the Wait

Jack Nicolson gives an untypical low key performance and carries the day nicely. Maria Scneider (the female lead in Last Tango in Paris)is a little bit wooden.<... more

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- - A customer from Abergavenny, Wales
  - Posted 15 Jun 2006 08:09

34 out of 39 people found this review helpful

Dont!

Only the scenery prevented me losing the will to live while watching this turgid nonsense. Nicholson looked as bored as I was. No wonder this film was lost for ... more

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- - A customer from yorkshire, England
  - Posted 11 Jul 2006 17:50
19 out of 21 people found this review helpful

Do!

What can you expect from some people? I know it's all subjective but some doofuses should really be banned from watching such a film. Did they expect/want ... more

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- - A customer from Hadfield
  - Posted 01 Sep 2006 17:25
17 out of 25 people found this review helpful

A great film

The negative reviews will have told you that this is not for you if you want a machine-pressed Nicholson vehicle. But it shows how much better Nicholson could ... more

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- - Bronterre from Brighton
  - Posted 23 Apr 2007 18:38
8 out of 8 people found this review helpful

Worth the Wait

Jack Nicolson gives an untypical low key performance and carries the day nicely. Maria Scneider (the female lead in Last Tango in Paris)is a little bit wooden.<... more

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- - A customer from Abergavenny, Wales
  - Posted 15 Jun 2006 08:09
6 out of 8 people found this review helpful

Great and arty & proud of it

Nicholson himself loves this movie - listen to the commentary. The movie deliberately confounds and challenges our expectations of what a movie should be. ... more

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- - chauncey from devon
  - Posted 18 Nov 2006 12:15
6 out of 8 people found this review helpful

Yawn

I know it's a cliche but it was like watching paint dry. I would have been interested in Jack Nicholson's commentary but couldn't bear to watch the... more

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- - A customer from Devon, England
  - Posted 08 May 2007 18:02
5 out of 5 people found this review helpful

4 actors in search of a director

Only when I got to the long, continuous final take did I realise I'd seen this movie twice before. Well, why wouldn't you watch it? It's directed by... more

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- - Ian Scott from Penicuik
  - Posted 12 Nov 2007 14:30
6 out of 10 people found this review helpful

Plot?

Watched this film for 65 minutes; still waiting for it to start.

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- - Nigel d'Auvergne from Steyning, England
  - Posted 21 Mar 2007 16:55
4 out of 4 people found this review helpful

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A Classic Journey

Antonioni's classic from 1975 in which Jack Nicholson gives a suitably restrained performance (though maybe because it was shot in arid terrrain and so ... more

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- - Bribaba from London
  - Posted 20 Mar 2007 13:13
3 out of 3 people found this review helpful

if you're a fan of jack nicholson

this is classic early jack nicholson...but this is very much a 'critics' film, in

that it's

not really about the story so much... more

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- - A customer from england
  - Posted 17 Aug 2006 10:44

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Despite the burdensome presence of Runacre in a relatively minor role, this is Antonioni's finest film for years. With... read more on Time Out
- Time Out
- Posted 04 Nov 2008

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