Passing

Interesting subject, uninteresting processing. So what is a relatively common phenomenon on Netflix and it is not entirely easy for viewers to separate it at first glance. However, Rebecca Hall as a director has quite interesting ideas that can liven up the dull plot. (11/24/2021)

An elegant black-and-white drama that is staged stiffly in the first half and scripted dully in the second. Yet the story of two women who can straddle the worlds of black and white has a strong dramatic tone. The debuting Hall, however, manages to elegantly describe it rather than evoke it in a truly impressive way. In the end, Passing does not come across convincingly as either a personal story or a metaphor for black faces and white masks. (11/27/2021)