'Passion' is, outside of its cinephile-pleasing gestures, a pretty bad movie. If it bore any other filmmaker's name, would we cut it the same slack?

What we have here is a tale of lust, deception, manipulation and murder. Quintessential De Palma, in other words.

One's ultimate reaction is likely to one of indifference, bemusement or outright disdain considering the pedigree of the filmmaker helming the project: Brian De Palma.

‘…a major work by a major director who still has ideas to burn, and if you’re feeling a bit jaded about today’s cinema Brian De Palma’s slick, slightly sick Passion should stir your blood….’