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Summary: Demi Moore's Passion is an Amazing, Art-house Triumph
Review: Some Amazon reviewers of Passion of Mind would have you beleive it not worth your time: if you are a superficial, close-minded viewer more corncerned with Demi Moore's wardrobe and costume design than character development, plot twist, and strong performances than, indeed, Passion of Mind is not for you.As a strong advocate of Demi Moore's underappreciated acting chops (see Mortal Thoughts or G.I. Jane for proof -- or even Disclosure of The Seventh Sign for than matter), Passion of Mind offers the viewer the strongest and most riveting performance by Demi to date. You don't have to be a hard-core Moore supporter to recognize the Passion put forth into the dual roles. Furthermore, straying from the usual big-budget, summer movie formula that propelled Demi to superstardom, here she steps back,in a sense turning her back on everything her typical audience has come to expect. Certainly, a calculated and gutsy move, Passion of Mind certainly pays off -- especially for the viewer who has the attention span to invest in a film with no fast moving action sequences. The result is an amazing ride, an amazing story, and an amazing performance. The film is truely more in the independent style/art-house vein than that of Striptease and the results are surprisingly astounding. As a 22 year old male, take my word that if thought-provoking, character driven materail is something you may enjoy, Passion of Mind is your ticket. William Fitchner co-stars as Demi's New York self's love interest. Here he shows amazing range and a quiet calculation of his part. In following his roles as of late, from the dreadful Drowing Mona to his compelling The Perfect Storm character, Fitchner definately delivers a quality to the role that may have been lost with other actors. Moore, exquisetly and subtley demostrating the differences between the neurotic, insecure New York literary agent and the calmed, mourning South-of-France widow, demonstrates, surprisingly well the overriding instability in two very different characters. Passion of Mind, ... certainly deserves a look -- especially if what motivates you in a motion picture experience is, in fact, just that -- the experience (in lieu of playing Joan Rivers to the costumes or critiqueing Demi Moore's career choices). I've got Passion for this quiet, thoughtful, beutifully shot and acted sleeper piece.
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Summary: Great Idea for a Story
Review: The possibilities for this basic story idea were endless, however I do not think that the movie took this story to its fullestest potential. The story is of a woman, played by Demi Moore, who seems to be two people living two lives, but really isn't. When she goes to sleep from her life in France (where she is a widower with two children and works as a book reviewer), she wakes up to her second life (a high-powered career woman in New York) and vice versa. She can not figure out which is her real life and which is a fantasy. The main plot of the movie is her struggle to figure out which is which. This is a great idea for a movie. The beginning sets up the plot very well and then seems to go on-and-on and does very little to expand on this great concept. Everything is tied together neatly, and with some creativity, in the end. However, the film really dragged in the middle. Demi Moore's acting was good and believable. However, the script was so reptitious that I don't think there was enough of a screenplay for her to make the movie any better then it was.
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Summary: Cerebral drama that doesn't deserve all those slaps
Review: This film got spanked righteously in the press and Demi Moore, leading lady, earned a Golden Raspberry (not a compliment) for starring in it. But was this film as bad as the critics made it out to be? I certainly don't think so. While it is true the dialog was somewhat mundane and the leading men unsexy, the film really seemed to focus on the question of "what is reality?" The premise of a woman who fragments her personality in her dreams to the point of psychotic delusion is fascinating. Fully functional when awake in either world, at first it is hard to tell which woman, New York Marty or Provence Marie, is the "real" one. But the director carefully controls the colors and temperature of the light. At first, Provence is sunny, warm and misty, New York is blue and cold. Even the skin tones of the actors change with the venue. But as Marty/Marie begins to integrate her personality, the colors shift in the cinematography. Moore is careful not to overact--her Marie or Marty is rather equivocal in her madness or sane-ness. Perhaps the critics wanted more ravings from her. This is a cerebral film; no mad fugues with wild yelling and screaming and blood and guts. Instead, you have to see if you can psychoanalyse the fragmented mind of Marty/Marie and come up with a plausible explanation. If you get it right, you meet the end of the film with cries of "Ha, I knew it!" If you don't get it right, you get a pleasurable surprise. Either way, a fascinating psychological drama and well worth viewing.
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Summary: My favorite movie
Review: This is a movie that keeps you guessing until the end. You don't know which life is real and which is the dream. There are only a few clues along the way. I found the entire movie, as well as the ending, to be very satisfying. Demi's clothes are gorgeous and the settings make you wish wish you were having such a dream (or reality).
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Summary: My favorite movie
Review: This is a movie that keeps you guessing until the end. You don't know which life is real and which is the dream. There are only a few clues along the way. I found the entire movie, as well as the ending, to be very satisfying. Demi's clothes are gorgeous and the settings make you wish wish you were having such a dream (or reality).
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Summary: Profound!
Review: This movie captures the mind and heart and soul. A must see -- but be prepared to look into the eyes your own deamons, and come away born again. Do not let this one pass you by.
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Summary: Wonderful!!
Review: This movie is so lovely. I saw the DVD box at the video store.. saw Demi on the cover.. and thought I have to see it if Demi is starring in the movie. I was completely surprised. Such a thought provoking story line. I recommend it to all movie lovers. You will not be disapointed.
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Summary: Truly Awful
Review: This one may have been the final nail driven into the coffin of Demi Moore's career. This film is excruciatingly arty and mind numbingly bad. It feels like ( to paraphrase the old 10cc song ), "art for art's sake, take the money and run for God's sake". This movie truly is drivel.
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Summary: Intriguing movie, but could have been better
Review: This when I read the description seemed very much like a movie that I saw several years ago by Kathleen Turner called Julia Julia. However it was not. The basic story is that a young woman is a widow in France with two young daughters and a close neighbor friend. She each night while sleeping lives a dual life in New York as a high powered executive. Besides the obvious time discrepancy (you only sleep about 8 hours and kids that get sick wake you up in the night) it seems unlikely that the logic works to support this. It is a compelling story none-the-less if you want to suspend logic for the hour and 45 minutes. She in both lives meets someone and then tells the significant other of her dream life. This was why she could not sleep overnight with either of her significant others, so she told them why. Of course they become jealous of the "other" man. She sees shrinks in both lives for this duplicity, she seems to be living. The shrink in New York seems aghast that he might be considered a figment of her imagination. Without giving the story line away, it is an interesting movie. I found the views in France to be breathtaking. I would love to visit there. They even made NY city look good. I'm not much of a city person, so this took alot. If you like romanitic movies this one is definitely in that genre. However, it gets confusing towards the end and the director does not wrap things up in a fashion where you can understand quickly what is going on. In fact after musing about the movie for a little while there is still some loose ends hanging in my mind about what different things meant. Demi Moore's character Marty/Marie comes across at some point as a very self absorbed character expecting people to dote on her problems and concerns. It is amazing how little with the exception of the birthday celebration, that she offers to the people around her. Her "friend" in France and her love interests seem quite content to indulge her excentricities and ignore their own needs. Not very realistic, but then this is a movie. It was an interesting movie, no more no less.
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