Winter Passing

Imperfect, yes, but Winter Passing managed to involve me and charm me without overstaying its welcome. A young woman barely in control of her life returns home to her estranged father only to find that he is in even less... Full review

"Winter Passing" is a lot of things besides being a very good movie. I don't want to miss the chance to say that it could have been a lot better, but it is what it is and what it is,... Full review

One of the challenges Winter Passing faces is getting the audience to empathize with characters enough to ride the film's emotional ups-and-downs. Director Adam Rapp took a risk by placing so many of the events which define each character outside... Full review

Though the cover for the DVD of WINTER PASSING (a photo of the four main characters crowded into a box) may make many potential viewers pass over this little film, thinking that it must be silly slapstick, this is a... Full review

Winter Passing is remarkable for several reasons. The performances of Zooey Deschanel and Ed Harris are resonant and moving. The look and the music of the film are quite lovely and evoke a hurt, longing that works well with the... Full review

What a nice film! The premise is simple: Actress Reese Holden (played by Zooey Deschanel) is offered a lot of money if she can get hold of letters written to and by her late mother and father, novelist Don Holdin... Full review

Greetings again from the darkness. When writers attempt to tackle too many themes in one story, usually none are complete. Writer and Director Adam Rapp (brother Anthony is of "Rent" fame and has a brief cameo in this one) is... Full review

This would have made a great short film, and I don't mean that as an insult.The idea of the plot is an interesting one, but didn't seem to hold my attention for the whole film, although the festival audience didn't... Full review

Zooey Deschanel is quite easily the most interesting thing about this movie. It is slowly paced. It is an examination of one woman's journey through an emotional roadblock. There are many aspects of this film that are out of place... Full review

Winter Passing is a world premier at the festival and the first feature film from playwright and author Adam Rapp, who wrote the screenplay and directed. The film follows Reese, a young actress played by Zooey Deschanel, who returns home... Full review

Aside from wanting to have a stiff one myself after seeing Winter Passing, I never gave a hoot about Don Holden. Will Ferrell is given a more dramatic role than we are used to but attempts to inject humor into Corbitt make the performance wishy-washy. ... Full Review

The stilted yet humorous awkwardness of this scene continues throughout Passing, but its relentlessly downbeat mood robs the film of the ability to deliver much punch. While Deschanel's acting is convincing, Harris's shtick has grown wearying. ... Full Review

If Winter Passing had actually been brave enough to focus on people with nothing to say, ironically, it would have been far more interesting. Still, Winter Passing sometimes captures a nice, lazy wintertime feel, in which the cold slows everything down. ... Full Review

Winter Passing" is a sad story told in a cold season about lonely people. It is sure to disappoint those attracted by the promise of a Will Ferrell comedy -- disappoint, puzzle, maybe enrage. ... Full Review

But as film, Winter Passing is a cold, hard work inhabited by tortured or incidental characters who embody an interior journey that is neither entertaining nor cathartic. WINTER PASSING Rated:R For movie details, please click here . ... Full Review

If you dont count Ed Harris previous directing debut in Pollock in 2000 (in which he directed mostly himself) this is Mr. Harris directing debut. ... Full Article

A full-bore and extra-melancholy indie flick the likes of which you'll find dozens at Sundance, Adam Rapp's Winter Passing covers a lot of the "alienated and angst-laden artist" material that we've seen in other (and generally better) movies, but this... ... Full Article

Heaven knows that movies today could use the help of playwrights and novelists who think in character terms. The average screenplays shouts for substance. "Winter Passing" writer-director Adam Rapp would seem to have the right credentials. His film recalls others ... Full Article

here are many things a protagonist can do to elicit audience empathy, but drowning a kitten by stuffing it in a duffle bag and tossing it into the Hudson Rivereven if the cat was sick with feline leukemia, thereby making... ... Full Article

Winter Passing , the filmmaking debut of off-Broadway playwright Adam Rapp , is a long slog through overly familiar dramatic terrain, i.e., the angst-ridden family dramaor in this case, "dramedy." ... Full Article