Passion 2012

     Christine is beautiful but very using and manipulative as the boss of an advertising agency.  She doesn’t think twice about taking the credit for a winning ad campaign originated by her assistant.  Christine is planning to move back to the New York office but an upstage by Isabelle as a pay-back changes this plan and Isabelle is going to New York instead.  Christine puts Isabelle on the spot and shows some embarrassing film clips at an office party.

      I didn’t care for this film, it tries to be so slick and polished but I feel it wasted the talents of McAdams and Rapace.  The plot is weak and it’s easy to forget everything that happened.  It is supposed to generate surprise with twists but I was not interested enough to be surprised.  2 ½* (This movie is so-so)

102 min, Crime directed by Brian De Palma with Rachel McAdams, Noomi Rapace, Karoline Herfurth, Paul Anderson, Dominic Raacke, Rainer Bock, Benjamin Sadler, Michael Rotschopf.

Note:  Imdb 5.3 of 10, 35% critic 25% audience on Rotten Tomatoes, Roger Ebert 4*.