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Not to be confused with Passover or Passover (disambiguation).

Pass Over is a 2018 American drama film directed by Spike Lee, and starring Jon Michael Hill, Julian Parker, Ryan Hallahan and Blake DeLong. It is a performance of the play of the same name by Antoinette Nwandu, directed for the stage by Danya Taymor, and filmed by Spike Lee.[3]

Premise

Moses and Kitch, two young black men, chat their way through a long, aimless day on a Chicago street corner. Periodically ducking bullets and managing visits from a genial but ominous stranger and an overtly hostile police officer, Moses and Kitch rely on their poetic, funny, at times profane banter to get them through a day that is a hopeless retread of every other day, even as they continue to dream of their deliverance.

Cast

Production

The film was shot in 2017 at the Steppenwolf Theatre in Chicago.[4] The stage production was directed by Danya Taymor and the film recording of the performance was directed by Spike Lee.

Release

The film premiered at the 2018 Sundance Film Festival.[5] It was then released via Amazon Prime on April 20, 2018.[6]

Reception

The film has a 93% rating on Rotten Tomatoes.[7] Chuck Bowen of Slant Magazine awarded the film two stars out of four.[8] Chris Nashawaty of Entertainment Weekly graded the film a B.[9] Nick Allen of RogerEbert.com awarded the film three and a half stars.[10] Bradley Gibson of Film Threat gave the film an 8 out of 10.[11]

The Hollywood Reporter gave it a positive review, calling it “More powerful than its filmed-play format might suggest.”[12]

References

  1. ^ Jones, Chris (December 5, 2017). “Spike Lee secretly filmed ‘Pass Over’ at Steppenwolf”. Chicago Tribune. Retrieved November 3, 2020.
  2. ^ “Pass Over (2018)- Financial Information”. The Numbers. Retrieved June 17, 2021.
  3. ^ “Pass over movie review & film summary (2018) | Roger Ebert”.
  4. ^ Evangelista, Chris (March 29, 2018). “‘Pass Over’ Trailer: Spike Lee Brings Antoinette Nwandu’s Play to Amazon”. Slash Film. Retrieved October 30, 2020.
  5. ^ Musnicky, Sarah (March 29, 2018). “Spike Lee’s Pass Over Hits Amazon Prime on April 20”. Comingsoon.net. Retrieved October 30, 2020.
  6. ^ Mudano, Mike (March 29, 2018). “Spike Lee’s Pass Over to Stream on Amazon Prime in April”. Paste. Retrieved October 30, 2020.
  7. ^ “Pass Over”. Rotten Tomatoes. Fandango. Retrieved October 10, 2021.
  8. ^ Bowen, Chuck (April 18, 2018). “Review: Pass Over”. Slant Magazine. Retrieved October 30, 2020.
  9. ^ Nashawaty, Chris (April 19, 2018). “Spike Lee tackles a timely play in Pass Over: EW review”. Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved October 30, 2020.
  10. ^ Allen, Nick (April 20, 2018). “Pass Over”. RogerEbert.com. Retrieved October 30, 2020.
  11. ^ Gibson, Bradley (May 23, 2018). “Pass Over”. Film Threat. Retrieved October 30, 2020.
  12. ^ “‘Pass Over’: Film Review; Sundance 2018″. The Hollywood Reporter. January 30, 2018. Retrieved October 30, 2020.