Após sofrer acidente, uma atriz fica paralítica e recolhe-se à casa dos pais, na Louisiana, onde pretende deprimir-se e maltratar suas enfermeiras. Uma delas, negra e decidida, resolve opor-... Ler tudoApós sofrer acidente, uma atriz fica paralítica e recolhe-se à casa dos pais, na Louisiana, onde pretende deprimir-se e maltratar suas enfermeiras. Uma delas, negra e decidida, resolve opor-se ao comportamento da patroa.Após sofrer acidente, uma atriz fica paralítica e recolhe-se à casa dos pais, na Louisiana, onde pretende deprimir-se e maltratar suas enfermeiras. Uma delas, negra e decidida, resolve opor-se ao comportamento da patroa.
- Indicado a 2 Oscars
- 2 vitórias e 11 indicações no total
- Max
- (as Will Mahoney)
Avaliações em destaque
Mary McDonnell will never be better-she is brilliant, than in her portrayal of May-Alice Culhane (for which she was Oscar-nominated), the once-on-top Soap Opera star to whom tragedy has taken the use of her legs, and forced a re-evaluation of her life.
Alfre Woodard, as the hired home-care worker/nurse Chantelle provides the perfect complement as both these women find more of themselves through each other, then they might ever have found otherwise. Again, Ms. Woodard has rarely disappointed.
The early montage of health-care applicants is clever and funny. And John Sayles always is able to find brilliance in his supporting cast: notably Vondie Curtis-Hall, Leo Burmester, and David Strathairn, as well as a small role early in the career of Angela Bassett.
Sayles' script was also nominated for an Academy Award.
"Passion Fish" is so detailed that there is a wealth of emotional content for the audience. Watch for Alfre Woodard's excitement when she is reunited with her daughter. Was that tiny squeal in her voice just good acting or did we just witness the manifestation of a mother's spontaneous, overwhelming love that happened to take place in front of a rolling camera? And what about the hilarious monologue a soap-opera actress speaks when she related the worst role she ever played, the victim of alien medical experiments in a low-budget sci-fi picture? It has nothing to do with the plot of "Passion Fish," or does it? Maybe it tells of the indignities we all go through to achieve success, love, self-respect.
Can you tell that I really liked this movie?
What makes "Passion Fish" tick? At a very obvious level there is a remarkable performance by Mary MacDonnell. You need to be a stage actress to have done justice to the demanding role of a paraplegic--perhaps Billie Whitelaw or Anne Bancroft or Joanne Woodward would have fared as well as Mary. Much of Mary's acting is limited to voice modulation and restricted body movements.
Two other performers stand out: Alfre Woodard and David Strathairn. I have watched Strathairn perform in other movies but he is just superb when working for Sayles.
"Passion Fish" like "Limbo" has a strong musical selection. Sayles, like Michael Mann and Peter Weir, has a good ear for music and sound editing. Yet "Limbo" outclasses "Passion Fish" by a mile in this department, thanks mainly to the song sung by lead actress herself.
Finally the film "Passion Fish" survives on a strong screenplay and above average direction. The screenplay is loaded with social comments expressed in a documentary style: comments on a "business manager" who never appears, race relationships, religion ("she took to it after the second child.."), etc. The film expects us to follow the obvious childhood sweethearts-meet-again route but interestingly does not.
This is the stamp of Sayles--a filmmaker who makes a sudden twist towards the end that makes all what preceded look better than it did. He did this in "Limbo" with aplomb, but "Passion fish" seems to anticipate the more accomplished storytelling of "Limbo"--the dark swamp metaphor of "Passion Fish" seems to be heralding the cloudy sky of "Limbo". One thing is certain--Sayles is an important screenplay writer comparable to David Mamet and Terrence Malick. As a director one could argue that his work is not new in style ("Limbo" harks back to "The Oxbow Incident") yet he cannot be dismissed--his work stands out amongst contemporary American movies, especially independent cinema.
Você sabia?
- CuriosidadesJohn Sayles has described this film as a probe of "what people do when they think they're on one life path and then it gets blown in another direction".
- Erros de gravaçãoRennie's bass turned into a catfish when he opened it up for the passion fish.
- Citações
May-Alice Culhane: I can't have sex I can feel... unless I really get into blowjobs.
[Looks at Chantelle]
May-Alice Culhane: Sorry. You're probably some big Christian and I just put my foot in my mouth.
Chantelle: It's none of my business what you put in your mouth, Ms. Culhane.
- Trilhas sonorasAttack Of The Mutant Guitars
Written and Performed by Duke Levine
Loud, Loud Music Publishing/BMI
Daring Records, used by permission
Principais escolhas
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Detalhes
Bilheteria
- Orçamento
- US$ 3.330.000 (estimativa)
- Faturamento bruto nos EUA e Canadá
- US$ 4.814.619
- Fim de semana de estreia nos EUA e Canadá
- US$ 14.385
- 13 de dez. de 1992
- Faturamento bruto mundial
- US$ 4.814.619
- Tempo de duração
- 2 h 15 min(135 min)
- Cor
- Proporção
- 1.85 : 1