Passion Fish
Passion Fish

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- 73/100 based on 5,915 votes
  • Released: 1992
  • Runtime: 135 mins
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  • Studio: Atchafalaya
  • Genres: Drama

May-Alice Culhane was a successful soap opera star, but a car accident has left her bound to a wheelchair. She returns to her now-empty family home in the bayous of Louisiana which she had eagerly left years before. She drinks heavily and vents her bitterness on the succession of nurses who are hired to take care of her and immediately quit because she is so unbearable. Chantelle is the latest of these nurses, and May-Alice is told that Chantelle is the last nurse she'll get.... (Full plot summary below)

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Actors in Passion Fish:

Mary McDonnell
Alfre Woodard
Vondie Curtis-Hall
David Strathairn
Leo Burmester
Nora Dunn

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May-Alice Culhane was a successful soap opera star, but a car accident has left her bound to a wheelchair. She returns to her now-empty family home in the bayous of Louisiana which she had eagerly left years before. She drinks heavily and vents her bitterness on the succession of nurses who are hired to take care of her and immediately quit because she is so unbearable. Chantelle is the latest of these nurses, and May-Alice is told that Chantelle is the last nurse she'll get. Chantelle for reasons of her own, is also in a position where she badly needs the job to work out. The movie focuses on how these two women become friends and help each other heal emotionally.

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Spirituality and Practice - 10/10 by Frederic and Mary Ann BrussatCompelling film about two women whose spiritual transformation is precipitated by illness.
Hartford Courant - 9/10 by Malcolm JohnsonPassion Fish drifts slowly by, like the turgid waters of Louisiana's bayous. Yet with his novelist's eye and story sense, and two brilliantly paired actresses, John Sayles pulls us ever deeper into the lives of a bitter paraplegic actress and her nurse.
Goatdog's Movies - 8/10 by Michael W. Phillips, Jr.McDonnell makes it work, with the help of Sayles' wonderful script.
EmanuelLevy.Com - 8/10 by Emanuel LevyA tightly-focused narrative about interior struggles and unexpected changes, the film is a cynical anti-Reagan story about monetary success and class distinctions, a political fable about female survivors.
Deseret News (Salt Lake City) - 7/10 by Chris HicksPassion Fish has the benefit of Sayles' smart dialogue, his eye for and attention to minor details and the riveting performances of two fine actresses.
User Review - 10/10 by Cath OOne of my very favourites, as a huge Mary McDonnell fan. Wonderful characterisations, and a real sense of place as May Alice moves back home after being paralysed in a car accident. McDonnell was rightly oscar nominated. "I didn't ask for the anal probe..."
User Review - 10/10 by Bruce WA masterpiece by writer-director John Sayles. Mary McDonnell-Oscar nominated. "You should have won !!!"
User Review - 10/10 by Maryte MMakes me want to be Cajun. Yo David Strathairn, call me.
User Review - 10/10 by Mikael KSometimes when you take two amazing actors and put them together to star in a film, pure magic ensues. This is pretty much the case with âPassion Fish,â? in which magnificent Mary McDonnell plays May-Alice, a soap opera star who is paralyzed in a car accident. After the accident May-Alice returns to her family house in Louisiana where she wallops in her depression and self-loathing. She bullies all the nurses that are sent to tend for her, none of them enduring for long. Finally she is told that she will only be given one more nurse to try it out with. Enter wonderful Alfre Woodard who plays Chantal, a nurse desperate for a job. The two women with formidable willpowers clash instantly, resulting in tense psychological warfare. Held together by their circumstances the relationship between them begins to evolve into a peculiar friendship of sorts, one filled with complications and nuance. John Sayles directs with vision and his script is extremely strong and literally ambitious. He mixes strong, painful drama with witty humor and irony, connecting the story to themes of mortality, discrimination and social inequality. But what truly makes âPassion Fishâ? a masterpiece is the near metaphysical dynamic between its two stars. Iâ(TM)ve always thought that McDonnell and Woodard are both geniuses as actors, and here they take all that talent they have and create something unique. This is acting at its most convincing and emotionally effective. Every gesture and tone of voice is perfect, yet nothing feels artificial or theatrical. Both got nominated for a Golden Globe from their roles and McDonnell received her second Oscar nomination; all most definitely deserved.
User Review - 10/10 by Logan Sa serial actress is paralyzed by a car accident is looked after by her maid. the chemistry between them holds the film. Some great performances by both the actress. A movie must watch

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