Li, Shirley (8. november 2021). «Netflix’s 'Passing' Is an Unusually Gentle Movie About a Brutal Subject». The Atlantic (på engelsk). Besøkt 10. november 2021. «Passing looks like a daydream. Set in Manhattan at the height of the Harlem Renaissance, the film is shot in sumptuous black-and-white. The soft focus of the lens distorts the frame’s edges. Hazy imagery—a fluttering curtain here, sunlight peeking through tree branches there—often fills the screen. And the story at the center appears mellow: Two women, Irene (played by Tessa Thompson) and Clare (Ruth Negga), rekindle their friendship after years apart. Once playmates as children, they evolve as adults into each other’s confidants. | The relationship’s ease, though, is illusory.»
