Passion is a 2012 French-German-British erotic thriller film written and directed by Brian De Palma,[3] starring Rachel McAdams and Noomi Rapace.

[4] It is an English-language remake of Alain Corneau's 2010 thriller film Love Crime,[5] but with the ending greatly altered.

Based on her confessions, the revenge note, and fibers matching a scarf which Isabelle was seen wearing, the police charge her with murder.

Eventually, it is revealed that Isabelle had murdered Christine and set everything up to convince everyone that she was having a nervous breakdown while framing Dirk for the crime.

The website's critical consensus reads, "For better as well as worse, Passion is vintage Brian De Palma sexploitation — although with a storyline sillier than most, it fails to generate as much heat as his steamiest work.

[19] Peter Sobczynski of Roger Ebert.com gave the film a four-star rating, calling it "a spellbinding thriller", and DePalma "one of the great seducers of cinema".

[20] Neil Young of The Hollywood Reporter reviewed the film negatively, commenting that "the impression is that De Palma is indulging himself with homages to his own Hitchcockian greatest hits, with results that veer close to self-parody on occasion and emphasize just how far this once-outstanding director's creative star has plummeted.

[24] Brian Clark of Twitch Film published a mixed review,[25] while Ben Sachs of Chicago Reader wrote a favorable review, noting that De Palma interweaves themes such as corporate power, advertising, sexual desire, sadomasochistic relationships, and longing for love with a musicality comparable to his visual style.

[26] Calum Marsh of Esquire writes: "What makes Passion such a distinctively modern take on the now-antiquated erotic thriller is that it has a keen sense of humor about itself".

[28] As of 26 September 2013, Passion garnered a total of US$1,301,226 in ticket receipts outside of the US, while the cumulative global box office revenue for the film was US$1,393,407.