The Pass has it origin in a stage production by playwrite John Donnelly. While director Ben Williams makes little effort to conceal this origin, I personally did not find it a distraction. At least one prominent queer film critic slams the entire film because the principal character, played by Russell Tovey, is not a hero of modern gay political correctness. The performances are superb. Should not The film be embraced for what it is, rather than shunned for what it is not.