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Quills (2000) Rank 4 Reviews

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Movie critics combined give Quills (2000) a score of 2.8232 out of 4
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Quills (2000) scores a combined 4.00 out of 4 stars for Chicago Tribune (Michael Wilmington)Chicago Tribune (Michael Wilmington)
Kaufman's startling Quills gives us an anatomy of fear, images both silken swift and molten hot, scenes that disrupt and inflame the imagination. ...read the complete Quills movie review at Chicago Tribune (Michael Wilmington)
Quills (2000) scores a combined 4.00 out of 4 stars for eFilmCritic.com (Erik Childress)eFilmCritic.com (Erik Childress)
All the major performances in Quills are Oscar-worthy. ...read the complete Quills movie review at eFilmCritic.com (Erik Childress)
Quills (2000) scores a combined 4.00 out of 4 stars for hybridmagazine.com hybridmagazine.com
Deliciously witty and delectably erotic, QUILLS delves into the sordid life of provocative writer Marquis de Sade (the man we can thank for the word "sadism").With heavy breathing over the opening credits, this historical fiction playfully romps through ...read the complete Quills movie review at hybridmagazine.com
Quills (2000) scores a combined 4.00 out of 4 stars for watchingmovies.com (Rob McKinnon)watchingmovies.com (Rob McKinnon)
This is an intelligent film and an absolutely not-to-be-missed cinema experience. ...read the complete Quills movie review at watchingmovies.com (Rob McKinnon)
Quills (2000) scores a combined 4.00 out of 4 stars for Q Network Film Desk (James Kendrick)Q Network Film Desk (James Kendrick)
the film's anti-censorship themes come through strongly without being plainly didactic ...read the complete Quills movie review at Q Network Film Desk (James Kendrick)
Quills (2000) scores a combined 3.60 out of 4 stars for Salon.com (Stephanie Zacharek)Salon.com (Stephanie Zacharek)
It's an unapologetic dazzler, which is why it's never overwhelmed by its themes. ...read the complete Quills movie review at Salon.com (Stephanie Zacharek)
Quills (2000) scores a combined 3.60 out of 4 stars for culturevulture.net (Tom Block)culturevulture.net (Tom Block)
Quills (2000) scores a combined 3.60 out of 4 stars for Washington Post (Stephen Hunter)Washington Post (Stephen Hunter)
Profane, sacrilegious, pornographic, sadistic and Sade-istic, titillating and the most honorable movie of the year. ...read the complete Quills movie review at Washington Post (Stephen Hunter)
Quills (2000) scores a combined 3.52 out of 4 stars for USA Today (Mike Clark)USA Today (Mike Clark)
Uniformly robust acting puts still more feathers in the caps of Rush, Winslet and Caine. ...read the complete Quills movie review at USA Today (Mike Clark)
Quills (2000) scores a combined 3.52 out of 4 stars for Chicago Sun-Times (Roger Ebert)Chicago Sun-Times (Roger Ebert)
Finds a tone that remains more entertaining than depressing, more absorbing than alarming. ...read the complete Quills movie review at Chicago Sun-Times (Roger Ebert)
Quills (2000) scores a combined 3.52 out of 4 stars for Boston Globe (Jay Carr)Boston Globe (Jay Carr)
A witty yet fiery and, in the best sense, provocative play of ideas about freedom of expression. ...read the complete Quills movie review at Boston Globe (Jay Carr)
Quills (2000) scores a combined 3.52 out of 4 stars for Miami Herald (Rene Rodriguez)Miami Herald (Rene Rodriguez)
This playful, immensely entertaining movie knows that art is in the eye of the beholder. ...read the complete Quills movie review at Miami Herald (Rene Rodriguez)
Quills (2000) scores a combined 3.50 out of 4 stars for ReelViews (James Berardinelli)ReelViews (James Berardinelli)
Two assumptions can readily be made about any motion picture centered around the Marquis de Sade. The first is that the material will be of a sexual nature. The second is that the movie will not be a lighthearted romp. Both of these presumptions are true ...read the complete Quills movie review at ReelViews (James Berardinelli)
Quills (2000) scores a combined 3.50 out of 4 stars for Chicago Sun-Times (Roger Ebert)Chicago Sun-Times (Roger Ebert)
Some are born evil, others choose evil, and some have evil thrust upon them. We are most inclined to forgive the members of the first category. The Marquis de Sade, for example, was hard-wired from birth as one of the most villainous of God's creatures. A ...read the complete Quills movie review at Chicago Sun-Times (Roger Ebert)
 
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