Quills Critic Reviews
Metascore®:
Based upon 12 Critic ReviewsHighest Rated
- |
- Publications (A-Z)
- |
- Critics (A-Z)
- |
- Favorite Critics
A savage comedy of sexual extremes; the barbed laughs draw blood.Read the full review
Profane, sacrilegious, pornographic, sadistic and Sade-istic, titillating and the most honorable movie of the year.Read the full review
A witty yet fiery and, in the best sense, provocative play of ideas about freedom of expression.Read the full review
Uniformly robust acting puts still more feathers in the caps of Rush, Winslet and Caine.Read the full review
Finds a tone that remains more entertaining than depressing, more absorbing than alarming.Read the full review
Occasionally becomes pretentious and shrill -- sometimes Mr. Wright isn't aware that his material is so good that he doesn't need to comment on his characters.Read the full review
What the film does have is coruscating anger, impish wit, and a breathtaking style.Read the full review
Rush is amazing throughout this absorbing, provocative film.Read the full review
Lacks an edge of danger or excitement that might have brought the subject alive in more than a cerebral way.Read the full review
Rush is too sinfully good for the drama he's in.Read the full review