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By Gregory Weinkauf (347) for Dallas Observer (1,128) on 15 Jan 2001

Quills is bound to titillate some, but for most it's likely to summon little more than a few Oscars and appreciative yawns…

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By Jon Popick (633) for Planet Sick-Boy (616) on 20 Dec 2000

A decent period piece livened up by two hours of pretty disturbing material…

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By David Elliott (754) for San Diego Union-Tribune (1,408) on 15 Dec 2000

We get little insight as Rush strips and rants and rots…

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By Stephen Hunter (927) for Washington Post (9,851) on 15 Dec 2000

It argues its case fairly, acknowledging the implicit dangers in its position, and dramatizing the price that inevitably will be paid for its…

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By Erik Childress (902) for eFilmCritic.com (5,125) on 15 Dec 2000

All the major performances in Quills are Oscar-worthy…

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By Todd Anthony (129) for South Florida Sun-Sentinel (746) on 14 Dec 2000

Engages our intellect before our lust. It's tantamount to staging a rock concert with one finger on the mute button…

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By Jeremiah Kipp (262) for Filmcritic.com (3,164) on 08 Dec 2000

There's so much gusto thrown into the performances and attention to period detail that Quills plays out as enjoyably lavish…

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By Bryant Frazer (316) for Bryant Frazer's Deep Focus (294) on 01 Jan 2000

It skewers its manufactured hypocrites decisively but unconvincingly, like fish in a barrel…

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By Ed Scharf (9) for CheckOut.com (22) on 01 Jan 2000

While it may not have delivered a knock out, Quills certainly does pack a solid punch…

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By Rod Armstrong (87) for Reel.com (1,232) on 01 Jan 2000

By portraying in a splendidly visual manner the human need to tell stories and to have stories told, Quills should be considered a success…

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By Michael Rechtshaffen (1,086) for Hollywood Reporter (2,966) on 01 Jan 2000

What begins promisingly ... quickly turns from wicked to insipid, taking a thematic plunge into insanity from which there is no recovery…

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By Laura Clifford (2,742) for Reeling Reviews (4,376) on 01 Jan 2000

A movie about words and ideas that will make you think…

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By Dave White (762) for IFilm (119) on 01 Jan 2000

It's a riveting story, beautiful to look at, well-acted, and it's full of all your favorite perverted sex stuff…

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By Annlee Ellingson (847) for Boxoffice Magazine (2,896) on 01 Jan 2000

Rush relishes his role, delivering screenwriter Doug Wright's unexpectedly funny lines with lascivious glee while still bringing a certain…

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By Frederic And Mary Ann Brussat (3,072) for Spirituality and Practice (3,072) on 01 Jan 2000

Here is the archetypal clash between the establishment forces of morality and the creative spirit of a subversive artist…

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By Dennis Schwartz (5,456) for Ozus' World Movie Reviews (5,456) on 01 Jan 2000

The film failed because it was too dull to be entertaining and it didn't have anything startling to say about a startling subject…

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By James Berardinelli (4,524) for ReelViews (4,523) on 01 Jan 2000

Arguably the most provocative and best historical melodrama of 2000…

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By Harvey S. Karten (2,210) for Compuserve (1,948) on 01 Jan 2000

A potent, arch, humorous and downright fascinating glimpse into a society both terrified and titillated by literary descriptions of raging sexuality…

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By Stephanie Zacharek (2,333) for Salon.com (2,725) on 01 Jan 2000

It's an unapologetic dazzler, which is why it's never overwhelmed by its themes…

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By Jay Carr (837) for Boston Globe (6,852) on 01 Jan 2000

A witty yet fiery and, in the best sense, provocative play of ideas about freedom of expression…

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