Review of Quiz Show (1994) by David B — 12 Aug 2015
A surprisingly deep and thoughtful film given that it sticks quite close to the narrative of game show fraud. It manages to dredge up class differences, character drama, and the moral obligations of "reality TV". Honestly, this would have worked much better as a HBO movie. It feels a bit like a procedural much of the time, but that works to its advantage as we feel like we're witnesses to real events. Which of course we are, for a given nature of "real". Woah, that just got meta!
Fun fact: the main guy lives only a few miles away from our summer home and teaches just down the road from us. I've probably run into him before.
This review of Quiz Show (1994) was written by David B on 12 Aug 2015.
Quiz Show has generally received very positive reviews.
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