Review of The Quick and the Dead (1995) by Michael Wilmington for Chicago Tribune — 07 Sep 2002
Ms. Stone's presence nicely underscores the genre-bending tactics of Sam Raimi, the cult director now doing his best to reinvent the B-movie in a spirit of self-referential glee. Mr. Raimi is limited by a sketch mentality, which means his jokes tend to be over long before his films end.
But his tastes for visual mischief and crazy, ill-advised homage can still make for sly, sporadic fun.
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This review of The Quick and the Dead (1995) was written by Michael Wilmington and published by Chicago Tribune on 07 Sep 2002.
The Quick and the Dead has generally received positive reviews.
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