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55 out of 100

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7.3 out of 10

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  • Starring: Nick Stahl, Vera Farmiga
  • Summary: Isaac Knott is a Public Radio reporter in New York City. When he was eight, his mother and father died in an automobile accident that left him in a wheelchair. On air, Isaac recounts how he recently received an anonymous tip from someone identified only as "Ancient Chinese Girl." She tells him a perfectly able-bodied man walked into an emergency ward downtown, and attempted to bribe a doctor into amputating his leg. As Isaac investigates the eerie tip, he encounters Fiona who, through her own quandary, leads Isaac to a netherworld of people afflicted with a perverse desire to be disabled. Like a contemporary noir detective film, Quid Pro Quo follows Isaac as he embarks on a dream-like journey to pull back the layers of what makes people feel whole. (Magnolia Pictures) … Expand

Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 6 out of 13
  2. Mixed: 6 out of 13
  3. Negative: 1 out of 13
  1. Variety
    Reviewed by: Justin Chang
    80
    A strikingly original and provocative first feature from scribe-helmer Carlos Brooks.
  2. Village Voice
    Reviewed by: Jean Oppenheimer
    50
    Farmiga is captivating, Stahl less so--although a bigger problem is writer/director Carlos Brooks's script, which sets up one story, then shifts gears into something more personal and psychologically specific. That's normally a plus, deepening the viewer's sense of involvement, but the transition here is bumpy and, ultimately, unconvincing.
  3. San Francisco Chronicle
    Reviewed by: Reyhan Harmanci
    25
    Quid Pro Quo, billed as a "neo-noir" about a paraplegic journalist drawn into a shadowy world of disability fetishists, is choked by allegory and pretension. It's an O. Henry tale gone wrong.

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  1. Positive: 2 out of 2
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  3. Negative: 0 out of 2
  1. Abasios
    9
    An excellent independent movie dealing with a difficult subject area - BIID, abasiophilia, disability wannabes and devotees - that few understand. The movie treats the subject matter in a non-sensational way and the acting and drama are superb. This deserves a much wider showing than the artsy cinema circuits in which such movies are usually confined. This movie beats Hollywood fodder hands down and comes over more in the style of the better European movies.… Expand
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  2. JayH.
    6
    Nick Stahl is an amazing actor, I think he will be a well know actor one day. The story is good, well directed and interesting. Beautifully photographed, stylishly done, and very well acted.… Expand
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