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- 1990
- PG-13
- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)
- 1 h 59 m
- 1990
- PG-13
- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)
- 1 h 59 m
- 1990
- PG-13
- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)
- 1 h 59 m
- 1990
- PG-13
- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)
- 1 h 59 m
Quigley Down Under
51
8.1
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Top Cast
Metascore
Mixed or Average
Based on 12 Critic Reviews
51
33% Positive
4 Reviews
4 Reviews
33% Mixed
4 Reviews
4 Reviews
33% Negative
4 Reviews
4 Reviews
Metascore
Mixed or Average
Based on 12 Critic Reviews
51
33% Positive
4 Reviews
4 Reviews
33% Mixed
4 Reviews
4 Reviews
33% Negative
4 Reviews
4 Reviews
Aussie director Wincer handles the action convincingly, and Rickman's splendidly snide villain is a real treat.
A film with an intriguing premise and likable performances but not much excitement. [13 Oct 1990, p.F13]
This film falls down in it's attempts to do everything at once, so that a potentially horrific scenario is often played out to comic effect. It doesn't quite work and the film manages to undermine itself.
What's missing in Quigley Down Under is precisely what is missing in its star. Selleck is a skilled light comedian -- he's at his best delivering a wry put-down to a British officer -- and he handles John Hill's bantering dialogue deftly. But for all his burly authority, Selleck lacks dynamism on screen. There's no danger in him, nothing unresolved or mysterious. He's likable, but something of a lug.
There must be dozens of film buffs out there with an unsatisfied hankering for Cinemascope Westerns. It's too bad, then, that Quigley Down Under fits the label, but doesn't deliver the goods.
Vapid, cutesy, knockabout Western.
User Score
Universal Acclaim
Based on 7 User Ratings
8.1
86% Positive
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User Score
Universal Acclaim
Based on 7 User Ratings
8.1
86% Positive
6 Ratings
6 Ratings
14% Mixed
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0% Negative
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Production Company
Pathé Entertainment
Release Date Oct 19, 1990
Duration 1 h 59 m
Rating PG-13
Tagline The West was never this far west...The Emmy Award-winning director of "Lonesome Dove" puts the classic Western back where it was meant to be, on the big screen...in a place it's never been before.
Awards
London Critics Circle Film Awards
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
Motion Picture Sound Editors, USA
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
Political Film Society, USA
• 1 Nomination
