Quills
User Score
7.4 out of 10

Generally favorable reviews- based on 24 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 21 out of 24
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 24
  3. Negative: 2 out of 24

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  1. JuliaC.
    Apr 14, 2002
    0
    This movie was absolutely boring and at times tasteless, in a visual and intellectual sense.
  2. SMarjones
    Jan 15, 2007
    4
    *yawn* Thinks it's more important than it is. Why does every
  3. TedB.
    Aug 27, 2001
    3
    One point each for Rush, Phoenix, and Winslet. Aside from that, a complete zero of a film. Not witty, not sexy, not entertaining.

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Metascore
70 out of 100

Generally favorable reviews - based on 31 Critics

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 24 out of 31
  2. Mixed: 4 out of 31
  3. Negative: 3 out of 31
  1. Rolling Stone
    Reviewed by: Peter Travers
    90
    A savage comedy of sexual extremes; the barbed laughs draw blood.
  2. The New York Times
    Reviewed by: A.O. Scott
    80
    Occasionally becomes pretentious and shrill -- sometimes Mr. Wright isn't aware that his material is so good that he doesn't need to comment on his characters.
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  3. Washington Post
    Reviewed by: Stephen Hunter
    90
    Profane, sacrilegious, pornographic, sadistic and Sade-istic, titillating and the most honorable movie of the year.
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