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  • 2000
  • R
  • Fox Searchlight Pictures
  • 2 h 4 m
  • 2000
  • R
  • Fox Searchlight Pictures
  • 2 h 4 m

Summary Quills boldly enters the debate surrounding the Marquis De Sade by imagining his final days as a blistering black comedy thriller, a battle between lust and love - and between the brutality of censorship and the unpredictable consequences of free expression. (Fox Searchlight)

Directed By: Philip Kaufman

Written By: Doug Wright

  • 2000
  • R
  • Fox Searchlight Pictures
  • 2 h 4 m
  • 2000
  • R
  • Fox Searchlight Pictures
  • 2 h 4 m

Quills

Metascore Generally Favorable Based on 31 Critic Reviews
70
User Score Generally Favorable Based on 34 User Ratings
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Summary Quills boldly enters the debate surrounding the Marquis De Sade by imagining his final days as a blistering black comedy thriller, a battle between lust and love - and between the brutality of censorship and the unpredictable consequences of free expression. (Fox Searchlight)

Directed By: Philip Kaufman

Written By: Doug Wright

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Metascore
Generally Favorable Based on 31 Critic Reviews
70
77% Positive
24 Reviews
13% Mixed
4 Reviews
10% Negative
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Metascore
Generally Favorable Based on 31 Critic Reviews
70
77% Positive
24 Reviews
13% Mixed
4 Reviews
10% Negative
3 Reviews

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100
Kaufman's startling Quills gives us an anatomy of fear, images both silken swift and molten hot, scenes that disrupt and inflame the imagination.
By Michael Wilmington FULL REVIEW
88
Finds a tone that remains more entertaining than depressing, more absorbing than alarming.
By Roger Ebert FULL REVIEW

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User Score
Generally Favorable Based on 34 User Ratings
7.2
76% Positive
26 Ratings
21% Mixed
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3% Negative
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Generally Favorable Based on 34 User Ratings
7.2
76% Positive
26 Ratings
21% Mixed
7 Ratings
3% Negative
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What the film does have is coruscating anger, impish wit, and a breathtaking style.
By David Edelstein FULL REVIEW
75
The things you can look forward to, however, are the humor, intellectual musing, emotional tumult, superb acting and challenging adult questions.
By Jack Mathews FULL REVIEW
70
Rush is too sinfully good for the drama he's in.
By Desson Thomson FULL REVIEW
60
Censorship, madness, social rebellion and the power of art.
By Maitland McDonagh FULL REVIEW
20
Soon becomes a sadistic experience in its own right. Experiencing this pretentious wallow -- overwritten, under-thought and overdone -- is a very sophisticated form of torture.
By Kenneth Turan FULL REVIEW
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Production Company Fox Searchlight Pictures, Industry Entertainment, Walrus & Associates, Hollywood Partners, Charenton Productions
Release Date Nov 22, 2000
Duration 2 h 4 m
Rating R
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Tagline There are no bad words... only bad deeds.
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Awards

Academy Awards, USA
• 3 Nominations
Golden Globes, USA
• 2 Nominations
Phoenix Film Critics Society Awards
• 2 Wins & 8 Nominations

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