2008
R
Magnolia Pictures
1 h 22 m

2008
R
Magnolia Pictures
1 h 22 m

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 e...

Directed By: Carlos Brooks

Written By: Carlos Brooks

2008
R
Magnolia Pictures
1 h 22 m

2008
R
Magnolia Pictures
1 h 22 m

Quid Pro Quo

Name: Quid Pro Quo
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Released: 2008-06-13
Duration: 1 min 22 s
Rating: 55
Cast: Nick Stahl, Vera Farmiga, Leonardo Nam, Rachel Black, Jessica Hecht

Metascore Mixed or Average Based on 13 Critic Reviews

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Directed By: Carlos Brooks

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Variety

A strikingly original and provocative first feature from scribe-helmer Carlos Brooks.

By Justin Chang FULL REVIEW

New York Post

This warped masochistic cousin to David Cronenberg's "Crash" - not to be confused with the Oscar winner of the same name - is well worth seeing for Farmiga's stunning performance.

By Lou Lumenick FULL REVIEW

Los Angeles Times

Stahl and Farmiga give layered, restrained performances that keep what might have been a schlock fest with an improbable twist ending from devolving into trashiness. Instead, Brooks and his actors manage to render an involving and thoughtful story from some pretty dubious material.

By Carina Chocano FULL REVIEW

The New York Times

After spinning out metaphors of paralysis and eroticism in its characters' feverish imaginations, Quid Pro Quo decides at the last minute that it has to explain everything. The moment it pulls away from the fantastic, it lands with a thud.

By Stephen Holden FULL REVIEW

The A.V. Club

Stahl quietly plays the straight man, giving the usually skillful Farmiga plenty of room to overact with abandon; she plays her character as one part Rosanna Arquette in David Cronenberg's "Crash" to two parts Natalie Portman's magical life-saving pixie in "Garden State."

By Keith Phipps FULL REVIEW

Christian Science Monitor

If you were a fan of David Cronenberg's "Crash," based on J.G. Ballard's book about people who get sexually excited by auto accidents, you might just be the target audience for Quid Pro Quo, a perverse psychological drama.

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San Francisco Chronicle

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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Production Company HDNet Films, Sanford/Pillsbury Productions

Release Date Jun 13, 2008

Duration 1 h 22 m

Rating R

Genres

Tagline A strange new American dream.

Website http://www.quidproquofilm.com/

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Top Cast

Nick Stahl

Isaac Knott

Vera Farmiga

Fiona Ankany

Leonardo Nam

Engineer

Rachel Black

Janice Musslewhite

Jessica Hecht

Edie

Jacob Pitts

Hugh

Ashlie Atkinson

Candy

Jamie McShane

Man on Sidewalk

Pablo Schreiber

Brooster

Jeane Fournier

Charlene Coke

Carmela Marner

A Female Wannabe

Phil LaMarr

Wannabe Group Leader

Matthew Carey

A Male Wannabe

Ben Siegler

Man with Trachea Tube

Michal Sinnott

Isaac's Mom

Joshua Leonard

Isaac's Dad

For Chan

Asian Restaurant Owner

James Frain

Father Dave

Aimee Mullins

Raine

Dylan Bruno

Scott

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