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Quills (2000)
Rate:
3
Viewed:
9/03, 6/08
6/08:
Quills doesn't work for me.
The performances are okay; I've got nothing bad to say about anyone. The cinematography is fair. Although the screenplay is
fitting enough to match the period, the biggest problem is the deathly slow pace. Therefore, the movie is so boring that it
shouldn't have been two hours long.
As Marquis de Sade, Geoffrey Rush doesn't give me much of a reason to care about him although I'm familiar with his notoriety
and where the word "sadism" derives from. The content as seen in the film comes off as tame compared to the graphic novels he
authored.
All in all, Quills does Marquis de Sade injustice by holding back what he was really about.