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Quills review
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A good movie

I wanted to check this movie for many years and I’m rather surprised that it took me so long to get my hands on it. Anyway, fortunately, I wasn’t disappointed. Indeed, there was a great cast (Geoffrey Rush, Kate Winslet, Joaquin Phoenix, Michael Caine) and they all delivered some solid performances. Above all, I was once again really impressed by Geoffrey Rush who was just terrific. He is definitely a very good actor and he is really underrated in my opinion. Furthermore, I thought it was a great approach to set the action in an asylum and it was quite impressive that, in spite of this dreary settings, there were still some hilarious scenes. Still, even though I really enjoyed it, it never managed to become truly remarkable though. Indeed, in my opinion, there were too many characters (Madeleine the laundry girl played by Kate Winslet, the Abbe played by Joaquin Phoenix, the doctor played by Michael Caine, his wife, the marquis’ wife,…) and they all had their own sub-plots. Most of those storylines were not really interesting and could have been dropped altogether or, at least, more developed. Furthermore, even though the Marquis was quite fascinating, they definitely toned down his personality to please the mainstream audience. After all, the word ‘sadism’ has been created after him but, in this movie, it is basically just a foul-mouthed writer who wanted to write some rather spicy stories, not much more than that. Even though, it was very often quite funny, personally, I was missing some depravity and some madness, especially considering the settings. Still, it remains a fascinating character, I enjoyed this flick and it is definitely worth a look.

7/10
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Added by johanlefourbe
11 years ago on 27 November 2012 09:30