The film is lightest on its feet when it shakes off the Red Shoe Diaries foreboding for moments of sly irony
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06/13/08
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Quid Pro Quo (2008)
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Reviews Counted:33
Fresh:20
Rotten:13
Average Rating:5.9/10
Consensus: Despite a stunning performance by Vera Farmiga, Quid Pro Quo never develops its effective parts into a convincing whole.
Theatrical Release:Jun 13, 2008 Limited
Synopsis: Quid Pro Quo is a dark, puzzling tale of strangers who crash into one another's lives and transform them forever. Isaac, a paraplegic, is a popular New York City public-radio reporter who is... [More]
Starring: Nick Stahl, Vera Farmiga, Aimee Mullins, Leonardo Nam
Director: Carlos Brooks
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Reviews for Quid Pro Quo
Strikingly original and spectacularly twisted, Quid Pro Quo is a gem. Two outstanding performances from Nick Stahl and Vera Farmiga provide riveting viewing
10/18/08
The movie exerts a certain appeal without ever being convincing.
06/13/08
Top CriticQuid Pro Quo is a respectable feature-film debut for Mr. Brooks, and it remains reasonably thought-provoking without ever becoming emotionally absorbing.
06/11/08
Top CriticVery deftly made, with some lovely cinematography and two quirky, engaging lead performances, it's a satisfying debut.
06/20/08
This odd little fugue of a movie would be implausible, even laughable, if it weren't also marvelously played, visually composed and plotted with the utmost cunning.
06/13/08
It frustratingly refuses to go bonkers, but the film is a compelling sit, brought to life by two very crafty, pointed performances.
06/12/08
I wanted Quid Pro Quo to develop into something at every turn, but it just never gels. It's a great 20-page short story that can't sustain 82 minutes of life on the big screen.
06/13/08
Brooks has no idea how to pace his irritatingly giddy script, and the film feels overlong at 82 minutes.
06/13/08
has the best "middle" I've seen in a long time
08/13/08
Although not a perfect film, "Quid Pro Quo" is a highly crafted cinematic achievement that taps into its characters' subconscious with surgical precision and elegant assurance.
05/08/08
The first half of Quid Pro Quo is among the most jaw-dropping things I’ve ever seen: Who knew there was a closeted subculture of people pretending to be paraplegics?
06/09/08
Top CriticIf you needed to find something -- anything -- redeeming about Carlos Brooks’s ridiculous romantic thriller, you can at least credit it for not sticking to the paths most traveled.
06/11/08
While a good director can spin a worthy movie from any subject, first-timer Carlos Brooks does surprisingly little with the jaw-dropper of a topic he chose.
06/13/08
Farmiga is captivating, Stahl less so -- although a bigger problem is writer/director Carlos Brooks's script, which sets up one story, then shifts gears into something more personal and psychologically specific.
06/11/08
By far the movie's strong suit is Farmiga, who gives an astonishingly layered performance,
07/02/08
An exceedingly odd meeting of the minds (and bodies) occurs in Quid Pro Quo, a strikingly original and provocative first feature from scribe-helmer Carlos Brooks.
01/23/08
An outsider adventure strictly for the very open-minded, presenting the numbness of paralysis, ironically, as a potential source of paroxysms of pleasure.
06/19/08
[Director] Brooks plunges into the thick of a largely unfamiliar subculture in Quid Pro Quo, but the journey involves a series of well-telegraphed twists and turns.
06/12/08
Brooks tiptoes into territory Luis Bunuel would have frolicked in, but he does so without the master surrealist's desire to outrage and confound his viewers.
06/13/08
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August 11, 2008:
Not exactly Bunuel's differently abled erotica classic Tristana, it raises mystifying questions about disability as a state of mind. And whether or not the final clues to this mind over matter mystery reside in sex, shoes or tulips, hypochondriacs beware. 
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June 19, 2008:
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June 16, 2008:
Not exactly Bunuel's differently abled erotica classic Tristana, it raises mystifying questions about disability as a state of mind. And whether or not the final clues to this mind over matter mystery reside in sex, shoes or tulips, hypochondriacs beware.
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