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Quintet (1979)

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Perhaps the least seen but most talked about film of Robert Altman's career, Quintet is a somber science fiction tale that takes place after a nuclear holocaust has thrown the world into another Ice Age. A man named Essex (Paul Newman) and his pregnant wife Vivia (Brigitte Fossey) are wandering the desolate, frozen landscape and attempting to find Essex's brother, Francha (Tom Hill). They finally locate him in a frozen city, occupied by a number of apocalyptic survivors who who pass their time

Apr 25, 2006

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All great directors must be arrogant to the extent that they will follow their dreams through to the bitter, sometimes banal end. This time Mr. Altman's faith in himself has led him over the brink.

May 9, 2005 Full Review Source: New York Times | Comment
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The narrative is convoluted, the characters thin, and the pace appropriately glacial; burdened with opaque metaphysical dialogue and bizarre, medieval-looking costumes.

December 16, 2001 Full Review Source: Chicago Reader | Comment
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The pace of Quintet is as glacial as its setting. A career nadir for Paul Newman.

November 24, 2006 Comment
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A baffling film whose ultimately hollow idiosyncrasies speak to Altman's self-destructive streak more than they constitute an applicable allegory

April 27, 2006 Full Review Source: Film Freak Central | Comment
Film Freak Central

a painful attempt at depth that comes across as nothing more than utter pretentiousness

April 19, 2006 Full Review Source: Filmcritic.com | Comment
Filmcritic.com

Slow, confusing, and for Altman fans only.

January 3, 2005 Comment
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It's hard for me to call Robert Altman's "Quintet" an out right terrible film because everything we see on screen seems entirely deliberate. From the slow pace, to the detailed production design, to the multiracial casting, to the etherial score, to the philosophical musings- "Quintet" seems extremely self assured.

May 17, 2011
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This had to be one of the most boring Sci-Fi movies ever - and it had Paul Newman in it.

July 25, 2011
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