Both dramatically and historically important with fine turns by Fiennes and Turturro, directed by Redford.
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03/23/08
Quiz Show (1994)
96 %
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Reviews Counted: 50
Fresh: 48
Rotten:2
Average Rating: 8/10
Consensus: Robert Redford refracts the sociopolitical and moral issues posed by the subject material through a purely entertaining, well-acted lens.
Runtime: 2 hrs 13 mins
Genre: Dramas
Synopsis: Based on the book by Richard N. Goodwin, this Robert Redford film tells the true story behind the great quiz show scandal of 1959. As television becomes more popular throughout the 1950s, quiz shows follow suit, attracting compulsive... [More]
Starring: Ralph Fiennes, John Turturro, Rob Morrow, David Paymer
Director: Robert Redford
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Reviews for Quiz Show
This is an outstanding drama that provides an excellent opportunity for examining the way that people make moral choices.
11/17/07
Acutely observed, beautifully performed, lovingly directed media morality tale that resonates far beyond its 1950s setting.
11/08/07
It's a blessedly old-fashioned, well-made and well-acted narrative...
11/08/07
Top Critic Redford's best film to date is a poignant examination of pop culture, TV, greed, and race relations in American society of the 1950s, with perfect casting of John Turturro, Ralph Fiennes, and particularly Paul Scofield.
07/27/07
Redford turns a dry subject into high art, matching the achievements of his other directing efforts in Ordinary People and A River Runs Through It.
07/03/07
Top Critic Perfectly pitched, the film brims with insight and wit. Highly recommended.
02/09/06
...Redford manages to build quite a snowball of drama in all of this, full of heroes and antiheroes...
01/19/06
Gripping, compelling, absorbing ... yeah, all those adjectives and more, This is a great movie.
04/03/05
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