Click to read the article
Comment
12/06/05
Sade (2002)
67
%
Tomatometer
How does the Tomatometer work 
Reviews Counted:30
Fresh:20
Rotten:10
Average Rating:6.3/10
Theatrical Release:Apr 26, 2002 Limited
Synopsis: Benoit Jacquot's SADE is a provocative historical drama set during the French Revolution starring Daniel Auteuil as the notorious Marquis de Sade. The film also stars the striking young actress... [More]
Starring: Daniel Auteuil, Marianne Denicourt, Jeanne Balibar, Gregoire Colin
Director: Benoit Jacquot
Get This Movie
Reviews for Sade
Click to read the article
06/24/06
That the film opens with maggots crawling on a dead dog is not an out of place metaphor.
04/26/02
It is intensely personal and yet -- unlike Quills -- deftly shows us the temper of the times.
04/04/01
Dialogue-heavy and too cerebral for its own good -- or, at any rate, too cerebral for its racy subject matter.
04/04/01
No review available.
07/27/08
Lacks dramatic punch and depth.
06/07/02
Top CriticSade is an engaging look at the controversial eponymous and fiercely atheistic hero.
04/30/02
No review available.
08/03/05
Too bland and fustily tasteful to be truly prurient.
04/23/02
Top CriticMore concerned with Sade's ideas than with his actions. The movie achieves as great an impact by keeping these thoughts hidden as... [Quills] did by showing them.
08/14/02
If you're looking for a smart, nuanced look at de Sade and what might have happened at Picpus, Sade is your film.
08/09/02
Rarely has the horror of the Terror been so graphically and effectively evoked.
04/25/02
Featuring a dangerously seductive performance from the great Daniel Auteuil, "Sade" covers the same period as Kaufmann's "Quills" with more unsettlingly realistic results.
08/18/02
Click to read the article
06/06/08
This Sade is hardly a perverse, dangerous libertine and agitator -- which would have made for better drama. He's just a sad aristocrat in tattered finery, and the film seems as deflated as he does.
08/29/02
Top CriticIn Auteil's less dramatic but equally incisive performance, he's a charismatic charmer likely to seduce and conquer.
10/11/02
[A] treacherously seductive and highly disturbing film...
08/08/04
This time out, [Sade] is an unsettlingly familiar figure -- in turns loyal and deceitful, responsible and reckless, idealistically selfless and coldly self-interested.
12/19/02
Sade achieves the near-impossible: It turns the Marquis de Sade into a dullard.
05/03/02
Top CriticRT On Current TV
What’s Hot On RT
Fresh Links
Featured
Best Dozen of the Decade 
Last week, MSN gave us their top 09 films. Now see what their favorites of the decade are!
Top 50 of 2009
Here's a list of the 50 best movies of 2009, according to the good people over at Moviefone.
Santa's Naughty List
Hollywood.com takes a stab at determining who in movies will be on Santa's naughty list in 2009.
Top 10 Movies of 2009
TIME chimes in with their own list of the best films released this year.
Top 20 of the Decade
Click through to see which movies BuzzSugar placed in their Best-of-Decade list!
Promos
Follow RT on Twitter
Get the latest Tomatometer updates on upcoming movies!
RSS Feeds