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06/06/08
Sade (2002)
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Reviews Counted:12
Fresh:6
Rotten:6
Average Rating:6/10
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
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Reviews for Sade
1 - 13 (sorted by date)
Top CriticSade is Quills without the hyperbole and melodrama.
03/06/03
Top CriticIt's a rosy coming-of-age romp that refuses to see the horror even in the severed heads from the guillotine.
08/30/02
Top CriticThis 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 CriticIf 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
Top CriticLacks dramatic punch and depth.
06/07/02
Top CriticThere has always been something likable about the Marquis de Sade.
06/07/02
Top CriticThe movie is as far as you can get from racy, to the point where it almost stops the blood flow to your brain; it has a dull, costumey feel.
05/03/02
Top CriticSade achieves the near-impossible: It turns the Marquis de Sade into a dullard.
05/03/02
Top CriticIn its quiet, literate way, the film is almost as subversive as its central character.
04/26/02
Top CriticDirector of photography Benoit Delhomme shot the movie in delicious colors, and the costumes and sets are grand.
04/26/02
Top CriticToo bland and fustily tasteful to be truly prurient.
04/23/02
Top CriticDespite Auteuil's performance, it's a rather listless amble down the middle of the road, where the thematic ironies are too obvious and the sexual politics too smug.
03/22/02
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