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Quid Pro Quo (2008)

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Movie Info


Genre

Thriller, Drama

Release Date

June 13, 2008 (Limited)

MPAA Rating

R

Duration

82 min.

Studio

Magnolia Pictures

Official Site

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REVIEWS RATE:  Critics  Nothing's perfect, but it's worth seeing.    Readers  4 of 5 [Rate It]

Cast and Crew


Director

Carlos Brooks

Producer

Sarah Pillsbury, Midge Sanford

Screenwriter

Carlos Brooks

Starring

  • Nick Stahl as Isaac
  • Vera Farmiga
  • Aimee Mullins
  • Ashlie Atkinson
  • Dylan Bruno
  • Kate Burton
  • Phil LaMarr
  • James Frain

Movie Story


Isaac Knott (Nick Stahl) is a Public Radio reporter in New York City. When he was eight, his mother and father died in an automobile accident that left him in a wheelchair.

On air, Isaac recounts how he recently received an anonymous tip from someone identified only as "Ancient Chinese Girl." She tells him a perfectly able-bodied man walked into an emergency ward downtown, and attempted to bribe a doctor into amputating his leg.

As Isaac investigates the eerie tip, he encounters Fiona (Vera Farmiga) who, through her own quandary, leads Isaac to a netherworld of people afflicted with a perverse desire to be disabled. Like a contemporary noir detective film, "Quid Pro Quo" follows Issac as he embarks on a dream-like journey to pull back the layers of what makes people feel whole.

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Very good movie

posted by Ann on Jul 09, 2008
 
 

MOVIE REVIEWS BY CRITICS

“..Gorgeously shot..”
by Carina Chocano [LA Times]
“..a pitch-black comedy..”
by Lou Lumenick [New York Post]
“..small, intensely acted film..”
by Stephen Holden [NY Times]