Overview
A nobleman with a literary flair, the Marquis de Sade lives in a madhouse where a beautiful laundry maid smuggles his erotic stories to a printer, defying orders from the asylum's resident priest. The titillating passages whip all of France into a sexual frenzy, until a fiercely conservative doctor tries to put an end to the fun.
How could they have gotten this movie so wrong given the talent in the cast? The movie was just kind of all over the place. At first it (correctly) seemed to be about forbidden pleasures and desires before dropping the sexual appeal in favor of drama (and at times, comedy). The movie just didn’t seem to work once the sexual tension subsided. And for some reason Rush didn’t work – it might be that every time I see him I think of Captain Barbosa as his mannerisms are often the same. So disappointing.
IHATEBadMovies.com reviews Quills
Movie title: Quills
Movie description: A nobleman with a literary flair, the Marquis de Sade lives in a madhouse where a beautiful laundry maid smuggles his erotic stories to a printer, defying orders from the asylum's resident priest. The titillating passages whip all of France into a sexual frenzy, until a fiercely conservative doctor tries to put an end to the fun.
Date published: 2021-08-04
Director(s): Philip Kaufman
Actor(s): Geoffrey Rush, Kate Winslet, Joaquin Phoenix, Michael Caine, Billie Whitelaw, Patrick Malahide, Amelia Warner, Jane Menelaus, Stephen Moyer, Tony Pritchard, Michael Jenn, Danny Babington, George Antoni, Stephen Marcus, Elizabeth Berrington, Edward Tudor-Pole, Harry Jones, Bridget McConnell, Pauline McLynn, Rebecca Palmer, Toby Sawyer, Daniel Ainsleigh, Alex Avery, Terry O'Neill, Diana Morrison, Carol MacReady, Tom Ward, Richard Mulholland, Ron Cook, Julian Tait, Deborah Vale, Tessa Vale, Howard Lew Lewis, Andrew Dunford, Lisa Hammond, Mathew Fraser, Jamie Beddard
Genre: Drama
My Review
How could they have gotten this movie so wrong given the talent in the cast? The movie was just kind of all over the place. At first it (correctly) seemed to be about forbidden pleasures and desires before dropping the sexual appeal in favor of drama (and at times, comedy). The movie just didn’t seem to work once the sexual tension subsided. And for some reason Rush didn’t work – it might be that every time I see him I think of Captain Barbosa as his mannerisms are often the same. So disappointing.
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My Review - 5/10
5/10