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- 70Washington PostWashington PostDespite its flaws, Quicksilver coasts by entertainingly, with some ingenious twists on the standard car chase, and even creates a new dance variation. [14 Feb 1986, p.25]
- 50Chicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertChicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertThe story is so interesting, and Bacon and the other actors are so capable, that if this movie had been two hours out of their lives, I would have found it compelling. What we get, though, is 35 minutes of their lives and a lot of recycled visual cliches.
- 50Los Angeles TimesMichael WilmingtonLos Angeles TimesMichael WilmingtonThe movie is like the bikers; it's best and freest when it's just racing ahead. Whenever it stops, you ask too many questions.
- As long as the characters are doing stunts or whizzing impossibly through city traffic to a strong rock beat, there's something to watch. For the rest of the time, Quicksilver is as much fun as a slow leak.
- 50Chicago TribuneGene SiskelChicago TribuneGene SiskelThey might make a nice couple in a movie about them. But Quicksilver, a product of the music video influence, has been edited at such a rapid pace that there`s more time given over to bicycle racing and car chases than to love.
- 40Washington PostPaul AttanasioWashington PostPaul AttanasioAccording to the press kit, "Producer Daniel Melnick's personal stamp on films has always been to avoid the obvious, the cliche'." Uh, Dan . . . you lost your stamp.
- 38Miami HeraldMiami HeraldAll its freewheeling makes for a really "moving" movie, one in which the big chase scene involves, predictably, a car and a bike. But there's not much else to it. [21 Feb 1986, p.6]
- 25TV Guide MagazineTV Guide MagazineQUICKSILVER isn't a movie. It's actually a series of rock videos occasionally interrupted by a slight dalliance with story progression. The premise is wholly fabricated, the style is pure MTV, and the characters are all pressed from Hollywood cliche cutters.