Robert Redford's exceptionally handsome and provocative Quiz Show manages a trick that few films even dare try -- to take a hard look at personal and public moral issues and still provide dazzling entertainment.
Redford blows the dust off a 35-year-old scandal about rigged TV quiz shows and makes it snap with up-to-the-minute relevance.
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Chicago Sun-TimesRoger Ebert
Chicago Sun-TimesRoger Ebert
Robert Redford has directed Quiz Show as entertainment, history, and challenge.
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ReelViewsJames Berardinelli
ReelViewsJames Berardinelli
One of the reasons that Quiz Show is so extraordinary is because it spins a story as compelling on the personal level as on the national one.
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The Globe and Mail (Toronto)Rick Groen
The Globe and Mail (Toronto)Rick Groen
One of those rare films that manages to be both terrifically entertaining and consistently thoughtful, it turns an apparently tame deception into a very rich metaphor.
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Washington Post
Washington Post
As taut, sleek and guiltily comfortable as the classic Chrysler automobile we see at the beginning, Quiz Show is built for entertaining road performance.
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Chicago ReaderJonathan Rosenbaum
Chicago ReaderJonathan Rosenbaum
Robert Redford's best and richest directorial effort.
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TV Guide Magazine
TV Guide Magazine
It's a blessedly old-fashioned, well-made and well-acted narrative.