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      Quiz Show

      PG-13 Released Sep 14, 1994 2 hr. 10 min. Drama List
      97% 117 Reviews Tomatometer 87% 25,000+ Ratings Audience Score Queens-born Herbie Stempel (John Turturro) becomes an unlikely hero after winning on America's beloved game show, "Twenty One." When the network decides to bring in a more telegenic contestant, the WASP-ish Charles Van Doren (Ralph Fiennes), Stempel takes aim at the show, announcing that the game is rigged. Congressional investigator Dick Goodwin (Rob Morrow) is brought in to examine the claim that winners were given the answers. Goodwin wrote the book on which this true story is based. Read More Read Less Watch on Fandango at Home Premiered Feb 06 Buy Now

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      Directed with sly refinement by Robert Redford and given pizazz by a slew of superb performances, Quiz Show intelligently interrogates the erosion of public standards without settling on tidy answers.

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      Alec C This scandal shocked people all over the airwaves and on national television! A contestant on a quiz show learns that he is given the answers in advance to the question, putting his morals into question as an investigation into the station leads to him making a decision of right or wrong. This retelling of the infamous "Twenty-One" quiz show scandal, we are forced to rethink everything we know about ourselves and what we would do in that situation! Rated 5 out of 5 stars 02/13/24 Full Review Tim Solid movie with a great cast. Bit over the top but enjoyable. Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 08/31/23 Full Review AB L Easily Redford's best directorial effort. I like that the movie teases a triumphant ending only to ultimately deliver a total bummer. Great work from Fiennes here as you get the sense that this character could easily sleepwalk into more morally compromising situations. Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 08/31/23 Full Review Tony S A historic moment in television history faithfully told. Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 08/20/23 Full Review Jace E With the whole world watching, how far will people go to hide a lie? Quiz Show does a great job of addressing this question while presenting the events of the Twenty-One scandal. This film is elegant and sophisticated, though a bit dry at times. I was intrigued by each character and genuinely cared about the outcome. Overall, I thought that the movie was one-note, a good note, but still monotonous. Additional Comment: Tom Riddle would have been a good looking man if he kept his nose and hair! Rated 4 out of 5 stars 06/07/23 Full Review Red T As much a historical event retelling as it's a case study on entertainment and intellectual prostitution. The pacing in this is flawless as it builds layers onto itself with personal drama, a engaging story, and makes you think about what's right and just because you can does it mean you should. This is a masterfully edited film as well that weaves effortlessly between the three characters and never feels unfocused without losing sight of the bigger picture being told which is quite an accomplishment. The cinematography is phenomenal with great lighting, camerawork, and memorable scenes. The acting is phenomenal as well across the board with great chemistry and charm. The only complaint is the music is decent but is underused significantly in this and not that memorable. But everything else is so flawless that it doesn't detract at all from this All Time Classic. Everyone should give this a watch once. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 03/26/23 Full Review Read all reviews Post a rating

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      Michael Wilmington Chicago Tribune The movie hums, purrs and shines. But it's also full of contradictions. A big budget picture about mass media fakery that's somewhat rigged itself, a docudrama that stretches the facts, an exposé on class prejudice that almost succumbs to [that] vice. Rated: 3.5/4 Feb 13, 2024 Full Review Kenneth Turan Los Angeles Times Fiennes' ability to project the pain behind a well-mannered facade, to turn intellectual and emotional agony into a real and living thing, is devastating. Impressive as the film is... Quiz Show would have been a very different experience without him. Feb 13, 2024 Full Review Dave Kehr New York Daily News For all of its occasional naiveté, this is a movie that practices what it preaches: It's a fine, worthy film, devoid of pandering or commercial compromise, that allows a number of talented people do some very good work. Rated: 3/4 Feb 13, 2024 Full Review Joe Baltake Sacramento Bee Robert Redford's soft-spoken, intelligent but never less than entertaining movie reminds us of exactly what we've been missing -- a story that seems utterly fresh and a filmmaking style best described as civilized. Rated: 4/4 Feb 13, 2024 Full Review Stephen Hunter Baltimore Sun What's so good about Robert Redford's sleek version of the story is how delicately such issues as motive and emotions are sketched, and how ambiguity, not glib moralizing, is prized. Rated: 3.5/4 Feb 13, 2024 Full Review Gary Thompson Philadelphia Daily News If you were truly shocked when you found out NBC blew up a "faulty" truck in order to get exciting video, well, then Quiz Show may chill you to the bone. Everyone else can enjoy it simply as an example of impeccable moviemaking. Rated: 3.5/4 Feb 13, 2024 Full Review Read all reviews

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      Synopsis Queens-born Herbie Stempel (John Turturro) becomes an unlikely hero after winning on America's beloved game show, "Twenty One." When the network decides to bring in a more telegenic contestant, the WASP-ish Charles Van Doren (Ralph Fiennes), Stempel takes aim at the show, announcing that the game is rigged. Congressional investigator Dick Goodwin (Rob Morrow) is brought in to examine the claim that winners were given the answers. Goodwin wrote the book on which this true story is based.
      Director
      Robert Redford
      Executive Producer
      Richard Dreyfuss, Judith James, Frederick Zollo
      Screenwriter
      Paul Attanasio
      Distributor
      Buena Vista Pictures
      Production Co
      Baltimore Pictures, Wildwood Enterprises, Hollywood Pictures
      Rating
      PG-13
      Genre
      Drama
      Original Language
      English
      Release Date (Theaters)
      Sep 14, 1994, Wide
      Release Date (Streaming)
      Jan 1, 2014
      Box Office (Gross USA)
      $24.8M
      Sound Mix
      Surround, Stereo
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