Dalbert Pringle n these dismal days of violence-riddled films - Here's a refreshing change of pace..... No murder - No violence - And, not even the spilling of a single drop of blood - And yet, Quiz Show's intriguing story was so tight and well-constructed that right from the very beginning it immediately involved the viewer in the unfolding of its fascinating plot. This was a story that easily held one's rapt attention straight through to the very end.Based on actual events that literally rocked (to their very foundations) the integrity and credibility of TV quiz shows back in the 1950s, director Robert Redford made no apologies when he admitted that (like most fact-based dramatizations) certain "creative" liberties were clearly taken when it came to the making of this first-rate picture.Nonetheless, Quiz Show was a truly compelling tale about moral ethics, which revealed what can easily happen when decent, respectable people naively allow themselves to be corrupted by unscrupulous bigwigs who offer them seductive promises of fame and fortune.Released in 1994 and featuring a fine cast - Quiz Show was an impressive motion picture, filmed with an exuberant flare and style that gave great credibility to its nostalgic, 1950s setting.

OneEightNine Media I almost want to give this movie a 6 out of 10 but whatever, I'm never going to watch it again. If someone holds a gun to my head and tells me to watch it, I'll beg that they fast forward to the last 20 minutes or so. This film is based on a true story but whoever wrote the script for the film added so much in and turned this movie away from an interesting singular story into an abomination with multiple little subplots which bore you out of your viewing experience. It is a shame because Ralph Fiennes gives an excellent performance. Fiennes is the only reason you should watch this film. The scenes Fiennes has with whoever the actor is playing the father of his character, makes the film interesting. Why couldn't it just be a film about the Quiz Show and the relationship between a father and son? This movie could have been a memorable drama but I'm sure I'll forget it by next week. John Turturro literally stinks up the screen. His performance is just too cheesy and doesn't fit. The only other good thing I can say about this movie is that the end credits are the best part of the movie. If you're about to watch this on TV, do yourself a favor and change the channel.

yoshi_s_story More often than providing solutions, «Quiz show» uncovers questions not usually thought of. A work from a mainstream milieu and for a mainstream public, featuring renowned stars in the cast along with a celebrity as its director and producer, obeying to the most part of hollywoodian formal stereotypes, Quiz Show manages to be elegant in its aesthetics and narration, while taking the hardest of duties: to suggest truth. The truth this film suggests is that very little, if anything, of what TV shows (and, implicitly, the entire mass media system) present is as it appears; the only rule being the maximization of audience shares and money gains, while manipulating credulous masses by giving them «what they like to believe»; the only reality being market, the sole truth being untruth.While watching, I was touched by the suspicion that Redford is better a director than a performer. The course of the film is strewn with thought- inducing fine particulars. It is a film on a specific circumstance yet of general scope, that will be relevant as long as both shows and mass media system, and masses' short-sightedness, will be there

Tim Krauss This film makes you question what you see and hear, especially via the television. In the grander scheme it seems to highlight corporate power and big business propaganda delivered through the newest and most popular medium. The photography and costume design are virtually perfect for a time period piece and allows you to see, despite the clothing and material things, how corrupt so many of our institutions are, at the expense of a very trusting public. Ralph Fiennes and John Turturro are outstanding, but the casting and acting are so excellent in this film that anyone involved in this film should be proud of. There is no better film that shows the world what America is very much like.