![]() ![]() By the beginning of the film, De Sade is already living in the Charenton asylum, presided over by the milquetoast Abbé de Coulmier (himbo of the moment Joaquin Phoenix). Geoffrey Rush stars as the Marquis de Sade, an appropriate (if perhaps too obvious) touchstone figure for the film's hand-wringing advocacy of the freedom of ideas, no matter how ugly or offensive. Despite its marquee cast and some gestures toward deepening its concerns in the second hour, Quills pitches its anti-censorship theme so broadly and from so early on in the picture that it wears the audience down instead of rousing us with conviction. Such is the case with Quills, Philip Kaufman's suffocating adaptation of an off-Broadway play by Doug Wright. Sometimes a film with only one idea can be more agonizing to sit through than a film with no ideas. ![]() Screenplay: Doug Wright (based on his play). ![]() ![]() Cast: Geoffrey Rush, Kate Winslet, Michael Caine, Joaquin Phoenix, Amelia Warner, Stephen Moyer, Jane Menelaus, Billie Whitelaw, Elizabeth Berrington, Stephen Marcus, George Yiasoumi. ![]()
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