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Quid Pro Quo

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(No longer in theaters)

Rating: R — for some sexuality and language
Director: Carlos Brooks Cast: Nick Stahl, Vera Farmiga, Ashlie Atkinson, Rachel Black, Dylan Bruno
Running Time: 82 minutes
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Genre

Drama, Suspense/Thriller

Producer

Sarah Pillsbury

Distributor

Magnolia Pictures

Release Date

Jun 13, 2008

Release Notes

NY/LA

Official Website

www.moviejungle.com

Review

The first half of Quid Pro Quo is among the most jaw-dropping things I’ve ever seen: Who knew there was a closeted subculture of people pretending to be paraplegics? Nick Stahl is a paralyzed NPR reporter who wheels around in search of the real story; Vera Farmiga is the femme fatale who’s into spokes. Director Carlos Brooks’s script is lovingly strangeï¿½until the climactic revelation, which we’ve seen creaking toward us for some time. The movie is best when it’s most open-ended. But Farmiga isï¿½as usualï¿½scarily good. Her madness isn’t something out of the ether. She’s always visibly calculating, thinking better of something reckless she’s about to doï¿½then doing it anyway. It’s a very erotic portrait if you’ve ever yearned to be flattened by a kamikaze wheelchair-driver. — David Edelstein