Quid Pro Quo 2008

David Edelstein, New York Magazine/Vulture: 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? Read more

Keith Phipps, AV Club: [Director] Brooks plunges into the thick of a largely unfamiliar subculture in Quid Pro Quo, but the journey involves a series of well-telegraphed twists and turns. Read more

Amy Nicholson, Boxoffice Magazine: The film is lightest on its feet when it shakes off the Red Shoe Diaries foreboding for moments of sly irony Read more

Peter Rainer, Christian Science Monitor: If you were a fan of David Cronenberg's Crash, you might just be the target audience for Quid Pro Quo, a perverse psychological drama about able-bodied people who yearn to become disabled. Read more

Rafer Guzman, Newsday: A finely observed, compelling drama with the creepy tinge of a thriller. Read more

Elizabeth Weitzman, New York Daily News: While a good director can spin a worthy movie from any subject, first-timer Carlos Brooks does surprisingly little with the jaw-dropper of a topic he chose. Read more

Lou Lumenick, New York Post: This warped masochistic cousin to David Cronenberg's Crash - not to be confused with the Oscar winner of the same name -- is well worth seeing for Farmiga's stunning performance. Read more

Rex Reed, New York Observer: It certainly won't be everyone's cup of breakfast bitters, but you can't dismiss it nonchalantly. Read more

Andrew Sarris, New York Observer: Quid Pro Quo is a respectable feature-film debut for Mr. Brooks, and it remains reasonably thought-provoking without ever becoming emotionally absorbing. Read more

Andrew O'Hehir, Salon.com: The movie exerts a certain appeal without ever being convincing. Read more

Reyhan Harmanci, San Francisco Chronicle: Its biggest mystery is how it was financed (by Texas trillionaire and Dallas Maverick owner Mark Cuban, no less) and selected for distribution. Read more

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Justin Chang, Variety: An exceedingly odd meeting of the minds (and bodies) occurs in Quid Pro Quo, a strikingly original and provocative first feature from scribe-helmer Carlos Brooks. Read more

Jean Oppenheimer, Village Voice: Farmiga is captivating, Stahl less so -- although a bigger problem is writer/director Carlos Brooks's script, which sets up one story, then shifts gears into something more personal and psychologically specific. Read more