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Quintet

1979

Robert Altman

Paul Newman, Vittorio Gassman, Fernando Rey, Bibi Andersson ...

4.5

386

Sci-Fi During a future ice age, dying humanity occupies its remaining time by playing a board game called "Quintet." For one small group, this obsession is not enough; they play the game with living pieces ... and only the winner survives.

	Media	Author	Review
		Noel Murray AV Club	"In spite of 'Quintet's triumphant production design, the movie itself is sleepy and attenuated"
		Vincent Canby The New York Times	"'Quintet' has a dream-like quality that is very soothing (...) Like its characters, 'Quintet' is passionless"
		Time Out	"Slow, humourless, and occasionally over-emphatic in its use of symbolism, it's nevertheless a fascinating film, which manages to work thanks to its absolute mastery of atmosphere."
		Roger Ebert rogerebert.com	"[I failed] to find any great interest in the relationships among the characters (...) I miss the good humor, the human warmth, that occupies such recent Altman films as 'Nashville' (…) Rating: ★★ (out of 4)"

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