
An idealistic young lawyer working for a Congressional subcommittee in the late 1950s discovers that TV quiz shows are being fixed. His investigation focuses on two contestants on the show "Twenty-One": Herbert Stempel, a brash working-class Jew from Queens, and Charles Van Doren, the patrician scion of one of America's leading literary families. Based on a true story.... (Full plot summary below)
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An idealistic young lawyer working for a Congressional subcommittee in the late 1950s discovers that TV quiz shows are being fixed. His investigation focuses on two contestants on the show "Twenty-One": Herbert Stempel, a brash working-class Jew from Queens, and Charles Van Doren, the patrician scion of one of America's leading literary families. Based on a true story.
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| Video-Reviewmaster.comSteve CrumBoth dramatically and historically important with fine turns by Fiennes and Turturro, directed by Redford. |
| The Hollywood ReporterDuane ByrgeRobert Redford's handsome, smartly constructed new film stands likely to capture the imagination of the educated, culturally inclined public. |
| The New York TimesElvis MitchellWorking from a superb script by Paul Attanasio, Redford has caught the way a show like Twenty-One offered a carny-barker version of the American Dream. |
| San Francisco ChroniclePeter StackRobert Redford's exceptionally handsome and provocative Quiz Show manages a trick that few films even dare try -- to take a hard look at personal and public moral issues and still provide dazzling entertainment. |
| NewsweekDavid AnsenQuiz Show is supebly shot (by Michael Ballhaus), and the acting ensemble could hardly be better..."Quiz Show is witty enough never to need to get on a soapbox to make its points. |
| Independent on SundayQuentin CurtisIt is an urbane, witty, smartly acted, sometimes meandering picture. |
| TIME MagazineRichard SchickelWritten with clean-cut force by Paul Attanasio and directed with panache by Robert Redford. |
| Deseret News (Salt Lake City)Chris HicksFew films are so intellectually complicated while still being so commercially entertaining. |
| Common Sense MediaNell MinowOutstanding drama about morals and our choices. |
| Chicago TribuneMichael WilmingtonAs taut, sleek and guiltily comfortable as the classic Chrysler automobile we see at the beginning, Quiz Show is built for entertaining road performance. |