Quid Pro Quo

(2008)

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Quid Pro Quo
comingsoon.net2008-06-13
Plot Summary: Isaac Knott (Nick Stahl) is a Public Radio reporter in New York City.When he was eight, his mother and father died in an automobile accident that left him in a wheelchair. ... Full Article

Quid Pro Quo
mtv.com2008-06-13
A man who can't walk meets a woman who envies his condition in this offbeat black comedy. Isaac Knott (Nick Stahl) lost the use of his legs when he was eight years old in an auto accident that also claimed... ... Full Article

'Quid Pro Quo'
newsday.com2008-06-13
It sounds like one of David Cronenberg 's yucky fantasies: A wheelchair-bound reporter explores a subculture of able-bodied people who yearn to be paralyzed, crippled, even limbless. ... Full Article

Given its pitch-black subject matter, you'd expect "Quid Pro Quo" to take a quick nose dive into something dank and lurid, never to emerge. Instead, writer-director Carlos Brooks and stars Nick Stahl and Vera Farmiga do something unexpectedly moving with... ... Full Article

Review
nymag.com2008-06-13
The first half of Quid Pro Quo is among the most jaw-dropping things Ive ever seen: Who knew there was a closeted subculture of people pretending to be paraplegics? ... Full Article

June 13, 2008 TO say "Quid Pro Quo" - a pitch-black comedy set in a subculture of New Yorkers who yearn to lose the use of their limbs - is not for all tastes is perhaps the understatement of the... ... Full Article

If you were a fan of David Cronenberg's "Crash," based on J.G. Ballard's book about people who get sexually excited by auto accidents, you might just be the target audience for "Quid Pro Quo," a perverse psychological drama about able-bodied... ... Full Article

Vera Farmiga & Nick Stahl in film about weird subculture in 'Quid Pro Quo.'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. ... Full Article

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Among the brainier, artier, more cultish offerings of the summer are Savage Grace and Quid Pro Quo. A new feature (finally) from Swoon director Tom Kalin, Savage Grace, which opens May 30, is based on the nonfiction account of Barbara ... Full Article

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