Critic Reviews
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Vincent Canby, New York Times
All great directors must be arrogant to the extent that they will follow their dreams through to the bitter, sometimes banal end. This time Mr. Altman's faith in himself has led him over the brink.
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Jonathan Rosenbaum, Chicago Reader
The narrative is convoluted, the characters thin, and the pace appropriately glacial; burdened with opaque metaphysical dialogue and bizarre, medieval-looking costumes.
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Chuck O'Leary, FulvueDrive-in.com
The pace of Quintet is as glacial as its setting. A career nadir for Paul Newman.
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Bill Chambers, Film Freak Central
A baffling film whose ultimately hollow idiosyncrasies speak to Altman's self-destructive streak more than they constitute an applicable allegory
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Christopher Null, Filmcritic.com
a painful attempt at depth that comes across as nothing more than utter pretentiousness
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Paul Newmanas Essex -
Vittorio Gassmanas St. Christopher -
Fernando Reyas Grigor
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Brigitte Fosseyas Vivia -
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