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NUMBERS
Box Office: $301,194
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CONSENSUS
CQ is a stylish and fun homage to campy 1960s flicks.
CAST & CREW
Jeremy Davies, Angela Lindvall, Elodie Bouchez
Directed by Roman Coppola
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SYNOPSIS
Directed by Roman Coppola (the son of Francis Ford Coppola) in his feature film debut, CQ follows Paul (Jeremy Davies), an aspiring American filmmaker living in Paris circa 1969 with his French girlfriend, Marlene (Élodie Boulez). When Paul's not in his flat making an angst-ridden home movie and treating Marlene with complete indifference, he's working as a editor on a sci-fi film helmed by the volatile Andrezej (Gérard Depardieu) and starring the beautiful Valentine (Angela Lindvall) as Dragonfly, a sexy secret agent. more...
MPAA RATING
R, some nudity and language
RUNTIME
90 minutes
RELEASE DATES
Theatrical: May 24, 2002
Video: Sep 10, 2002
RELEASE COMPANY
MGM/UA
GENRE
Dramas, Comedy, Vintage, Spy, Paris, France, Film About Film, Secret Agents, 1960s, Film Directors, Science Fiction
OFFICIAL SITE
• The Official CQ Site
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SOUNDTRACK REVIEWS
TRAILER & MEDIA
PHOTOS
PRODUCTION NOTES
NEWS ARTICLES
LINKS
SUBMIT/EDIT ARTICLE
SUBMIT USER REVIEW
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 "A love for films shines through each frame and the era is recreated with obvious affection, scored to perfection with some tasty boogaloo beats."
-- Chris Wiegand, BOXOFFICE MAGAZINE
"A movie that's full of deft, off-center observations about the world of filmmaking."
-- Glenn Whipp, LOS ANGELES DAILY NEWS
"It's Coppola's baby, and his affection makes it one of the most unusual and enjoyable films this year."
-- Gregory Weinkauf, NEW TIMES
"Roman Coppola may never become the filmmaker his Dad was, but heck – few filmmakers will. But based on CQ, I'll certainly be keeping an eye out for his next project."
-- Scott Weinberg, EFILMCRITIC.COM
"Coppola's directorial debut is an incredibly layered and stylistic film that, despite a fairly slow paced, almost humdrum approach to character development, still manages at least a decent attempt at meaningful cinema."
-- Joshua Tyler, FILMCRITIC.COM
"Pull[s] off the rare trick of recreating not only the look of a certain era, but also the feel."
-- Ben Stephens, CULTUREVULTURE.NET
"One of the most fun, stylish movies in recent memory."
-- Paul Salfen, SUPERCALA.COM
 "...the sum of the parts equals largely a confused mediocrity."
-- John J. Puccio, DVDTOWN.COM
"CQ’s reflection of artists and the love of cinema-and-self suggests nothing less than a new voice that deserves to be considered as a possible successor to the best European directors."
-- David Poland, HOT BUTTON
"A triumph of art direction over narrative, but what art direction!"
-- Maitland McDonagh, TV GUIDE'S MOVIE GUIDE
"A silly, self-indulgent film about a silly, self-indulgent filmmaker."
-- Bruce Kirkland, JAM! MOVIES
"Definitely a film to seek out if you enjoy quirky, creative projects outside of the norm."
-- JoBlo, JOBLO'S MOVIE EMPORIUM
"A mimetic approximation of better films like Contempt and 8 1/2."
-- Jeremy Heilman, MOVIEMARTYR.COM
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"A stylistic romp that's always fun to watch."
-- Scott Von Doviak, FORT WORTH STAR-TELEGRAM
"One of those pictures whose promising, if rather precious, premise is undercut by amateurish execution."
-- Frank Swietek, ONE GUY'S OPINION
"It may not be art, but it's vastly more entertaining than anything Coppola senior has done in far too long."
-- Marc Savlov, AUSTIN CHRONICLE
"Not everything in this ambitious comic escapade works, but Coppola, along with his sister, Sofia, is a real filmmaker. It must be in the genes."
-- Peter Rainer, NEW YORK MAGAZINE
"A winning piece of work filled with love for the movies of the 1960s."
-- John Powers, L.A. WEEKLY
"'CQ may one day be fondly remembered as Roman Coppola's brief pretentious period before going on to other films that actually tell a story worth caring about"
-- John A. Nesbit, CULTUREDOSE.NET
"Nothing more substantial than a fitfully clever doodle."
-- Joe Leydon, SAN FRANCISCO EXAMINER
"Sprightly, cheeky, thoughtful... depicts [a] coming of artistic age with nary a hint of pretension or self-consciousness."
-- MaryAnn Johanson, FLICK FILOSOPHER
"Coppola's lively lark of a movie is as fresh as new-car smell because it's so sharply observed and attentively acted."
-- Chris Hewitt, ST. PAUL PIONEER PRESS
"The film is often filled with a sense of pure wonderment and excitement not often seen in today's cinema du sarcasm"
-- Edward Havens, FILMJERK.COM
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FRESH 62%
Avg. Rating: 5.9/10 |
"The way Coppola professes his love for movies -- both colorful pop junk and the classics that unequivocally qualify as art -- is giddily entertaining."
-- Stephanie Zacharek, SALON.COM
"The film may play best to insiders, but the talent behind it is obvious to all."
-- Philip Wuntch, DALLAS MORNING NEWS
"while [Roman Coppola] scores points for style, he staggers in terms of story."
-- Bruce Westbrook, HOUSTON CHRONICLE
"Kudos to this first-time feature director for braiding his insider experience into something quite singular."
-- Megan Turner, NEW YORK POST
"Coppola has made a film of intoxicating atmosphere and little else."
-- Peter Travers, ROLLING STONE
"A certain sexiness underlines even the dullest tangents."
-- Hank Stuever, WASHINGTON POST
"The first half is a hilariously on-target send-up of "Barbarella"-style flicks and the larger-than-life egos that propelled them, the second half is a ponderously self-absorbed meditation on the angst of a budding artiste."
-- Jan Stuart, LOS ANGELES TIMES
"A witty, whimsical feature debut."
-- Steven Rea, PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER
"There's nothing like love to give a movie a B-12 shot, and CQ shimmers with it."
-- Elvis Mitchell, NEW YORK TIMES
"The abiding impression, despite the mild hallucinogenic buzz, is of overwhelming waste -- the acres of haute couture can't quite conceal that there's nothing resembling a spine here."
-- Dennis Lim, VILLAGE VOICE
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"A very well-made, funny and entertaining picture."
-- Dan Gross, PHILADELPHIA DAILY NEWS
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* In fairness to critics whose last name begins with a letter at the end of the alphabet, certain pages are sorted in reverse order, z-a.
* Certain "CQ" article data provided by the Movie Review Query Engine.
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