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 "The Marquis de Sade couldn't have been as dull a person as this film makes him out to be."
-- Phil Villarreal, ARIZONA DAILY STAR
"Dialogue-heavy and too cerebral for its own good -- or, at any rate, too cerebral for its racy subject matter."
-- Catharine Tunnacliffe, EYE WEEKLY
 "Sade is an engaging look at the controversial eponymous and fiercely atheistic hero."
-- Doris Toumarkine, FILM JOURNAL INTERNATIONAL
"It is intensely personal and yet -- unlike Quills -- deftly shows us the temper of the times."
-- Bruce Kirkland, JAM! MOVIES
"It's a decent glimpse into a time period, and an outcast, that is no longer accessible, but it doesn't necessarily shed more light on its subject than the popular predecessor."
-- Rachel Gordon, FILMCRITIC.COM
"A fiercely clever and subtle film, capturing the precarious balance between the extravagant confidence of the exiled aristocracy and the cruel earnestness of the victorious revolutionaries."
-- Rich Cline, FILM THREAT
"Featuring a dangerously seductive performance from the great Daniel Auteuil, "Sade" covers the same period as Kaufmann's "Quills" with more unsettlingly realistic results."
-- Laura Clifford, REELING REVIEWS
"In Auteil's less dramatic but equally incisive performance, he's a charismatic charmer likely to seduce and conquer."
-- Marta Barber, MIAMI HERALD
"More concerned with Sade's ideas than with his actions. The movie achieves as great an impact by keeping these thoughts hidden as... [Quills] did by showing them."
-- Jeffrey M. Anderson, SAN FRANCISCO EXAMINER
-- Click to read the article.
-- Mike D'Angelo, MAN WHO VIEWED TOO MUCH
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Avg. Rating: 6.7/10 |
"The movie is as far as you can get from racy, to the point where it almost stops the blood flow to your brain; it has a dull, costumey feel."
-- Stephanie Zacharek, SALON.COM
"Sade is Quills without the hyperbole and melodrama."
-- Tom Sime, DALLAS MORNING NEWS
"Director of photography Benoit Delhomme shot the movie in delicious colors, and the costumes and sets are grand."
-- V.A. Musetto, NEW YORK POST
"It's a rosy coming-of-age romp that refuses to see the horror even in the severed heads from the guillotine."
-- Wesley Morris, BOSTON GLOBE
"This Sade is hardly a perverse, dangerous libertine and agitator -- which would have made for better drama. He's just a sad aristocrat in tattered finery, and the film seems as deflated as he does."
-- Loren King, CHICAGO TRIBUNE
"There has always been something likable about the Marquis de Sade."
-- Stephen Hunter, WASHINGTON POST
"Lacks dramatic punch and depth."
-- Desson Howe, WASHINGTON POST
"In its quiet, literate way, the film is almost as subversive as its central character."
-- Stephen Holden, NEW YORK TIMES
"Too bland and fustily tasteful to be truly prurient."
-- J. Hoberman, VILLAGE VOICE
"Despite Auteuil's performance, it's a rather listless amble down the middle of the road, where the thematic ironies are too obvious and the sexual politics too smug."
-- Rick Groen, GLOBE AND MAIL
"Sade achieves the near-impossible: It turns the Marquis de Sade into a dullard."
-- Owen Gleiberman, ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY
"If you're looking for a smart, nuanced look at de Sade and what might have happened at Picpus, Sade is your film."
-- Jonathan Curiel, SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE
-- Click to read the article.
-- NATIONAL POST
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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 "Sade" article data provided by the Movie Review Query Engine.
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