The Quiller Memorandum
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Movie Reviews of The Quiller Memorandum
Movie Review: Great movie, OK DVD
Summary: 4 Stars
There's enough written here by others on the merits of this film, which has been sadly neglected over the years, so I won't waste time with that except to say that it's one of my favorites. I just want to add that I thought the picture transfer very disappointing. They obviously didn't spend much time doing the kind of restoration work they could have. I doubt if even much of a digital teak here and there was done. The image looks generally soft, with muted color and often unstable blacks. So, the DVD isn't terrible, but it should have been much better.Movie Review: Interesting Spy thriller
Summary: 4 Stars
Interesting and different role for George Segal. The movie takes you into the "confusing world of espionage". Very watchable older movie and done without all the modern day pyrotechnics. Some other familiar actors/actresses are also present.Movie Review: The Quiller Memorandum
Summary: 4 Stars
It's what you expect a espionage story to be intriquing and suspenseful, however; it wasn't as thrilling as the Jason Bourne and Harry Palmer series but more realistic than the James Bond fantasy of sex and gadgets.Movie Review: Quiller Got Lost on the Way Home
Summary: 2 Stars
The Quiller Memorandum takes place back during the cold war. It represented a time and place in history that was true at that time. It accurately depicts an era that is now gone, that some of us lived through.
The movie, by today's standards, is a little disjointed and incomplete.It jumps to a conclusion but lacks story development how it got there. Some scenes must have been edited on the cutting room floor back in the 60's or 70's in order to get a G or GP rating. As a result of those incomplete or cut scenes, part of the movie makes no sense. The movie would have been better served if it were produced closer to the author's original book.
The most memorable part of the movie is the haunting score, including Matt Monroe's "Wednesday's Child". I was disappointed in viewing this movie again some 20 or 30 years later. Perhaps Wolfe was right when he said that we can never go home again. Quiller must have gotten lost on his way home!
Movie Review: very poor
Summary: 1 Stars
I bought this based on the actors. This is early in their careers and they do a poor performance. The audio commentary is equally poor. I am an amateur historian of this period and found the commentators very ill informed. I agree with the commentators that this should have been in black and white.
As far as the quality of the script, it is no where near that of The Third Man or The Spy Who Came in From the Cold.
It is one of many poor me toos cashing in on the success of early spy movies. Many professional critics also think that this is a poor movie.