Very Well Made, But I Don't Care Much For The Movie's Message

Rating: Null/10 (24 April 2001)

"Quiz Show" is a pleasure to watch, a very accomplished and engaging movie which I have seen repeatedly in the cinema and on TV. What I can´t get over, though, is the movie´s finger - wagging moralism; I mean, it was only a daft 1950`ies TV quiz show that had been rigged, and not a presidential election. The NBC president is portrayed as a less reputable character than Jabba The Hut, whereas Charles Van Doren comes out as the poor victim for loosing his $80+ / week lecturing job while grossing over $100,000 in quiz show revenues. The movie's finale comes across as a fairly ridiculous attempt by Hollywood to smear dirt on a competitor.
Just as an aside: quiz shows aren´t educational and Geritol does not really make you "feel stronger fast". Maybe this is material for a sequel to "Quiz Show"?