The Quitter

Name: The Quitter
Genre: Animation
Released: 1987-01-01
Rating: 9

Animation8m

🍅67%

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67%

Tomatometer

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67%

Popcornmeter

9.0

TMDB

Storyline

A smoker arrives at a beach via sports car and is surprised to encounter a cloud who encourages him to be a "quitter." The well-informed nimbus delineates the reasons for cigarettes' allure, including the big screen's notorious puffers: John Wayne in Fighting tigers, Bette Davis and Charles Boyer in Now Voyager and Casablanca's Peter Lorre. It also cites incentives for abandoning the habit: cigarettes' terrible odor and the increased risks of heart disease and cancer caused by smoking. The cloud refutes popular excuses for not quitting, nervousness and weight gain, and offers tips to aid the smoker kick the habit

Details

DirectorPaul Fierlinger

ReleasedJan 1, 1987

Reviews

5 reviews · 4 critics

3 fresh · 1 rotten

Joe Neumaier

RTNew York Daily NewsSep 11, 2014

"Quitter" is assured and offhandedly sweet. And it's a relief from the easy pitches that define so many projects, big and small.

Anita Gates

RTNew York TimesSep 11, 2014

Remember when indie films starred normal people with average cheekbones and jawlines, inadequately lighted? Matthew Bonifacio's "The Quitter" is a return to that style, and a simple story well told.

Danny King

RTVillage VoiceSep 9, 2014

As The Quitter progresses, Jonathan merely grows nicer and nicer, rendering the character's obligatory, runtime-padding third-act doubts false and unconvincing.

Maitland McDonagh

RTFilm Journal InternationalSep 12, 2014

...The Quitter is destined for niche markets where, with any luck, it will find a core audience of viewers looking for movies with more heart than razzle-dazzle.