Confidence
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6.9
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Generally favorable reviews- based on 12 Ratings
- Starring: Dustin Hoffman, Edward Burns, Rachel Weisz
- Summary: The story of a con man whose latest swindle puts him in debt to the mafia.
- Director: James Foley
- Genre(s): Thriller, Crime
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Score distribution:
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Positive: 20 out of 35
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Mixed: 11 out of 35
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Negative: 4 out of 35
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90Confidence grooves on the giddy joy of storytelling -- on the digressive whimsy of good dialogue, on playful editing, on the ways in which con men -- and filmmakers -- psych out their victims.
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80By the end of the film, everybody has been triple- and quadruple- and even quintuple-crossed, but the characters still standing all seem to be very pleased with themselves for a job well done. If only we could figure out what the job was exactly.
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60The cast — a felicitous blend of character actors and up-and-comers — work together like a street-smart machine, and Hoffman's scummy turn as porn-peddler and all-around creep King is a reminder of just how sleazily funny he can be.
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38Features all too much footage of the scowling Burns, who has a narrower range than almost any actor working in Hollywood these days.
Score distribution:
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Positive: 8 out of 10
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Mixed: 2 out of 10
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Negative: 0 out of 10
