Confidence

Name: Confidence
Genre: Thriller, Crime
Released: April 25, 2003
Duration: 97 min
Rating: 59
Cast: Dustin Hoffman, Edward Burns, Rachel Weisz

2003

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Lions Gate Films | Release Date: April 25, 2003 | TV-MA

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

Rating: TV-MA

Runtime: 97 min

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Ella Taylor

Confidence 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. Read full review

Dallas Observer Robert Wilonsky

Hoffman, though, is the real gas--the vet getting dopey and loopy and handsy because, hey, what the hell...The midnight cowboy rides again. Read full review

Owen Gleiberman

Confidence may be mannered at times, but its shell-game plot is alive with organic trickery. Read full review

Carrie Rickey

Best of all is Hoffman, who hasn't had this much obvious fun since he played Hollywood producer Stanley Motss in "Wag the Dog." Read full review

K.J. Doughton

Despite its handsome cinematography, slathered in thick, neo-noir shades of red and blue, the film has no one to root for. Place your bets on Hoffman’s terrific portrayal of a weasely, wisecracking pervert, however, and you’re sure to get your money’s worth. Read full review

Roger Ebert

It fails to make us care, even a little, about the characters and what happens to them. There is nothing at stake. Read full review

David Edelstein

Hordes of good actors evidently lined up to appear in Confidence, which wastes Weisz, Guzman, Logue, Forster, and Paul Giamatti, among others. Midway through, a grizzled Andy Garcia shambles in, chewing on a cigar, as an FBI agent; he's so fatuously hammy that his true narrative function is never in doubt. Read full review

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Sosmooth1982

Dec 15, 2022

A bunch ofcon artists try to pull one over on to many people. You try to con the mob then your in trouble.

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greenplanet

Nov 14, 2012

I would give this one just a bare pass because it tried to glamourize the shady world of grifters and conmen which is kind of like making a film about a guy who rooks people via a ponzi scheme as if he was some kind of an underdog. We all know about that kind of thing, The film was in poorI would give this one just a bare pass because it tried to glamourize the shady world of grifters and conmen which is kind of like making a film about a guy who rooks people via a ponzi scheme as if he was some kind of an underdog. We all know about that kind of thing, The film was in poor taste. Well it should be an issue when a film is in poor taste. To bad that the studios that make these films don't seem to see things quite that way. Probably best to just avoid it. There are small parts by Andy Garcia and Dustin Hoffman but that doesn't really make this film much better. A lousy script is still a lousy script.… Expand

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