The Confirmation
Saban Films | Release Date: March 18, 2016 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
65
METASCORE
Generally favorable reviews based on 11 Critic Reviews
Positive:
9
Mixed:
2
Negative:
0
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Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
88
Philadelphia InquirerTirdad DerakhshaniMar 18, 2016
The Confirmation is a powerful directorial debut from 59-year-old writer Bob Nelson, who received an Oscar nomination for his first screenplay, Nebraska. Read full review
80
The New York TimesAndy WebsterMar 17, 2016
The pleasures are modest but rewarding in Bob Nelson’s character study The Confirmation. Read full review
75
The A.V. ClubAdam NaymanMar 17, 2016
The Confirmation isn’t much to look at, and its rhythms are wobbly (the quest narrative starts to feel strained early on), but Nelson is a dogged enough dramatist that even the story’s resolutions—even the really pat and obvious ones—are satisfyingly earned. Read full review
75
The Seattle TimesSoren AndersenMar 17, 2016
A surprisingly sweet-spirited picture about a man’s redemption and a boy’s initiation into the ways of the world. Read full review
70
Los Angeles TimesGary GoldsteinMar 17, 2016
Feature films these days rarely come as gentle and equitable as The Confirmation. It's a sweet, decidedly low-key little picture starring a deftly understated Clive Owen. Read full review
70
Village VoiceAlan ScherstuhlMar 17, 2016
The movie's not just good but moving, funny and true to the way people actually live in hard-times America. Read full review
67
The Film StageTony HindsMar 17, 2016
Nelson’s screenwriting voice is unpretentious, approaching earnestly grounded characters with a deliberate lack of sentimentality. Read full review
63
Washington PostStephanie MerryMar 17, 2016
One of the selling points of The Confirmation is how it steers clear of melodrama or tidy perfection in favor of a taste of life on the margins, where even living paycheck to paycheck would be a luxury. Read full review
63
ObserverRex ReedMar 17, 2016
In this case two mesmerizing performances by Clive Owen and his astounding co-star, a remarkably adroit child actor named Jaeden Lieberher, who is going places fast. Read full review
50
Entertainment WeeklyDana Rose Falcone Mar 29, 2016
The Confirmation becomes a string of father-son misadventures that lack memorable characters or engaging dialogue. Read full review
50
Slant MagazineElise NakhnikianMar 16, 2016
The premise is undermined by the film's occasionally dubious ethics and its tendency to soft-pedal the dangerous situations it sets up. Read full review
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