Confirmation
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| HBO | Release Date: April 16, 2016 |
Summary:
The 1991 Clarence Thomas Supreme Court nomination hearings are dramatized with Kerry Washington as Anita Hill and Wendell Pierce as the future Justice.
Genre(s):
Drama, Movie/Mini-Series
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Positive:
19
Mixed:
6
Negative:
0
TV Guide Magazine
Mar 31, 2016
Season 1 Review:
In one of the well-chose news excerpts from the time, NBC's Tom Brokaw laments: "No one likes what's going on, and there's no real winners. We have gone from shock to discomfort, now to a combination of anger, depression and shame." All of these emotions are palpable in the riveting docudrama. [4-17 Apr 2016, p.20]
Apr 12, 2016
Season 1 Review:
While it runs a bit long and can get bogged down with minor details that detract from the overall plot, because it touches on so many important issues--race relations, gender equity, political maneuvering--Confirmation makes for a fascinating look at an important moment from a turbulent decade.
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Apr 14, 2016
Season 1 Review:
Washington provides a strong sense of the woman and her complex reactions. Pierce, too, is just right here, with his bottled-up anger. Around them are many small but fine portraits--Alison Wright (Martha on “The Americans”) as Thomas’s supportive wife, Bill Irwin as a nasty Danforth, and Treat Williams as Kennedy, hobbled by his own past. Like Confirmation, they’re sharply etched.
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Uncle Barky
Apr 14, 2016
Season 1 Review:
Confirmation is an effective movie, although certainly not a great one, in terms of reconstructing how Hill was first persuaded to come forward and then left distraught, defeated and convinced it was “a mistake.” Washington and Pierce are both strong in these pivotal roles.
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Apr 15, 2016
Apr 14, 2016
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