Confirmation
HBO | Release Date: April 16, 2016
CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
72
METASCORE
Generally favorable reviews based on 25 Critic Reviews
Positive:
19
Mixed:
6
Negative:
0

Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
60
The Hollywood ReporterDaniel FienbergApr 1, 2016
Season 1 Review: Confirmation goes for something more dispassionate and even with the fine acting and a great built-in story, delivers something less enlightening and less enjoyable. Read full review
58
NewsdayVerne GayApr 11, 2016
Season 1 Review: Dutiful, respectful, evenhanded, and full of old network TV news clips that attest to the great drama of the moment, Confirmation can also be about as adventurous as a televised hearing on C-SPAN. Read full review
50
Newark Star-LedgerVicki HymanApr 18, 2016
Season 1 Review: Confirmation could have used a lot less C-SPAN and a lot more theater. Read full review
50
TVLineMichael SlezakApr 14, 2016
Season 1 Review: What’s fascinating--and disappointing--about Confirmation is that we somehow manage to learn more about Hill in the recreation of scenes that are essentially dramatic re-enactments of C-Span clips you can watch right now on YouTube. That leaves about an hour and a half of bloodless storytelling that ping-pongs from law offices to congressional corridors to Thomas’ living room. Read full review
50
San Francisco ChronicleDavid WiegandApr 14, 2016
Season 1 Review: HBO’s Confirmation isn’t the first TV project to play it safe, but in this case, playing it safe results in a missed opportunity that has as much to do with what’s happening in the real world as it does with timid filmmaking. Read full review
50
Washington PostApr 14, 2016
Season 1 Review: Despite its tantalizing subject matter, Confirmation is surprisingly flat and uninspired, in every way that it shouldn’t be in 2016. Read full review
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