Confirmation: Season 1

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HBO | Season Premiere 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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TV Guide Magazine Matt Roush

Mar 31, 2016

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]

Terry Terrones

Apr 12, 2016

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. Read full review

Matthew Gilbert

Apr 14, 2016

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. Read full review

Uncle Barky Ed Bark

Apr 14, 2016

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. Read full review

Joanne Ostrow

Apr 15, 2016

Confirmation is not nearly as nuanced as the recent O.J. Simpson trial docudrama on FX. It’s also much shorter and more reliant on news footage. But it similarly revives memories of a wild media/cultural/political flashpoint. Read full review

Joe McGovern

Apr 14, 2016

Superbly acted but severely unadventurous in scope, Confirmation plays like a milquetoast movie of the week from yesteryear. Read full review

Apr 14, 2016

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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mikepariscritic

Apr 20, 2016

A powerful account of a major historical moment in US judicial history. Brillant acting. HBO's films are always very well crafted and explore issues that are still at the forefront of US society. Highly recommended.

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RalphieNader

Jan 18, 2017

Amazing movie all around. Great performances by great actors. A compelling depiction of important time in history. It grabbed me right from the start.

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smiyamot

Dec 22, 2016

An in depth look at the nomination of Clarence Thomas for the Supreme Court. Much more details than what I remember from the newspapers back then. I still don't know who to believe. From my professional problems with a boss, I've never worked for another boss of the same personality (I'mAn in depth look at the nomination of Clarence Thomas for the Supreme Court. Much more details than what I remember from the newspapers back then. I still don't know who to believe. From my professional problems with a boss, I've never worked for another boss of the same personality (I'm always right) so I don't understand why Anita worked for the same man again.… Expand

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LeZee

Sep 9, 2016

Claims and rejects and the stupid enquiry!

This is a television film, a political-thriller-drama from the director of 'Dope'. Inspired by the real 1991 event when president Bush nominated the judge Clarence Thomas to the supreme court. Followed by a former employee Anita Hill, cameClaims and rejects and the stupid enquiry!

This is a television film, a political-thriller-drama from the director of 'Dope'. Inspired by the real 1991 event when president Bush nominated the judge Clarence Thomas to the supreme court. Followed by a former employee Anita Hill, came forward claiming Thomas sexually harassed her while working for him back then which brings an enquiry on the issue before any big decision regarding his new post. Both the sides fight, but it's her alone against the president backing team. How the hearing ends and who wins it disclosed in the remaining part.

Good cast, but Kerry Washington was reason the film to shine. Her performance reminded me Julianne Moore as Sarah Palin from 'Game Change'. She won the Emmy Awards for that and now I believe Kerry Washington has a chance to do the same. Apart from her, the story did not look good. It opened so well, followed by strong middle part and then the last act last its charm quickly. Because it was all about one alleging against another and he keeps rejecting them, but that twist I expected never came or its powerful dialogues. Even though it was beautifully made.

The reason the movie staying neutral is might be the actual result of the trial. So they kept balancing the contents throughout the narration, yet the as the viewers, we can understand the guilty feelings from the suspect's face. That's how the film silently gives its own verdict regarding whatever the real one was. One of the best television film, but due to its weak conclusion, the people are dissatisfied. Still, it is a good watch, if you are interested in politics to learn how ugly and at a same time how silly it is.

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  Air Date: April 16, 2016
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