The problem here is, however, that the real game is the filmmakers'. As I left the theater, I couldn't shake the feeling that I'd been had.
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05/08/03
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Confidence (2003)
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Reviews Counted:150
Fresh:106
Rotten:44
Average Rating:6.3/10
Consensus: While it may not be the best con in town, the movie still manages to entertain with its colorful cast.
Theatrical Release:Apr 25, 2003 Wide
Box Office: $12,148,629
Synopsis: What Jake Vig (Edward Burns) doesn't know just might get him killed. A sharp and polished grifter, Jake has just swindled thousands of dollars from the unsuspecting Lionel Dolby with the help of... [More]
Starring: Edward Burns, Andy Garcia, Dustin Hoffman, Rachel Weisz
Director: James Foley
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Reviews for Confidence
Director James Foley has taken the heist genre to new heist with his latest film, CONFIDENCE, a slick film that has twist and turns that will leave you enthusiastic at the end
05/02/03
There's just nothing all that original about Confidence.
05/02/03
Identity is suicidally insecure.
05/02/03
It goes quickly, has a neat little ditty of a performance by Dustin Hoffman and features some con man trickery of average entertainment value.
05/01/03
So fun and well paced that you'll caught in its web before long
05/01/03
What it shares with most of its predecessors is a sterling cast, in this instance almost entirely male, and the willingness of several talented performers to play against type, with entertainingly comic effect.
04/30/03
Top CriticConfidence may have plenty of cojones, but there are frankly too many similarities to better movies to make it more than a footnote in the con caper genre.
04/30/03
Riding the line between hardcore and lighthearted, the film ultimately plays out as a quick-paced, fun heistcapade.
04/30/03
The prime-cut cast is its strongest asset.
04/30/03
Even if it has been done before, it can be done again as long as it's done well. And Confidence does it pretty well.
04/29/03
As a self-assured exercise in style and plotting, I suppose that Confidence works. Yet, there's something emotionally unsatisfying about its characters.
04/29/03
"Confidence" -- it's both self assurance and the art of scamming.
04/28/03
Confidence has a nifty scam at its core, but it also has enough confidence of its own to let the fine performances be the real star of the show.
04/28/03
Confidence has a nifty scam at its core, but it also has enough confidence of its own to let the fine performances be the real star of the show.
04/28/03
... Confidence does suffer a bit from some plot devices that haven't been original since The Sting, but it's a top-notch character study and a fun exercise in style.
04/28/03
Top CriticScrenwriter Doug Jung strings together one recycled plot twist after another in this generic grifter tale.
04/28/03
I would recommend it whole-heartedly to any fan of the genre.
04/28/03
Confidence is too familiar a grifter flick to take me for a sucker.
04/28/03
...gritty and intriguing.
04/28/03
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