Full Movie Reviews
Rating of
3/4
Confidence review
Daniel Corleone - wrote on 06/28/2012
Jake Vig (Edward Burns) has a team of grifter's namely Gordo (Paul Giamatti) and Miles (Brian Van Holt) and Al (Louis Lombardi). He tries to get back at the person who killed one of his friends by acquiring a gorgeous talented thief in Lily (Rachel Weisz). Dustin Hoffman was superb as the King and Andy Garcia as Special Agent Gunther Butan was effective. You don't get much emotion from Burns and Giamatti is always underrated. Soundtrack was upbeat and direction clear while the screenplay somewhat entertaining. Some noteworthy quotes from Jake - "You can't trick karma." and Butan - "Temper is a sign of weakness. Temper is a sign of weakness." The movie had a few dull moments comparing a film of a similar premise such as Ocean's 11 or The Grifters. Confidence is still a good watch …
Rating of
2.5/4
"Confidence" by Yojimbo
Yojimbo - wrote on 01/29/2012
A conman whose crew accidentally takes the money of a crime kingpin is forced into doing a job for him to pay back the debt. Attempting the same kind of smart, sassy and easygoing charm of the likes of the Ocean's films, Confidence is just a little too generic to really light anyone's fire. Edward Burns is rather too "made for television" to have enough charisma to carry the film, Dustin Hoffman, although a great actor in his day, at his age (and height) cannot do intimidating and easily the best character played by Andy Garcia gets nothing like enough screen time. It does have some charm and wit and is slickly directed by James Foley, but it's just a little too overly familiar and does not have enough in the way of personality or surprises to be considered for the big leagues. If it's …
