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VIDEO RELEASE
Jul 15, 2003 (DVD)
Jul 15, 2003 (VHS)
NUMBERS
Box Office: $15,878,598
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CONSENSUS
Rockwell is spot-on as Barris, and Clooney directs with entertaining style and flair.
CAST & CREW
Drew Barrymore, Julia Roberts, Sam Rockwell
Directed by George Clooney
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SYNOPSIS
George Clooney makes his directorial debut with this frenetic, visually dazzling black comedy. Based on notorious television producer Chuck Barris' "unauthorized autobiography," Clooney's film reinforces Barris' outlandish claim that he lived a secret life as a hitman for the CIA. more...
MPAA RATING
R, language, sexual content, and violence
RELEASE DATES
Theatrical: Jan 24, 2003
RELEASE COMPANY
Miramax Films
GENRE
Dramas, Television, Assassins, Biographical, Based On A Novel
OFFICIAL SITE
• The Official Confessions of a Dangerous Mind Site
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 "The concoction entertains from beginning to end, though the lessons of Barris’ life are as slippery as his facts."
-- Jeffrey Westhoff, NORTHWEST HERALD (CRYSTAL LAKE, IL)
"While somewhat less than it might have been, the film is a good one, and you’ve got to hand it to director George Clooney for biting off such a big job the first time out."
-- Brian Webster, APOLLO GUIDE
 "The movie feels like it's going to be great, and it carries on feeling that way for a long time, but takeoff just never happens."
-- Ian Waldron-Mantgani, UK CRITIC
"Clooney's direction sets a unique tone that lets us laugh at, hope for and pity Barris as we tag along for a herky-jerky ride through his memories."
-- Phil Villarreal, ARIZONA DAILY STAR
"[Clooney's] debut can be accused of being a bit undisciplined, but it has a tremendous, offbeat sense of style and humor that suggests he was influenced by some of the filmmakers who have directed him, especially the Coen brothers and Steven Soderbergh."
-- Jeff Vice, DESERET NEWS, SALT LAKE CITY
"It doesn't quite deserve the gong, but there are more fascinating acts than "Confessions of a Dangerous Mind.""
-- John Urbancich, SUN NEWSPAPERS OF CLEVELAND
"One of the year's most weirdly engaging and unpredictable character pieces."
-- Michael Tunison, BOXOFFICE MAGAZINE
"Go see it and enjoy."
-- Tony Toscano, TALKING PICTURES
"Neither revelatory nor truly edgy--merely crassly flamboyant and comedically labored."
-- Frank Swietek, ONE GUY'S OPINION
"The fact that Confessions looks absolutely gorgeous and unique is merely icing on the cake. Clooney and Kaufman spin this yarn for all its worth, and in this day and age it’s worth quite a lot."
-- Collin Souter, EFILMCRITIC.COM
"Is truth stranger than fiction? In [screenwriter] Charlie Kaufman's world, truth and fiction are equally strange, and his for the taking."
-- David Lee Simmons, GAMBIT WEEKLY (NEW ORLEANS, LA)
"It's deftly written by Charlie Kaufman."
-- Dennis Schwartz, OZUS' WORLD MOVIE REVIEWS
"As a director, Clooney doesn't have an original idea to speak of, but he knows how to swipe the best indie-approved moves."
-- Steve Schneider, ORLANDO WEEKLY
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"Os universos de Chuck Barris e Charlie Kaufman são complementares. E igualmente fascinantes."
-- Pablo Villaca, CINEMA EM CENA
"Add yet another hat to a talented head, Clooney's a good director."
-- John Venable, SUPERCALA.COM
"Just isn’t as weird as it ought to be."
-- Joshua Tyler, FILM HOBBIT
"Brilliantly stylized to suggest its time period and the hero's questionable, if dangerous, state of mind and fever-dreamlike recollections, Confessions never fails to entertain and intrigue."
-- Doris Toumarkine, FILM JOURNAL INTERNATIONAL
"George Clooney, in his first directorial effort, presents this utterly ridiculous shaggy dog story as one of the most creative, energetic and original comedies to hit the screen in years."
-- Dawn Taylor, PORTLAND TRIBUNE
"George Clooney proves he's quite a talented director and Sam Rockwell shows us he's a world-class actor with Confessions of a Dangerous Mind."
-- Bob Strauss, LOS ANGELES DAILY NEWS
"An entertaining film, if not exactly an insightful one."
-- Eric D. Snider, ERICDSNIDER.COM
"Clooney directs this film always keeping the balance between the fantastic and the believable..."
-- Vanessa Sibbald, ZAP2IT.COM
"Worthy of the gong."
-- Chuck Schwartz, CRANKY CRITIC®
"Confessions is without a doubt a memorable directorial debut from King Hunk."
-- Marc Savlov, AUSTIN CHRONICLE
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FRESH 89%
Avg. Rating: 7.7/10 |
"Reinforces the talents of screenwriter Charlie Kaufman, creator of Adaptation and Being John Malkovich."
-- Philip Wuntch, DALLAS MORNING NEWS
"A film so tedious that it is impossible to care whether that boast is true or not."
-- Kenneth Turan, LOS ANGELES TIMES
"Confessions isn't always coherent, but it's sharply comic and surprisingly touching, so hold the gong."
-- Peter Travers, ROLLING STONE
"Never mind whether you buy the stuff about Barris being a CIA hit man. The kooky yet shadowy vision Clooney sustains throughout is daring, inventive and impressive."
-- Gene Seymour, NEWSDAY
"Mr. Clooney, Mr. Kaufman and all their collaborators are entitled to take a deep bow for fashioning an engrossing entertainment out of an almost sure-fire prescription for a critical and commercial disaster."
-- Andrew Sarris, NEW YORK OBSERVER
"Now as a former Gong Show addict, I'll admit it, my only complaint is that we didn't get more re-creations of all those famous moments from the show."
-- Richard Roeper, EBERT & ROEPER
"Maybe the title should have been Confusions of a Dangerous Mind, though the confusion, in this case, can be pretty sublime."
-- Steven Rea, PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER
"Confessions may not be a straightforward bio, nor does it offer much in the way of Barris' motivations, but the film is an oddly fascinating depiction of an architect of pop culture."
-- Claudia Puig, USA TODAY
"A good piece of work more often than not."
-- Andrew Mitchell, NEW YORK TIMES
"A head-clearing, mind-blowing blast from the past -- one of the year's best."
-- Lou Lumenick, NEW YORK POST
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"both overstuffed and undernourished... The film can't be called a solid success, although there's plenty of evidence here to indicate Clooney might have better luck next time."
-- James Sanford, KALAMAZOO GAZETTE
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