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This barely made the fresh section. I really liked Hoffman as the sleazy King, but I hated Edward Burns. Just wasn't the right role for him. I also didn't like the bright colors used in the background. There's a word starting with D that affected the way I saw the background colors in a bad way. Can't think of it right now.

So why did I give it a 6? The ending twist caught me off guard. Like most heist movies, the middle is usually not that interesting. I base how good these movies are usually by the execution of the plan. Gone In 60 Seconds didn't work, but Ocean's Eleven did. I never saw the twist coming, and it was a twist I had to applaud. It lifted the film out of Rottenland and barely above the Fresh line.

Confidence (2003)
Edward Burns, Andy Garcia, Dustin Hoffman
Directed by James Foley
Grade A- (Fresh) (25)
This film is an experiment in style, which works. The cast is colorful, the scams and plots intricate, and over-the-top. There are fast cuts, and art direction that gives this film its coolness. Basically, Confidence has style in spades, even if it does share it with a few other films.

My brother taught me how to play drums better.
And I taught him how to play my Ibanez.
:)
The hockey game was awesome.
Fights, 10 min penalties, and 4 goals for UNH...
and that means Free Fries at McDonalds.

Even if they had lost, it would have still be an experience to remember.
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SO I get home, before 10pm, so I decide to ask the 'rents...
You Guys Want A MOVIE?

Sure.
But, something new, says mom.

Easy. They never see anything !

Oh wait... it's Saturday.
NO selection whatsoever in the brand new rentals.

So I call
"How about Hollywood Homicide?"
"I hate Harrison Ford"
"Down With Love?"
"Saw it on the plane"

grrr....
phone back...
"How about Confidence?"
"Whats that...?"
"Nevermind...you'll like it"

And in the background, mom mentions munchies.
Did my mom just smoke a bowl or something?
She's penned the saying "No Carbs after 9pm".

I volunteer to get Pizza and Pepsi.
The bros are stoked!
GTA3 just isn't enough at this time of night for the kids.

Take a ride through town...Pepsi...
Pizza joint...wait a few...
Pizzaaa....

MmmMMMMM....
Warm and yummy.

:D

Confidence (2003) ****



Very underrated, jazzy con flick boasts a top-notch cast and script; only thing missing is the originality. Jake Vig (Ed Burns) is a con artist who bit off more than he could chew when he conned a man with connections high up... and the guy ended up in the morgue. He accepts to take a job for the King (Dustin Hoffman) an ADHD-afflicted pervert who also happens to be a pretty big mobster. He gathers his crew (Rachel Weisz, Paul Giamatti, Brian van Holt, Donal Logue, Luis Guzman, Franky G) and sets out to find the perfect mark. Along the way we encounter Special Agent Gunther Butan (Andy Garcia), who's hot on the trail of Vig. It's nothing you've never seen before, but it's snappy, well-acted, intelligent and entertaining. It's got great moments (awesome monologues for Hoffman, who walks away with the acting honors) and satisfies. It's the cinematic equivalent of girly hard alcohol: it's better on the moment than in retrospect, it's nothing you've never tasted before, but it gets the job done like every other.

I've said before that I'm a sucker for con movies, and Confidence is no exception. It's the least of 2003's major con movies; The Italian Job was more fun and Matchstick Men was better written, but Confidence is good just the same. It's not a bad movie, just not a great one. It's an hour and a half of entertainment, and that's good enough for me.

I baby sat from 6:30pm to 10pm and got $6 dollars out of it! granted the kids or easy and really sweet. But still I should have gotten $20 out of this. I had fun baby sitting them and I got dragged pulled by my feet and arms by the the younger of the 2. So she had a blast pulling me around other then my pants starting to ride rather low but it was fun. Then I wrestled with them and won :) yeah I sat on a 10 and a 12 years olds. But I faught far! the did not trying to tickle is not fair and pinching is not fair either! oh and bra snapping is way unfair. Then we put in eight legged freaks. Its a cute movie but I hate spiders they or scarey little things! So now i'm here.

I went riding earlyer on my horse Rain and my younger sister rode my other horse Macci. It has ben a week since I last rode. I am a bad mommy! My girls were so happy to go for a ride even though it was pretty wet outside I had a blast. By the time I got off I was soaking wet. My jeans were plastered to my legs and my sweatshirt mys dripping but damn it was fun!

Went to my friend's birthday party today, at a Spanish restaurant. I'm a picky eater, so I didn't try much - they DID convince me to try some sort of meat, they wouldn't tell me what it was. Turns out it was rabbit.



Good stuff.

Got home and watched Confidence, and thoroughly enjoyed it. I love heist/con movies, I really haven't seen enough of them. I saw Heist when it first hit DVD, and barely remember a thing about it, this, and I'm too lazy to think of any others. Loved it. Considering bumping it up to a 9.

Now I'm going to watch Planet of the Vampires. Let's see what Bava can do for me.

This was a worthwhile time at the theater, and I was glad I was able to catch it, since it had limited showings and was most likely going to be pulled this week.

What a great ensemble cast: Ed Burns, Rachel Weisz, Paul Giamatti, Dustin Hoffman, Luis Guzman, Donal Logue and an unrecognizable Andy Garcia. Robert Forster and Tim "Tiny" Lister are back in the same picture as they were in Jackie Brown, but they don't share any scenes.

Confidence coasts by on its charms, though it doesn't keep the suspense level up high enough. There's a point where it loses it and doesn't regain momentum.

But there are some great performances, especially Dustin Hoffman's twisted character.

CONFIDENCE tries to be "cool," but all too often it chooses style over substance, little character tics over true characterization, and really bad dialogue over passable dialogue. Most of the fault here lies in the screenplay, but Edward Burns doesn't have much of a presence as a leading man, and he was irritating. Andy Gracia, Rachel Weisz, and Paul Giamatti are wasted, while Dustin Hoffman twitches occasionally.

And the ending sucked too.

That's all for now... I have to go back to work.

One of the best con artist movies I have seen. Makes me want to be a grifter.......