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Confessions of a Dangerous Mind (2002) Rank 4 Reviews
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Las Vegas Mercury (Bob Grimm)
A magnificent directorial debut...Sam Rockwell is one of the best actors on the planet. Original, bizarre, and consistently entertaining. ...read the complete Confessions of a Dangerous Mind movie review at Las Vegas Mercury (Bob Grimm)
efilmcritic.com (Collin Souter)
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. ...read the complete Confessions of a Dangerous Mind movie review at efilmcritic.com (Collin Souter)
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Eclipse Magazine (Sean O'Connell)
A satisfying trip for idiot box fans who like their kitschy television nostalgia mixed with a hint of imagination. ...read the complete Confessions of a Dangerous Mind movie review at Eclipse Magazine (Sean O'Connell)
Sun Publications (Chicago, IL) (Josh Larsen)
...so busy having fun it isn't burdened with being important -- though I can't think of another movie that has as many important things to say about ambition and failure. ...read the complete Confessions of a Dangerous Mind movie review at Sun Publications (Chicago, IL) (Josh Larsen)
Hollywood Bitchslap (James E. Laczkowski)
For Barris, it may have just come from a need to escape the fate of being a nobody. For Kaufman, it’s to write the next great big scene. The two of them create their own worlds, for us to live in vicariously, and decide whether if it’s fact, or fiction. ...read the complete Confessions of a Dangerous Mind movie review at Hollywood Bitchslap (James E. Laczkowski)
Reno Gazette-Journal (Forrest Hartman)
Witty, smart and absurdly funny. ...read the complete Confessions of a Dangerous Mind movie review at Reno Gazette-Journal (Forrest Hartman)
Sacramento Bee (Joe Baltake)
[Clooney] and Kaufman have crafted a truly bizarro masterpiece -- the kind made for instant cult status and midnight runs. ...read the complete Confessions of a Dangerous Mind movie review at Sacramento Bee (Joe Baltake)
eFilmCritic.com (Erik Childress)
Clooney has everything under control here from the storytelling to the steady hand of a director with an eye of confidence for the cinema. ...read the complete Confessions of a Dangerous Mind movie review at eFilmCritic.com (Erik Childress)
Trades (Sean Conover)
funny, dark, violent, and heartwarming all rolled into one. ...read the complete Confessions of a Dangerous Mind movie review at Trades (Sean Conover)
Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC) (Ken Hanke)
Confessions of a Dangerous Mind is a delightfully wicked indulgence that plays with its audience just as much as it plays with its subject. ...read the complete Confessions of a Dangerous Mind movie review at Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC) (Ken Hanke)
Houston Chronicle (Eric Harrison)
Who would've thought a movie about Chuck Barris could be so rich and entertaining? ...read the complete Confessions of a Dangerous Mind movie review at Houston Chronicle (Eric Harrison)
Rochester Democrat and Chronicle (Jack Garner)
Thanks to Clooney, Confessions of a Dangerous Mind is colorful, fast-moving and fun, but never without its bittersweet hint of madness. ...read the complete Confessions of a Dangerous Mind movie review at Rochester Democrat and Chronicle (Jack Garner)
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Arizona Daily Star (Phil Villarreal)
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. ...read the complete Confessions of a Dangerous Mind movie review at Arizona Daily Star (Phil Villarreal)
TNMC (Drew Morton)
You can blame today’s rage of reality shows on one person: television producer and creator Chuck Barris. Without the presence of Barris’s The Dating Game, The Newlywed Game, and The Gong Show modern television shows like Paradise Island, The ...read the complete Confessions of a Dangerous Mind movie review at TNMC (Drew Morton)
Projectionist (Sean Caszatt)
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Daytona Beach News-Journal (Fl.) (Jeff Farance)
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Las Vegas Weekly (Steve Bornfeld)
KBTV-NBC (Beaumont, TX) (Danny Minton)
I got tired of looking at George’s butt in Solaris , and I felt the same of Rockwell here. ...read the complete Confessions of a Dangerous Mind movie review at KBTV-NBC (Beaumont, TX) (Danny Minton)
Atlanta Journal-Constitution (Eleanor Ringel Gillespie)
Rockwell is wonderful throughout, capturing Barris' inherent sleaziness and insecurity as well as, well, the vision of the man who could be called the godfather of reality TV. ...read the complete Confessions of a Dangerous Mind movie review at Atlanta Journal-Constitution (Eleanor Ringel Gillespie)
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Arkansas Democrat-Gazette (Philip Martin)
...sort of a red velvet twin to Steven Spielberg’s pastel Catch Me If You Can ...read the complete Confessions of a Dangerous Mind movie review at Arkansas Democrat-Gazette (Philip Martin)
The Cinema Source (Alysa Salzberg)
Dallas Morning News (Philip Wuntch)
Reinforces the talents of screenwriter Charlie Kaufman, creator of Adaptation and Being John Malkovich . ...read the complete Confessions of a Dangerous Mind movie review at Dallas Morning News (Philip Wuntch)
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Gambit Weekly (New Orleans, LA) (David Lee Simmons)
Is truth stranger than fiction? In [screenwriter] Charlie Kaufman's world, truth and fiction are equally strange, and his for the taking. ...read the complete Confessions of a Dangerous Mind movie review at Gambit Weekly (New Orleans, LA) (David Lee Simmons)
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Denver Rocky Mountain News (Robert Denerstein)
Clooney makes a sharply entertaining directorial debut. ...read the complete Confessions of a Dangerous Mind movie review at Denver Rocky Mountain News (Robert Denerstein)
Citysearch (Bill Pearis)
Clooney has not only made one of the best debuts since Spike Jonze's Being John Malkovich , but one of the best films of the year. ...read the complete Confessions of a Dangerous Mind movie review at Citysearch (Bill Pearis)
Variety (Robert Koehler)
A powerful and creative film. ...read the complete Confessions of a Dangerous Mind movie review at Variety (Robert Koehler)
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Washington Post (Desson Thomson)
A darkly enjoyable roller-coaster ride -- Clooney and Kaufman deftly interweave the macabre with lightheartedness. ...read the complete Confessions of a Dangerous Mind movie review at Washington Post (Desson Thomson)
Dallas Observer (Bill Gallo)
A fascinating, frequently hilarious meditation on delusion, self-loathing and personal ...read the complete Confessions of a Dangerous Mind movie review at Dallas Observer (Bill Gallo)
Salon.com (Andrew O'Hehir)
It's a funny, strange, sad and wonderful picture, packed with delightful performances by Hollywood stars and made by a director with a startling facility for the form and an expansive cinematic imagination. ...read the complete Confessions of a Dangerous Mind movie review at Salon.com (Andrew O'Hehir)
Chicago Sun-Times (Roger Ebert)
As for myself, I think he made it all up and never killed anybody. Having been involved in a weekly television show myself, I know for a melancholy fact that there is just not enough time between tapings to fly off to Helsinki and kill for my government. ...read the complete Confessions of a Dangerous Mind movie review at Chicago Sun-Times (Roger Ebert)
Boston Globe (Ty Burr)
Screenwriter Kaufman is in fine meta-fettle here, even if he's still losing control of his material toward the end, and while it's too soon to tell whether Clooney has the stuff of a great director, he certainly knows who to hire. ...read the complete Confessions of a Dangerous Mind movie review at Boston Globe (Ty Burr)
Journal News (Westchester, NY) (Marshall Fine)
Confessions of a Dangerous Mind has the feeling of the kind of film from the 1970s that Clooney studied before making this movie: loose, adventurous, witty, occasionally out of control. ...read the complete Confessions of a Dangerous Mind movie review at Journal News (Westchester, NY) (Marshall Fine)
Chicago Sun-Times (Roger Ebert)
I had not read the autobiography of Chuck Barris when I went to see "Confessions of a Dangerous Mind." Well, how many people have? So I made an understandable error. When the movie claimed that the game show creator had moonlighted as a CIA hit man, I tho ...read the complete Confessions of a Dangerous Mind movie review at Chicago Sun-Times (Roger Ebert)
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CinemaZone.dk
Vi møder Chuck Barris midt i bekendelsen, på bunden efter en hektisk tilværelse, nøgen i et hotelværelse, skamfuld over sin egen ynkelige tilstand – med andre ord en falliterklæring af et liv, et håbløst tilfælde af den type, man ikke kan ...read the complete Confessions of a Dangerous Mind movie review at CinemaZone.dk
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It's deftly written by Charlie Kaufman. ...read the complete Confessions of a Dangerous Mind movie review at Ozus' World Movie Reviews (Dennis Schwartz)
Laramie Movie Scope (Robert Roten)
As crazy a story as you might imagine it to be. It is also entertaining in a darkly comic kind of way. ...read the complete Confessions of a Dangerous Mind movie review at Laramie Movie Scope (Robert Roten)
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New York Post (Lou Lumenick)
A head-clearing, mind-blowing blast from the past - one of the year's best. ...read the complete Confessions of a Dangerous Mind movie review at New York Post (Lou Lumenick)
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