Review of Confessions of a Dangerous Mind (2002) by Derrick A — 24 Sep 2015
As far as spy movies tend to go, Confessions of a Dangerous Mind takes the edge by maintaining a comedic baseline on the dark side of audience with sudden scenes of pure dread and thrill. Pulling a film such as this has being attempted before with no real success. It is truly not a feat that should be attempted without an extremely skilled and experienced director, yet Clooney succeeded none the less. In my experience, action-spy movies tend to be the only ones to succeed, and unfortunately seeing how this movie did in the box office, the statement stands.
Overall, the film managed to make the audience care about its central character, leave a bit of thrill for the spy, a little spite for the unfaithful husband, a lot of soullessness for the host of your usual game show, and the remaining shred of humanity on a writer.
As far as biopic films go, it is along Jarhead and Ray for me.
This review of Confessions of a Dangerous Mind (2002) was written by Derrick A on 24 Sep 2015.
Confessions of a Dangerous Mind has generally received positive reviews.
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