Review of Confessions of a Dangerous Mind (2002) by Mega M — 26 Mar 2009

I was definitely looking for something kinda cool. What I got was a definite original in story, lots of groovy style & solid acting by most, but not necessarily the overwhelming pleasure that I might have imagined. In fact, as supremely bizarre & unbelievable the premise of this film is, the movie itself isn't necessarily complex, gripping or surprising. Everything is played out pretty straight forward,.

I also liked that it didn't necessarily start off too serious, but as things moved along and the lies, the deceit and the very odd life of this one man got stranger and stranger, the film too, became darker in tone and in atmosphere. The soundtrack was also decent, the pace consistent and I'm pretty sure that I liked the fact that real life people would interject every now and again with their actual opinions of the man.

Overall, I would advise anyone with massive expectations to set them lower and go in expecting little more than an unusual tale of one man's crazy life, solid acting by most, hip style and a "cute" love story.