Review of Confidence (2003) by Milhouse V — 19 Dec 2003

[font=Times New Roman][size=3][color=#000000]Confidence (2003) ****[/color][/size][/font].

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[font=Times New Roman][size=3][color=#000000]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.[/color][/size][/font].