Libramedi Intense, gripping, stylish and poignant

Manthast Absolutely amazing

Cassandra Story: It's very simple but honestly that is fine.

Darin One of the film's great tricks is that, for a time, you think it will go down a rabbit hole of unrealistic glorification.

backtraxmusic Please don't soil the name of film noir by calling this movie one. The dialogue is cringeworthy throughout. The formula is to get a group of B-movie actors to do most of the work while throwing some marquee names (Norton & Hoffman) to make a few brief appearances. It plays out like a comedy waiting for a punchline. Save your time, read a book or watch a REAL film noir.

Robert J. Maxwell A nice cast and clever direction give this tale of a handful of low lifes conning a major bank out of much money a lot of zest. Edward Burns with his geometrical proboscis has an interesting high-pitched hoarse voice. The lilt in Paul Giamatti's speech is bewitching. Dustin Hoffman as the gum-chewing hyperactive big shot may have the juiciest part, but everyone loses out on succulence to diminutive but amply bosomed Rachel Weisz. She's a knock out. There are fine actors even in relatively small roles -- Andy Garcia, for instance, and Robert Forster.Anyone who wants to see an example of good classical movie making should watch the scene in which Weisz picks up John Carroll Lynch at a bar and invites him to sit at a table with the gang of con men, who seduce him into playing their game. Carroll's expressions of, first, bewilderment, then burgeoning interest, are nearly perfect, but they had to be captured on film my a director who knew his business and an editor, ditto.Unfortunately, the plot looks entertaining but it's so confusing, with so many twists, new developments, and betrayals -- some of them fakes -- that I was lost. Maybe you need to know a little more about finance than I do. I don't know what you have to do to "start up" a company, and while listening to Burns and the others explaining it in the simplest possible terms, I felt at times as if I were back in high school algebra class. God, how I hated algebra.But -- alright, sometimes the plot left me in a cloud of whirling dust, but it's all done with such panache that I watched it all the way through, even if I didn't understand it. The tempo is agitato. There are points of impressive humor embedded in the story. And I kept waiting for Rachel Weisz to remove some of her hampering outer garments. Burns is an engaging guy too -- handsome, but not repulsively so, if you know what I mean, and his accent is so metropolitan New Yorkish that it sounds like he grew up next door. He keeps saying things like "leave it up to he and I," which is an ungrammatical form called a hyperlearnedism. I kind of like that touch, whether it came from Burns or from Doug Jung, the writer. It's the kind of thing a small time hood like Burns' character WOULD say.

snookie Not too simple, not too intelligent. Just great. I mean... AWESOME MOVIE! I never heard of a story, more interesting, more fun and more surprisingly well done as this one... I read another comment on the movie, with a comparison of Rachel Weisz and Julia Roberts. Well, I don't know that, but let's take a closer look. If Rachel Weisz can be compared with Julia Roberts, let's pretend... that George Clooney is Edward Burns and Andy Garcia is Dustin Hoffman... Now, I don't want to abuse any of the actors in Ocean's Eleven is worthless, because I really admire these people and I don't forget the fact, that Andy Garcia plays an important good role in "Confidence" too, but compared to "Ocean's Eleven", "Confidence"... ROCKS HARD!!! Let's just say that. Some critics will try to make an important note "Wait a minute, what about the flaws in the movie?" What about them? Every movie's got plenty. And this movie has a few. Nothing is perfect. If you ask me, I would give this film a 7.5! It's not shallow, but not deep too. The perfect way to relax... That's from me, I don't give a **** (sorry for the rude expression) what people think about this opinion, the real thing I care about is that this is my opinion and I support it 100%... This movie is the most perfectly planned and interesting movie for me... Coulnd't know about the others and couldn't change their mind, but I suppose they probably think as well...

whpratt1 Enjoyed this film concerning a professional con Jake Vig (Edward Burns), "The River King", who gets in real trouble with Dustin Hoffman,(The King) and has to repay a debit in a big hurry. Dustin Hoffman plays a real bad character who will smile and kill you at the same time or choose to torture you with slow painful results. Rachel Weisz,(Lily), "The Fountain" is an outstanding con-artist herself and very sexy and gets deeply involved with a big heist worth millions of dollars. There is some humor in the night club that The King owns between two so called sisters who have very strong sexual desires for each other and drive the poor King crazy. Great acting by the entire cast and all moving at a rather fast pace. Enjoy.