Marks an auspicious debut for George Clooney in the role of director -- a job he already seems to be a natural at.
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02/16/03
Confessions of a Dangerous Mind (2002)
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Reviews Counted:158
Fresh:124
Rotten:34
Average Rating:7.1/10
Consensus: Rockwell is spot-on as Barris, and Clooney directs with entertaining style and flair.
Runtime: 1 hr 53 mins
Genre: Comedies
US Box Office: $15,878,598
Synopsis: George Clooney makes his directorial debut with this frenetic, visually dazzling black comedy. Based on notorious television producer Chuck Barris' "unauthorized autobiography," Clooney's film... [More]
Starring: Drew Barrymore, Julia Roberts, Sam Rockwell, George Clooney
Director: George Clooney, Steven Soderbergh
Reviews for Confessions of a Dangerous Mind
Top CriticDirecting for the first time, Clooney turns out to be a natural when it comes to parody...
08/01/03
Top CriticAn intriguing, bizarre and challenging film that invites us into a world filled with larger-than-life characters and strange occurrences.
10/18/08
Top CriticKaufman, Clooney, and company have interpreted Barris's story beautifully, but it was a flawed story to begin with.
01/27/03
While somewhat less than it might have been, the film is a good one, and you’ve got to hand it to director George Clooney for biting off such a big job the first time out.
01/10/03
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.
01/24/03
...sort of a red velvet twin to Steven Spielberg’s pastel Catch Me If You Can
01/17/03
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.
01/23/03
Confessions is without a doubt a memorable directorial debut from King Hunk.
01/26/03
Clooney zips through a very funny first act, before becoming a little bogged down as the action enters John le Carré territory.
02/18/03
Directing a movie is no picnic, but I'll be damned if Mr. Clooney doesn't make it seem like fun.
07/14/07
Confessions of a Dangerous Mind is freakin' brilliant. Sam Rockwell gives a whack-you-upside-the-head dose of his talent!
09/22/03
Rockwell lets us see all the joy, lust, self-pity, and rage with which Barris gonged himself.
01/24/03
In his promising directorial debut, Clooney gets away with most of the flourishes he allows himself.
01/25/03
One of the year's most weirdly engaging and unpredictable character pieces.
01/05/03
Not only intriguing as a story but great to look at, a marriage of bright pop images from the 1960s and 1970s and dark, cold spyscapes that seem to have wandered in from John le Carre.
01/24/03
Top CriticThe movie is compulsively watchable even if it never quite convinces you that it's much more than a fanciful story.
01/23/03
If nothing else, Confessions of a Dangerous Mind ought to make Sam Rockwell a star.
01/31/03
Os universos de Chuck Barris e Charlie Kaufman são complementares. E igualmente fascinantes.
05/01/03
This movie is full of surprises, starting with the fact that it's one of the most dramatically successful film biographies in memory.
01/06/03
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