| Critics Reviews |
Average Grade: |
B- |
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| Source |
Brief Review |
Grade* |
Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Eleanor Ringel Gillespie |
"A pretty cool con with some pretty cool acting." more... |
B |
Chicago Sun-Times
Roger Ebert |
"...fails to make us care, even a little, about the characters and what happens to them." more... |
C+ |
Chicago Tribune
Mark Caro |
"You find yourself tricked and having enjoyed the experience after all." more... |
B |
Cincinnati Enquirer
Margaret A. McGurk |
"It's not often that a caper flick works as smoothly as Confidence or conjures up such a healthy helping of purebred escapist fantasy." more... |
A- |
| E! Online |
"...the colorful cast...keeps good time with the efficient and snappy plot." more... |
B+ |
filmcritic.com
Blake French |
"This is one of those rare films in which almost everything works..." more... |
A- |
Los Angeles Times
Kenneth Turan |
"Despite a capable cast and a director with visual style, the con film disappoints." more... |
C- |
New York Post
Lou Lumenick |
"For Ed Burns diehards only." more... |
C |
New York Times
A.O. Scott |
"...very little to enjoy..." more... |
D+ |
ReelViews
James Berardinelli |
"...an entertaining cinematic adaptation of a B-movie script with an A-list cast." more... |
B |
Rolling Stone
Peter Travers |
"...one sweet sexy sting of a movie." more... |
B |
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
Sean Axmaker |
"...delivers a clever confidence game, if not much else." more... |
B- |
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