| Confessions of a Dangerous Mind Review |
| by John Ulmer (Rating: 4/5) |
| Doggone it, George Clooney is starting to grow on me. I used to think he was
a talentless hack who played the same roles over and over with the same
monotone voice, smirk and morbid look of placid self-loving on his face.
Maybe it's true, but as an...more |
| Confessions of a Dangerous Mind Review |
| by Jon Popick (Rating: 8/10) |
| There are more than a handful of high-profile films in theatres right now,
and they're all vying for both Oscar attention and your hard-earned money.
Two of them happen to be the directorial debut of even higher-profile,
larger-than-life movie stars,...more |
| Confessions of a Dangerous Mind Review |
| by Rose 'Bams' Cooper |
| CONFESSIONS OF A DANGEROUS MIND (2002)
Rated R; running time 113 minutes
Studio: Miramax Films
Genre: Drama
Seen at: Celebration Cinema (Lansing, Michigan)
Official site: http://www.miramax.com/confessions/
IMDB site:...more |
| Confessions of a Dangerous Mind Review |
| by Dennis Schwartz (Rating: B) |
| CONFESSIONS OF A DANGEROUS MIND (director: George Clooney; screenwriter:
Charlie Kaufman/from the book by Chuck Barris; cinematographer: Newton Thomas
Sigel; editor: Stephen Mirrione; music: Alex Wurman; cast: George Clooney (Jim
Byrd), Sam Rockwell...more |
| Confessions of a Dangerous Mind Review |
| by Homer Yen (Rating: C) |
| As a form of entertainment, "Confessions of a
Dangerous Mind" doesn't really provide much fun
or a great deal of drama or even enough character
development to draw us into the picture. In
fact, you will probably leave the theatre
wondering what was the...more |
| Confessions of a Dangerous Mind Review |
| by Steve Rhodes (Rating: 2/4) |
| CONFESSIONS OF A DANGEROUS MIND is the bizarre type of laughless comedy that
only a film critic could admire. Our packed audience was as silent as that at a
funeral. A story about Chuck Barris, the creator of numerous bad television
game shows...more |
| Confessions of a Dangerous Mind Review |
| by Bob Bloom (Rating: 3.5/4) |
| CONFESSIONS OF A DANGEROUS MIND (2002) 3 1/2 stars out of 4. Starring
Drew Barrymore, George Clooney, Julia Roberts, Sam Rockwell and Rutger
Hauer. Music by Alex Wurman. Based on the book by Chuck Barris.
Screenplay by Charlie Kaufman. Directed by...more |
| Confessions of a Dangerous Mind Review |
| by JoBlo (Rating: 7/10) |
| PLOT:
Based on the supposed true life of former "Gong Show" host Chuck Barris, this
film brings his "autobiographical" book of the same title to the big screen.
According to Barris' manuscript, much of which cannot be corroborated by anyone
else, the man...more |
| Confessions of a Dangerous Mind Review |
| by Laura Clifford (Rating: B-) |
| Chuck Barris (Sam Rockwell, "The Green Mile") is known for introducing
such shows as "The Newlywed Game," 'based on the belief that marrieds
would sell each other out for a major appliance,' to American television.
As Barris contemplates his empty life,...more |
| Confessions of a Dangerous Mind Review |
| by Harvey S. Karten (Rating: 3/4) |
| Rating out of 4 stars: 3
Reviewed by Harvey Karten
Miramax Films
Director: George Clooney
Writer: Charlie Kaufman, book by Chuck Barris
Cast: Drew Barrymore, George Clooney, Julia Roberts, Sam
Rockwell
Screened at: Review 2, NYC, 12/9/02 more |
| Confessions of a Dangerous Mind Review |
| by Susan Granger (Rating: 3/10) |
| Do you remember - in "A Beautiful Mind" - when schizophrenic John Nash Jr. had
the hallucination that he was recruited as a spy for the CIA? This dark comedy
asserts that Chuck Barris was also conscripted during the Cold War - think of "A
Beautiful Mind"...more |
| Confessions of a Dangerous Mind Review |
| by Jonathan F. Richards |
| When you think about it, the two major threads of the career of Chuck
Barris are drawn from the same cloth. Barris is the producer responsible for
such landmarks in television's vast wasteland as The Dating Game, The Newlywed
Game, and the pinnacle...more |
