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Infamousta brilliant actors, brilliant editing

Hulkeasexo it is the rare 'crazy' movie that actually has something to say.

Hayleigh Joseph This is ultimately a movie about the very bad things that can happen when we don't address our unease, when we just try to brush it off, whether that's to fit in or to preserve our self-image.

blanche-2 From 2009, The Confession is based on a novel by Sol Yurick.Am ambitious attorney, Roy Bleakie, who has a chance at being the next D.A., is asked to represent the employee of a wealthy friend who has just been arrested for murdering three hospital employees. The man, Harry Fertig (Ben Kingsley) and his wife Sarah (Amy Irving) rushed their extremely ill son to the emergency room of a hospital one night, only to be brushed off by nurses and doctors and being told to "wait your turn" at that busy time. As a result, their little boy dies.Grief-stricken, Harry goes out and shoots them.In all honesty, having dealt with this sort of thing when my mother was ill, I really can't blame him, and if my sister owned a gun, the same thing might have happened. I frankly don't even think that scene was exaggerated.Being a good lawyer, Roy wants to plead not guilty by reason of mental defect. Harry, a devout Jew, knows he has sinned, and wants to honor his son by taking responsibility for what he did. He demands to plead guilty, which is against the wishes of his employer.Roy begins to suggest that the employer's insistence on mental defect has to do with something else, as Fertig was his top financial person.Very slow-moving, in my opinion, with a lot of talk, though the acting was excellent. Someone wrote that "Ben Kingsley is a god." Well, Ben Kingsley is a god, a very powerful actor, and Amy Irving is a goddess, always giving a beautiful performance. Here she plays a woman who has now lost her son and husband, and she's frightened, vulnerable, and confused. It's probably the most complex part in the film, and she's more than up to it. Alec Baldwin for me is much better in comedy. As a dramatic leading man, he is solid, but he relies on those movie techniques like the blank stare. When Al Pacino does it, it's scary. When Alec Baldwin does it, it doesn't register as much. He's also quite soft-spoken (I'm hard of hearing and actually was relying on the Spanish subtitles, which is all they had). I don't mind talky movies if the dialogue is scintillating as in All About Eve. This wasn't. It's still good as it raises some interesting issues and moral questions.

merklekranz This movie tries to stretch believability and does a very poor job of it. Alec Baldwin stars as a defense attorney in his usual suave, slimy, snakeskin, but somehow is transformed by Ben Kingsley into a harmless bunny by the end of the film. The opening is good, with Kingsley seeking revenge on three hospital workers who failed to help his dying son. I thought, perfect, Baldwin is somehow going to work miracles with Kingsley and get an insanity plea. Unfortunately this was not the case, as "The Confession" veers off the tracks into political corruption, environmental hazards, and worst of all, philosophical diatribe .... - MERK

brianoh2 This is a movie about a moral man (Kingsley) trapped in an immoral world. When his son is ill and needing urgent medical attention, the actions of the medical staff lead to serious consequences for all, and Kingsley's character requires legal representation. Baldwin is appointed his lawyer and his experience with Kingsley changes his values. Baldwin had become corrupted by the legal system and was no longer interested in right or wrong, just winning. Kingsley's moral values of right and wrong and admitting our guilt and paying for our wrongs changes Baldwin for the "better". Baldwin's character now has a new set of moral values and this has disastrous consequences for other parties.I thought this was a movie with a strong moral message and it was well acted by Baldwin and Kingsley for the most part. At times it got a little too much listening to Kingsley's explanations of why we should be honest. He came across as a bit of a saint, and in reality this never happens, just in words. All in all, I thought it well worth watching. In my book an 8 (from 10).

Keith F. Hatcher Normally films with Alec Baldwin, or practically any others of the Baldwin clan, would generally have me reaching for the remote so as to change channels. But, Ben Kingsley.......... so I decided to settle down and watch `The Confession'. And I am glad I did so. This is a pretty serious court-case, with some excellent scenes, and some good dialogues at times. If Baldwin is better than in anything else of his I have had (mostly) the misfortune of seeing, here he is really more than acceptable, even good. And Ben Kingsley is better: as good as anything since `Gandhi' (qv). `The Confession' shows clearly that neither of these actors need films of violence to keep intelligent spectators attentive: this film works, with good chemistry between the two men. The only weakness is that Baldwin just has to have a bit of an affair with...... no, I am not going to say with whom.If like me you are not exactly a Baldwin fan, do not pass this film over. It is a well-carried out dramatic piece which is worth your time.