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Actors: Ed Burns, Dustin Hoffman, Rachel Weisz, Andy Garcia
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| Review Summary and Plot Commentary about Confidence |
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What happens when a grafter gets grifted? That's the idea behind this stylish caper film starring Ed Burns as Jake Vig, a confident confidence man who picks the wrong mark. The victim of his latest con has used someone else's stolen money for his own scheme, leaving The King (Hoffman), a sadistic pervert of a kingpin, without his money and one of his crew dead. It gets better.
King traps Jake into another grift with the mark of his choosing -- an influential rival. Enter a beautiful pickpocket named Lily (Weisz) who turns his head as well as Butan (Garcia), a federal agent he's already tried to bribe and failed.
--ldpaulson, Resident Scholar
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| Analysis of Confidence |
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Plot
Composition of Movie
Actual chase scenes or violence - 10%
Planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzles/motives - 60%
Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 30%
Time/Era of Movie:
- present (2000-2010)
Crime & Police Story?
Yes
Crime story:
- white collar fraud/theft
Criminal enemy is...
- thief/con-artist
If this is a criminal POV story...
- criminals stealing from other criminals
Romance
Yes
Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Profession/status:
- criminal
Age:
- 20's-30's
How sensitive is this character?
- hard edged
Sense of humor
- Cynical sense of humor
Intelligence
- Very much smarter than other characters
Physique
- very athletic
Secondary Main Character
Identity:
- Female
Body type
- very skinny (woman)
How much in movie?
- 80%
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
Main Adversary
Identity:
- Male
Age:
- 40's-50's
Profession/status:
- criminal
Eccentric:
Yes
- eccentric
- mentally ill
- emotionally unstable
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- 40%
Hair color
- brunette (Black)
Hair type
- (man) very short/crewcut
Body type
- average (man)
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
Physique
- healthy but a geeky weakling
Sense of humor
- Cynical sense of humor
How sensitive is this character?
- hard edged
Setting
United States
Yes
The US:
- California
City?
Yes
City:
- Los Angeles
Style
Accounts of torture and death?
- moderately messy visuals of dead
Movie makes you feel...
- all mixed up
How many deaths in film?
- 2
How much use of techno gadgets?
- 1 (None)
Kind of violence:
- guns
Any profanity?
- A lot of foul language
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