IGN.com|AskMen.com|Rotten Tomatoes|GameSpy|FilePlanet|TeamXbox|CheatsCodesGuides|GameStats|Direct2Drive
RottenTomatoes.com
Register | Log In | What is RT?
Home Movies DVD Celebrities News Critics Trailers & Pictures The Vine Forums
Box Office | In Theaters | Opening | Upcoming | Best Of | Certified Fresh | Showtimes
RT Search Powered by Google
help icon Enhanced RT
searches on Google
Click here to turn on enhanced search results from RT on your Google searches by subscribing to our Google Subscribed Links profile.
 
Movies / On DVD / Confessions of a Dangerous Mind
Confessions of a Dangerous Mind

Rate this Movie Help Icon

  • Write a Review
  • Read Reviews
  • Email to a Friend
  • Add to List
  • Bookmark and Share
  • Get this Movie
  • Buy Poster External Icon
  • Visit Official Site External Icon

Confessions of a Dangerous Mind (2002)

  • T-Meter Critics
  • Top Critics
  • RT Community
  • My Critics
  • My Friends
  • DVD
78 %
Tomatometer

How does the Tomatometer work Help Icon

Reviews Counted: 152

Fresh: 118

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: Television

Theatrical Release: Jan 24, 2003 Wide

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 reinforces Barris' outlandish... 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 reinforces Barris' outlandish claim that he lived a secret life as a hitman for the CIA. Sam Rockwell stars as Barris, a fresh-faced dreamer who moves to New York to find success in television. Pretty soon, he's written a hit song ("Palisades Park"), has shacked up with the ultra-peppy Penny (Drew Barrymore), and has his first successful game show, THE DATING GAME. But as if that weren't enough excitement, he is soon recruited by CIA Special Agent Jim Byrd (Clooney) to become a hired killer for the federal government. As Barris' subsequent shows (THE NEWLYWED GAME, THE GONG SHOW) take off, the conflicted producer uses them as a front for his undercover job, chaperoning winning couples all over the world while performing his deadly duties after hours. Along the way, he meets a shady cast of characters--including a sultry assassin (Julia Roberts)--who threatens to blow his cover and ruin his television career forever. Adapted by the daring and mischievous Charlie Kaufman, Clooney's film features yet another electrifying performance from Rockwell (LAWN DOGS, SAFE MEN). [More]

Starring: Drew Barrymore, Julia Roberts, Sam Rockwell, George Clooney

Starring: Drew Barrymore, Julia Roberts, Sam Rockwell, George Clooney, Rutger Hauer, Maggie Gyllenhaal

Director: George Clooney

Director: George Clooney
Screenwriter: Charlie Kaufman
Producer: Andrew Lazar
Composer: Alex Wurman
Studio: Miramax Films

[See More Credits]

  • Trailers
  • Pictures
1 - 5 of 12

See More Movie Trailers & Pictures

Get This Movie

  • Buy DVD
 
 
 
 
Release:

Sep 9, 2003

[DVD Details]
 
 

DVD Features:

  • Region 1
  • Keep Case
  • Anamorphic Widescreen

Interactive Features:

  • Scene Access
  • Interactive Menus

Reviews for Confessions of a Dangerous Mind

  • T-Meter Critics
  • Top Critics
  • RT Community
  • My Critics
  • My Friends
  • DVD
 
 
1 - 20 (sorted by date)
Text View | 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 >> >|
Arrange By: Fresh | Rotten | Comments | Name | Source | Date
 
 
Ratings Image

Click to read the article

Full Review Source: Sacramento News & Review | comment Comment
08/07/08
Mark Halverson
Sacramento News & Review
Ratings Image

Clooney wanted Kaufman's script delivered without corruption or softening. He has overcorrected and made a glum, almost listless movie.

Full Review Source: eFilmCritic.com | comment Comment
07/30/07
Rob Gonsalves
eFilmCritic.com
Ratings Image

Click to read the article

Full Review Source: Big Picture Big Sound | comment Comment
07/14/07
Joe Lozito
Big Picture Big Sound
N/R

Click to read the article

Full Review Source: Time Out | comment Comment
06/24/06
Time Out
Top Critic Icon Top Critic
Ratings Image

Click to read the article

Full Review Source: Film Threat | comment Comment
12/06/05
Film Threat
Top Critic Icon Top Critic
Ratings Image

A terrific actor, a handsome movie star and now an accomplished director--damn you, Mr. Clooney, for making it that much more unfair for the average joe likes of myself.

Full Review Source: Mr. Brown's Movies | comment Comment
02/08/05
Michael Dequina
Mr. Brown's Movies
Ratings Image

Click to read the article

Full Review Source: tonymedley.com | comment Comment
10/07/04
Tony Medley
tonymedley.com
Ratings Image

Noir fantasy with the pop funkiness of '70s game shows

Full Review Source: Courier-Journal (Louisville, KY) | comment Comment
06/23/04
Judith Egerton
Courier-Journal (Louisville, KY)
N/R

Click to read the article

Full Review Source: Minneapolis Star Tribune | comment Comment
05/19/04
Colin Covert
Minneapolis Star Tribune
Top Critic Icon Top Critic
Ratings Image

Un prodigio narrativo muy diferente a todo lo que suele producir Hollywood, pero no por capricho de un director sino al servicio de una historia y de un punto de vista.

Full Review Source: Uruguay Total | comment Comment
11/03/03
Enrique Buchichio
Uruguay Total
Ratings Image

Bounces around like the smarter and weirder older brother of Spielberg's Catch Me If You Can.

Full Review Source: Daily Telegraph | comment Comment
10/19/03
Tim Robey
Daily Telegraph
Ratings Image

Confessions of a Dangerous Mind is freakin' brilliant. Sam Rockwell gives a whack-you-upside-the-head dose of his talent!

Full Review Source: Blunt Review | comment Comment
09/22/03
Emily Blunt
Blunt Review
Ratings Image

...a one-note character study about an unhappy, insecure, delusional paranoiac, whose assassin gimmick wears thin almost before it gets started.

Full Review Source: DVDTown.com | comment Comment
09/02/03
John J. Puccio
DVDTown.com
Ratings Image

Because of movies like this, nostalgia just ain't what it used to be.

Full Review Source: ReelTalk Movie Reviews | comment Comment
08/11/03
Betty Jo Tucker
ReelTalk Movie Reviews
N/R

Click to read the article

Full Review Source: Sydney Morning Herald | comment Comment
08/01/03
Sydney Morning Herald
Top Critic Icon Top Critic
Ratings Image

Clooney has made a stylish debut, wisely making his movie resemble the wacky game shows Barris dreamt up.

Full Review Source: Sunday Times (Australia) | comment Comment
07/29/03
Shannon J. Harvey
Sunday Times (Australia)
Ratings Image

Click to read the article

Full Review Source: Sunday Times (Australia) | comment Comment
07/21/03
Sunday Times (Australia)
Top Critic Icon Top Critic
Ratings Image

Confessions Of A Dangerous Mind is the latest, and most promising evolution of Clooney’s career. . .

Full Review Source: FilmStew.com | comment Comment
06/10/03
Todd Gilchrist
FilmStew.com
Ratings Image

Os universos de Chuck Barris e Charlie Kaufman são complementares. E igualmente fascinantes.

Full Review Source: Cinema em Cena | comment Comment
05/01/03
Pablo Villaca
Cinema em Cena
Ratings Image

Click to read the article

Full Review Source: Empire Magazine | comment Comment
04/23/03
Rob Fraser
Empire Magazine
1 - 20 (sorted by date)
Text View | 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 >> >|
all

Latest News for Confessions of a Dangerous Mind

July 14, 2006: Terry Gilliam's Good Omens -- and Bad
Terry Gilliam is hopping soapbox to soapbox, mouth at full throttle now that "Tideland" is finally getting released (in the UK, anyway). In recent interviews he's... More...

See More Topics...

Related Forums for Confessions of a Dangerous Mind

REEL_REVIEWER
CONFESSIONS OF A DANGEROUS MIND - is George Clooney a better director or actor?
by: REEL_REVIEWER 9/11/05


REEL_REVIEWER
CONFESSIONS OF A DANGEROUS MIND - is George Clooney a better director or actor?
by: REEL_REVIEWER 9/11/05


REEL_REVIEWER
CONFESSIONS OF A DANGEROUS MIND - is George Clooney a better director or actor?
by: REEL_REVIEWER 9/11/05


REEL_REVIEWER
CONFESSIONS OF A DANGEROUS MIND - is George Clooney a better director or actor?
by: REEL_REVIEWER 9/11/05


anyone else see this
by: wylie86 3/22/04
See All

More DVDs

Top Rentals
Tomatometer Percentage Movie
ROTTEN: 1 50% Sex and the City - The…
ROTTEN: 2 52% Leatherheads
FRESH: 3 62% Baby Mama
ROTTEN: 4 12% Made of Honor
ROTTEN: 5 12% Deception

More Rentals…

New On DVD This Week
Tomatometer Percentage Movie
ROTTEN: 35 35% You Don't Mess with the Zohan
ROTTEN: 18 18% The Happening
FRESH: 75 75% Paranoid Park
FRESH: 93 93% The Visitor
FRESH: 71 71% Stuck

More New Releases…

What’s Hot On RT

That's Hot

That's Hot

Paris Hilton picks her favorite films.

Toon vs. Toon

Toon vs. Toon

We rank the best animated films of all time!

Chuck Palahniuk

Chuck Palahniuk

The Fight Club/Choke writer on film.

Dane Cook

Dane Cook

The actor-comedian shares fave films.

More Info

RT To Go

Get this widget! Movie Reviews

Around The Network

  • Confessions of a Dangerous Mind at Rotten Tomatoes
  • Confessions of a Dangerous Mind at IGN
  • Confessions of a Dangerous Mind at AskMen
 
 
About| Site Map| Help| RT To Go| Contact Us| Critics Submission| Linking to RT| Licensing| Movie List| Celebs List| Newsletter
IGN Logo

IGN.com | GameSpy | Comrade | Arena | FilePlanet | ModCenter | GameSpy Technology
TeamXbox | Planets | Vaults | VE3D | CheatsCodesGuides | GameStats | GamerMetrics
AskMen.com | Rotten Tomatoes | Direct2Drive


By continuing past this page, and by the continued use of this site, you agree to be bound by and abide by the User Agreement.
Copyright 1998-2008, IGN Entertainment, Inc. About IGN | Support | Advertise | Privacy Policy | User Agreement | Subscribe to RT's XML feed! IGN RSS Feeds
IGN's enterprise databases running Oracle, SQL and MySQL are professionally monitored and managed by Pythian Remote DBA
Certain product data ©1995-present Muze, Inc. For personal use only. All rights reserved.