Movie Review - Confidence (2003)

CONFIDENCE (2003) is a slick greased-lightning of a con story that some reviewers I believe mistook for a classic "caper" movie like Ocean's 11 or 12.

The writing by Doug Jung is fresh, witty and with twists and turns that miraculously all make sense at the end, if at the cost of resorting to blood-packs a few times too many to save the day (you'll know what that is when you watch the film).

Director James Foley (of Glengarry Glen Ross) does a marvelous job of moving this tongue-in-cheek story at a rapid click with a lot of side-sweeps for scene transitions and a camera that never stops roving around even at close headshots.

Jake Vig (well, did the last name have to be that obvious?) played by Ed Burns, is the boss of a con team that consists of Gordo (the one and only Paul Giamatti of Sideways), Big Al and Miles (Brian Van Holt).

The con job that Vig et al pull off leaves them with $150,000 that belongs to