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Actors: Edward Burns, Rachel Weisz, Morris Chestnut, Andy Garcia, Luis Guzmán, Dustin Hoffman
Review Summary and Plot Commentary about Confidence
CONFIDENCE is a film directed by James Foley in 2003.

Four friends, who are grifters, steal money from an accountant of the King (Dustin Hoffman) a Los Angeles crime boss. After one of them is murdered by a hired killer, they decide to meet Hoffman and clinch a deal with him. In order to get even with Hoffman, they agree to swindle Morgan Price, a bank owner and personal enemy of the King.

--Daniel Staebler, Resident Scholar


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Plot
Time/era of movie: - present (2000-2010)
Crime & Scandal Yes
Story of - criminals stealing from other criminals - con-artist/white collar crime

Main Character
Identity: - Male
Profession/status: - thief/con artist
Age: - 20's-30's
Hair color? - brunette (Brown)
Hair type - (man) short/standard straight
Body type - (man) average
Events of movie makes character more... - happy
Ethnicity/Nationality - White (American)
How sensitive is this character? - middling sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor? - Strong but gentle sense of humor
Intelligence - Smarter than most other characters
Physique - average physique

Secondary Main Character
Identity: - Female
Hair color - red
Hair style - (woman) medium/shoulderlgn wavey
Body type - (woman) ample bosom & buttocks
How much in movie? - 40%
Ethnicity/Nationality - White (American)

Main Adversary
Identity: - Male
Age: - 40's-50's
Profession/status: - criminal
Eccentric: Yes - wild
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in: - 20%
Hair color - brunette (Brown)
Hair type - (man) short/standard straight
Body type - (man) average
Ethnicity/Nationality - White (American)
How sensitive is this character? - hard edged
Sense of humor - Cynical sense of humor
Intelligence - Smarter than most other characters
Physique - average physique

Setting
The Americas (not US): Yes
The Americas: - Central
City? Yes
City: - Los Angeles
Misc setting - bar

Style
Accounts of torture and death? - explicit references to deaths
Movie makes you feel... - very happy
Sex/nudity in movie? Yes
What kind of sex: - kissing - seeing breasts
Any profanity? - A lot of foul language
If soundtrack VERY NOTICEABLE... - Modern rock/pop
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