The Confirmation

2016 1h 41m EN

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6.4

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★6.4TMDB · 203

DramaComedy

Synopsis

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A divorced father reconnects with his son when they track down a stolen toolbox over the course of a weekend.

“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”

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Cast

Clive Owen
Walt
Jaeden Martell
Anthony
Maria Bello
Bonnie
Tim Blake Nelson
Vaughn
Patton Oswalt
Drake
Matthew Modine
Kyle
Stephen Tobolowsky
Father Lyons
Robert Forster
Otto

Credits

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Director: Bob Nelson
Writers: Bob Nelson
Languages: English
Countries: Canada

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Released 10 years ago.

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DIRECTOR

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Directed by Bob Nelson, shot by Terry Stacey. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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DIRECTOR

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Original score by Jeff Cardoni. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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DIRECTOR

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Editor Steven Rasch shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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CAST

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Clive Owen and Jaeden Martell and Maria Bello carry the top of the cast.

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IMDB entry: tt4210080 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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The take

Bob Nelson directs. Terry Stacey behind the camera. Jeff Cardoni scores. Steven Rasch cuts. Produced in Canada. Dialogue in English.

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1Released 10 years ago.
2Directed by Bob Nelson, shot by Terry Stacey. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
3Original score by Jeff Cardoni. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
4Editor Steven Rasch shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
5Clive Owen and Jaeden Martell and Maria Bello carry the top of the cast.
6IMDB entry: tt4210080 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

The technical file

Cinematography: Terry Stacey
Original score: Jeff Cardoni
Editing: Steven Rasch
Production design: Chris August
Costume design: Sheila White
Makeup / hair: Cindy Barlow
Runtime: 101 min · 1h 41m
Aspect ratio (typical): 1.37:1 (Academy)
Status: Released
Box office: $8,382
Original language: EN
Certification (US): PG-13
IMDB: The Confirmation (2016)

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Reno2016-09-09
★ 8/10
Coming-of-age: A boy's real world encounter. For the first time direction, it is not a bad film. The 'Nebraska' writer did his best and I'm totally surprised how this little Canadian gem was not recognised extensively. In fact, it is one of the best films of the year among the PG13 ratings. A drama about a divorced freelance carpenter who babysits his son on a weekend, adventuring the city while preparing for his work on the Monday. When someone stole his tools, they both go after to look who took it and that takes the whole film to cover with some other small events on the side. Truly a heartwarming drama. You can compare it to films like 'The Pursuit of Happiness', but it had its own way dealing with the story contents. This is not a comedy, but slightly it is fun, as well as inspiring. It narrates the world is full of good and bad, and how we react to them accordingly. Particularly the main character who was desperate to come out of the bad day and to have some quality time with his son. It actually stayed neutral on the topics like theism and atheism, which has some influence in the narration, but revolved carefully around the social and other issues. So that makes there are more things to care about than fighting for nonsenses. That was really a good thing to focus on, maybe that's why I loved it. The opening and the end take place in the same location, but the difference was the 24 hours and its events. During that time, a boy who was struggling between what his mother believes and his doubts over those beliefs were somewhat influenced to clear his mind. I mean it was not intentional, the film to explain us through the boy, but they were described in the way of someone's daily life base, except it was not an ordinary day for him/them. It was a quite interesting take, and in the current world scenario, this is a wonderful theme for a film which also has high entertainment value. "Well, I don't know what kind of trouble he can get in in a day." I don't know the Christian commandment (or any religious's equivalent) that referred in it, especially the meaning of the title, but according to the writer, he wanted to tell what happens if a good behaving young boy breaks all the rule in just one day. Besides, a bit of his own life experience, as well as the outline was inspired by 'Bicycle Thieves'. I don't know how the religious people take it, but I enjoyed it, kind of it is an awareness theme about the reality of the human world. So my disappointment is not the film, but how it was received. Once again an English film from the other region was turned down by the Americans. I hope the rest of the world won't react same way. It revolved between a father and son characters, so the side contributions were good, but does not require any praise. The Clive Owen, who I consider an ordinary actor was brilliant in this. He is not in any film franchise, especially the current trends superheroes and/or sci-fi, though happy to see him in such a beautiful one-off film. The boy was equally good, especially after the good show from 'St. Vincent', this is his another great character display. Looks like he's going to be a big name in the future. You can't believe it is just a 2 million dollar film. Great production quality with good performances, a better outcome than usual film with the same production value. From my perspective, it is an underrated film and also an undernoticed film. A fine film for everyone, particularly for the family audience. These are reasons why children as well should watch it, like there are no sexual or drug related material in it. Though the real reason is there are some contents that might help them to understand about such as financially struggling and sober parents, the reality of the society and as a coming-of-age film, it always kept its priorities on the top while narrating the tale, especially from the children's viewpoint. 8/10

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