Confessions of a Dangerous Mind

Confessions of a Dangerous Mind (2002)

  • 79% of critics liked it
    (159 reviews)

  • 71% of users liked it
    (54,358 ratings)

Chuck Barris is best known to most Americans as the guy who used to host The Gong Show. He was also the creator and producer of The Dating Game, The Newlywed Game, and a handful of other successful game shows in the 1960s and 1970s. But was he also a hired killer working with the CIA? That's the… More

R, 1 hr. 53 min.
Directed By
George Clooney
Written By
Chuck Barris, Charlie Kaufman
Genres
Drama, Mystery & Suspense, Comedy
In Theaters
Aug 15, 2003 Limited
On DVD
Sep 9, 2003
Miramax Films

Critic Reviews

  • Andrew O'Hehir, Salon.com

    The American film of the season -- and maybe of the year, or the last couple of years...

  • Desson Thomson, Washington Post

    A darkly enjoyable roller-coaster ride.

  • Stephen Hunter, Washington Post

    A picture that is surely one of the oddest ever made.

  • Glenn Lovell, San Jose Mercury News

    Clooney, who on the basis of this movie has a big career ahead of him behind the camera, demonstrates a real flair for visual comedy.

  • Mick LaSalle, San Francisco Chronicle

    The movie makes a case for itself through sheer oddness and perversity.

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Featured Audience Ratings

  • familiar s


    Not as impressive as to what I was looking forward to, but worked as a pastime. Nevertheless, its tagline continues to be among my most favorites.

  • Graham J


    Either George Clooney is becoming an awesome director or Steven Soderbergh is ghost directing for him.

  • danny d


    regardless of the truth of the story, this is an excellent film. great performances, great screenplay, and gripping story. i love that clooney loves to put himself in these teerrible mustaches all the time.

  • Anthony L


    George Clooney proves he?s more than just a good actor, he?s also a brilliant director.

  • Jens S


    George Clooney's directing debut, based on the autobiography of a 60s and 70s game show host who also killed for the CIA. Although the movie is interrupted by a few comments of real Chuck Barris' contemporaries there has to be doubt about the validity of his story. The film… More

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