Confession (2005/I)

User Rating:

5.9/10   

Director:

Jonathan Meyers

Writers:

Jonathan Meyers (writer)
Daniel Wright (additional writer)

Genre:

Drama | Thriller

Tagline:

Forgive me, Father, for I have I have sinned.

Plot:

In a small Catholic boarding school an unspeakable act has been committed. When High School student...

Plot Keywords:

Murder | Catholic | Melodrama | Sin | Flashback Sequence

Cast

Chris Pine	...	Luther Scott
Cameron Daddo	...	Father Michael Kelly
Bruce Davison	...	Father Thomas Parker
Tom Bosley	...	Father Abbot Sutton
Peter Greene	...	Detective William Fletcher
Lukas Behnken	...	Robbie Willingham
Adam Bussell	...	David Bennet
Robert Pine	...	Senator Givens
Janet Carroll	...	Mother Superior
Kate Vernon	...	Detective Robin Mallory
Evan Ellingson	...	Benjamin Givens
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Benjamin Anderson	...	Derek Lee
Ryan Cheo	...	Ryan
Noel Conlon	...	Father Justin
Ben Donovan	...	Jacob
Liam Dunaway O'Neill	...	Medic
Nick Fowler	...	Frank Kelly
David Patrick Green	...	Father Nicholas (as David Green)
Daniel Gutierrez	...	Jerry
Brandan Halpin	...	Jake
Ramon Hilario	...	Mr. Rios
Alix Holleschau	...	Altar Boy
Randy Holleschau	...	Clyde
Daniel Kountz	...	Malachi
Lizzy Lahive	...	Sarah Givens
Kathy Lamkin	...	Marie
Joe Marsella	...	Arresting Officer
Christian McGuigan	...	Vince
Fred Meyers	...	Matt
Michael Joseph Meyers	...	Young Michael Kelly
Branden R. Morgan	...	Riley
Wiley M. Pickett	...	Dean Kelly
Bob Rumnock	...	Father Jordan
Craig Shoemaker	...	Father Charles
Josh Skinner	...	Ricky
Conner Sorensen	...	Tim Kelly
Stephen Sowan	...	Joseph
Travis Van Winkle	...	Scott
Mark Wallace	...	Victor
Nikki Winston	...	Jaimee
Danny Yarbrough	...	Danny

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Certification:

USA:R | Brazil:18

Filming Locations:

Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

Crazy Dreams Entertainment

Trivia:

Inspired by Alfred Hitchcock's "I Confess," as well as Jonathan Meyers' experiences living in an all boys Catholic prep school.

Movie Connections:

References Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989)

A disappointment, could maybe pass for a movie of the week

Confession is a drama set in a catholic boarding school revolving around the escapades of Luther Scott, it's self proclaimed "go-to" guy for everything from alcohol to adult magazines. The film does a good job of setting up the character of Luther, portrayed by Chris Pine, and starts to take a turn when Luther is ratted out by one of his classmates after a dorm hall party is busted up by one of the head priest.

I too was mislead by some of the comments on the board into thinking this was going to be something unique but instead found an average run of the mill TV movie. Starts out strong but drags heavily through the middle and it's predictable end.

What I found incredibly distracting was that almost all of the key players, including the 25 year old Pine, were trying to portray 17 year old boys! The overall acting is pretty poor, including some laugh out loud moments, but is adequately carried by Pine. But still you can't help but think you are looking at young stock brokers instead of adolescents. The believability of Pine and some of the other characters as schoolboys was simply stretched too far.

The plot is formulaic and at the end of the day leaves little to remember it by. A good candidate for Movie of the week but can't compete on the mainstream level. There are even mid-movie fadeouts where the commercial breaks will be. Save this one for the 2am "need to sleep" dozer unless you know someone who was in it.

5 out of 10 Maddis