Confessions of a Dangerous Mind

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It's the first movie from a Charlie Kaufman script that I've really liked.

Clooney's style as a director is often just too much. I think he's said something to the effect that, given a shot at directing, he wanted to swing for the bleachers, and yeah, I'd rather he did that than err on the side of caution. But at times the attempt to surprise with every scene transition is just oppressive.

It's fun but distracting to play spot-the-movie-star.

I was frequently the only person in the theater laughing. Sometimes when I wasn't laughing someone else took a turn. Sometimes several of us laughed together. The room wasn't full.

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confessions

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i thought it was so well-done. i've never seen sam rockwell before, and he was great. i loved the relationship between penny (drew barrymore) and chuck (sam rockwell). and i walked out of the theater thinking, was it true?? the guy i was with said the only way we would know is if someone knocked chuck off. an interesting thought.