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Bathed in self-conscious cool, Confidence is a heist caper in which the heist
is unimportant. As you might expect from Glengarry Glen Ross director
James Foley, this pulpy concoction is more interested in giving good actors
a lot of hip, salty dialogue as they scheme their way to the royal scam. It's a
poor man's Ocean's Eleven, just as enjoyable in its own way, beginning
when con artist Jake (Edward Burns) discovers he's accidentally stolen from
an eccentric crime boss (Dustin Hoffman, oozing threat in a fine character
turn). Promising to make amends by pulling the biggest con of his career,
Jake adds a feisty pickpocket (Rachel Weisz) to his crew, which includes
scene-stealer Paul Giammatti and Andy Garcia as a disheveled FBI agent
(or is he?). With a cast like this you can't go wrong, but Confidence cons
itself into thinking it's original, while Burns's abundant voice-overs state the
obvious and plot twists unfold with minimal surprise. It hardly matters;
Confidence may be derivative, but it's still recommendable