Synopsis
A divorced father reconnects with his son when they track down a stolen toolbox over the course of a weekend.
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Cast
- Clive OwenWalt
- Jaeden MartellAnthony
- Maria BelloBonnie
- Tim Blake NelsonVaughn
- Patton OswaltDrake
- Matthew ModineKyle
- Stephen TobolowskyFather Lyons
- Robert ForsterOtto
- Spencer DreverAllen
- Michael EklundTucker
Recommendations
- 88
Philadelphia Inquirer
The Confirmation is a powerful directorial debut from 59-year-old writer Bob Nelson, who received an Oscar nomination for his first screenplay, Nebraska. - 80
The New York Times
The pleasures are modest but rewarding in Bob Nelson’s character study The Confirmation. - 75
The Seattle Times
A surprisingly sweet-spirited picture about a man’s redemption and a boy’s initiation into the ways of the world. - 75
The A.V. Club
The Confirmation isn’t much to look at, and its rhythms are wobbly (the quest narrative starts to feel strained early on), but Nelson is a dogged enough dramatist that even the story’s resolutions—even the really pat and obvious ones—are satisfyingly earned. - 70
Village Voice
The movie's not just good but moving, funny and true to the way people actually live in hard-times America. - 70
Los Angeles Times
Feature films these days rarely come as gentle and equitable as The Confirmation. It's a sweet, decidedly low-key little picture starring a deftly understated Clive Owen. - 67
The Film Stage
Nelson’s screenwriting voice is unpretentious, approaching earnestly grounded characters with a deliberate lack of sentimentality. - 63
Observer
In this case two mesmerizing performances by Clive Owen and his astounding co-star, a remarkably adroit child actor named Jaeden Lieberher, who is going places fast.
