Confession

2020
1h 58m

IMDb RATING

5.7/10

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For two detectives Dean McCallum is an enigma; is he a psychopath or a serial killer; does he suffer from multiple personalities, could he be possessed by demons, or is there something even ... Read allFor two detectives Dean McCallum is an enigma; is he a psychopath or a serial killer; does he suffer from multiple personalities, could he be possessed by demons, or is there something even more shocking to consider.For two detectives Dean McCallum is an enigma; is he a psychopath or a serial killer; does he suffer from multiple personalities, could he be possessed by demons, or is there something even more shocking to consider.

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Trivia
Despite an extremely small budget many of the film's numerous settings were built sets. Director/production designer Daniel C. Nyiri is a scenic designer with experience in making the most out of limited resources. In the film hallways could only open onto one finished room at a time because the building materials (false walls, practical doors etc.) were re-used to save on expenses. One of the film's production offices was transformed into multiple settings. Some furniture purchased for sets was carefully disassembled after shooting and returned to their boxes exactly as they were originally packed (the art dept. used reference photos to insure this). They were then returned for a refund. Other furniture pieces were fake; one detective's unique bed was little more than a fake headboard attached to a false wall, and the scene in the lead detective's bedroom includes a completely false closet constructed just for the shot.

Quotes
Dean McCallum: Between your predisposition to believe force solves anything, your reverence of greed and power, your elevation of stupidity, your pathological avoidance of empathy, and your commitment to cruelty, it's easy to despise your kind. Yes, early on you accepted fairy tales and stories. But you refused to give them up. For growing faster and stronger - and infinitely more virulent - than your ability to reason was your capacity for vanity and ego. But if you want to know a secret, I'll tell you; at your core - on a level more protean than the simple cellular one, in the very invisible dust that binds you to the universe - you all know that you are NOT special. You are NOT unique. But in your refusal to accept the very worthlessness that actually makes you significant, you cling to willful ignorance. You shutter your vision, and shackle your reason, and all in the pathetic delusion that you are more special than someone else and - to prove it - your God loves only you.

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Featured review

10/10

I have a Confession to make

I have a Confession to make, (perhaps more of a guilty pleasure) I actually like this film.

Working with an anorexic budget of less than $25,000.00, there are moments where we are convinced that we are being served up a luxurious feast. Perhaps something of a miracle on the order of loaves and fishes. This instant cult classic defies any effort to pigeon hole it. "Confession" is a diamond in the rough that explores whether God allows all of the horror in the world to exist, or whether by exercising our free will, is it we. But what if it's more complicated than that? How much of God is in us and how much of us in God? And by the way, how do the detectives know who they're interviewing ... it's not like the supernatural carry id.

Clearly, this film has a point of view, but not all of the answers ... it is for the viewer to consider, discuss and finally come to our own conclusions.

"Confession" is a film to be savored, not gulped down like a Big-Mac. I fully suspect that the negative reviews posted here are from folks that were looking for a Happy Meal; but if you have an appetite for something a bit more sophisticated, substantial and, yes, a bit challenging, you could do worse than to invest 2 hours of your precious time with this film.