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58% Critic Match
The Confession
“Trust no one.”
5.8 / 10• 1999• 1h 54m•R• English
DramaThriller
Storyline
After his young son dies from the negligence at a hospital, Harry Fertig takes matters into his own hands and kills the doctor, nurse and clerk responsible. Slick lawyer Roy Bleakie, looking only to win a case and not caring of the matters involved, is asked by Fertig's boss to defend him. Shocked to hear that his client wants to plead guilty, the case causes Bleakie to question his own morals by defending an honorable man.
Cast & Crew
Ben Kingsley
Harry Fertig
Lead
Amy Irving
Sarah Fertig
RM
Ryan Marsini
Stevie Fertig
Alec Baldwin
Roy Bleakie
Boyd Gaines
Liam Clarke
Anne Twomey
Judge Crossland
LP
Lázaro Pérez
Eric Malabar
Becky Ann Baker
Nurse Jeanine Carrounbois
What People Are Saying
3.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. David Hugh Jones's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
3.0
“Every frame feels alive. The Confession is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
