Confession (2005)

Confession: Directed by Jonathan Meyers. With Chris Pine, Cameron Daddo, Bruce Davison, Tom Bosley. After school trouble-maker Luther Scott pushes another student to an accidental death, he confesses to Father Kelly and then frames the priest for murder.

“Confession is a drama set in a catholic boarding school revolving around the escapades of Luther Scott, itu0026#39;s self proclaimed u0026quot;go-tou0026quot; guy for everything from alcohol to adult magazines. The film does a good job of setting up the character of Luther, portrayed by Chris Pine, and starts to take a turn when Luther is ratted out by one of his classmates after a dorm hall party is busted up by one of the head priest.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eI too was mislead by some of the comments on the board into thinking this was going to be something unique but instead found an average run of the mill TV movie. Starts out strong but drags heavily through the middle and itu0026#39;s predictable end.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eWhat I found incredibly distracting was that almost all of the key players, including the 25 year old Pine, were trying to portray 17 year old boys! The overall acting is pretty poor, including some laugh out loud moments, but is adequately carried by Pine. But still you canu0026#39;t help but think you are looking at young stock brokers instead of adolescents. The believability of Pine and some of the other characters as schoolboys was simply stretched too far.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eThe plot is formulaic and at the end of the day leaves little to remember it by. A good candidate for Movie of the week but canu0026#39;t compete on the mainstream level. There are even mid-movie fadeouts where the commercial breaks will be. Save this one for the 2am u0026quot;need to sleepu0026quot; dozer unless you know someone who was in it.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003e5 out of 10 Maddis”