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DramaComedy

The Confirmation

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A divorced father reconnects with his son when they track down a stolen toolbox over the course of a weekend.

Release Date : 2016-03-18

Language :English

Adult : false

Status : Released

Production Company : Lighthouse PicturesBungalow Media + EntertainmentSapphire Fire Limited

Production Country : Canada

Alternative Titles :

Cast

Clive Owen

Character Name : Walt

Original Name : Clive Owen

Gender : Male

Jaeden Martell

Character Name : Anthony

Original Name : Jaeden Martell

Gender : Male

Maria Bello

Character Name : Bonnie

Original Name : Maria Bello

Gender : Female

Tim Blake Nelson

Character Name : Vaughn

Original Name : Tim Blake Nelson

Gender : Male

Patton Oswalt

Character Name : Drake

Original Name : Patton Oswalt

Gender : Male

Matthew Modine

Character Name : Kyle

Original Name : Matthew Modine

Gender : Male

Stephen Tobolowsky

Character Name : Father Lyons

Original Name : Stephen Tobolowsky

Gender : Male

Robert Forster

Character Name : Otto

Original Name : Robert Forster

Gender : Male

Spencer Drever

Character Name : Allen

Original Name : Spencer Drever

Gender : Male

Michael Eklund

Character Name : Tucker

Original Name : Michael Eklund

Gender : Male

Ryan Robbins

Character Name : Trout

Original Name : Ryan Robbins

Gender : Male

Glenn Beck

Character Name : Old Man in Church

Original Name : Glenn Beck

Gender : Male

Patrick Gilmore

Character Name : Roger

Original Name : Patrick Gilmore

Gender : Male

John Stewart

Character Name : Bar Patron 1

Original Name : John Stewart

Gender : Male

Dean Wray

Character Name : Bar Patron 2

Original Name : Dean Wray

Gender : Male

Tom Pickett

Character Name : Bartender Al

Original Name : Tom Pickett

Gender : Male

Luvia Petersen

Character Name : Bartender Nancy

Original Name : Luvia Petersen

Gender : Female

Eliza Faria

Character Name : Linda

Original Name : Eliza Faria

Gender : Female

Mel Tuck

Character Name : Guy Bishop

Original Name : Mel Tuck

Gender : Male

Quinn Dubois

Character Name : Mike

Original Name : Quinn Dubois

Gender : Male

Arkie Kandola

Character Name : Mechanic

Original Name : Arkie Kandola

Gender : Male

Kwesi Ameyaw

Character Name : Boeing Engineer

Original Name : Kwesi Ameyaw

Gender : Male

Scott Patey

Character Name : Freddy

Original Name : Scott Patey

Gender : Male

Catherine Lough Haggquist

Character Name : Officer Sue

Original Name : Catherine Lough Haggquist

Gender : Female

Jennifer Copping

Character Name : Roger's Wife

Original Name : Jennifer Copping

Gender : Female

Dave Collette

Character Name : Darren

Original Name : Dave Collette

Gender : Male

Garry Chalk

Character Name : Pete

Original Name : Garry Chalk

Gender : Male

Elan Ross Gibson

Character Name : Trellis Lady

Original Name : Elan Ross Gibson

Gender : Female

Reviews

R

Reno

@Rangan

2024-05-16

**Coming-of-age: A boy's real world encounter.** For the first time direction, it is not a bad film. The 'Nebraska' writer did his best and I'm totally surprised how this little Canadian gem was not recognised extensively. In fact, it is one of the best films of the year among the PG13 ratings. A drama about a divorced freelance carpenter who babysits his son on a weekend, adventuring the city while preparing for his work on the Monday. When someone stole his tools, they both go after to look who took it and that takes the whole film to cover with some other small events on the side. Truly a heartwarming drama. You can compare it to films like 'The Pursuit of Happiness', but it had its own way dealing with the story contents. This is not a comedy, but slightly it is fun, as well as inspiring. It narrates the world is full of good and bad, and how we react to them accordingly. Particularly the main character who was desperate to come out of the bad day and to have some quality time with his son. It actually stayed neutral on the topics like theism and atheism, which has some influence in the narration, but revolved carefully around the social and other issues. So that makes there are more things to care about than fighting for nonsenses. That was really a good thing to focus on, maybe that's why I loved it. The opening and the end take place in the same location, but the difference was the 24 hours and its events. During that time, a boy who was struggling between what his mother believes and his doubts over those beliefs were somewhat influenced to clear his mind. I mean it was not intentional, the film to explain us through the boy, but they were described in the way of someone's daily life base, except it was not an ordinary day for him/them. It was a quite interesting take, and in the current world scenario, this is a wonderful theme for a film which also has high entertainment value. "Well, I don't know what kind of trouble he can get in in a day." I don't know the Christian commandment (or any religious's equivalent) that referred in it, especially the meaning of the title, but according to the writer, he wanted to tell what happens if a good behaving young boy breaks all the rule in just one day. Besides, a bit of his own life experience, as well as the outline was inspired by 'Bicycle Thieves'. I don't know how the religious people take it, but I enjoyed it, kind of it is an awareness theme about the reality of the human world. So my disappointment is not the film, but how it was received. Once again an English film from the other region was turned down by the Americans. I hope the rest of the world won't react same way. It revolved between a father and son characters, so the side contributions were good, but does not require any praise. The Clive Owen, who I consider an ordinary actor was brilliant in this. He is not in any film franchise, especially the current trends superheroes and/or sci-fi, though happy to see him in such a beautiful one-off film. The boy was equally good, especially after the good show from 'St. Vincent', this is his another great character display. Looks like he's going to be a big name in the future. You can't believe it is just a 2 million dollar film. Great production quality with good performances, a better outcome than usual film with the same production value. From my perspective, it is an underrated film and also an undernoticed film. A fine film for everyone, particularly for the family audience. These are reasons why children as well should watch it, like there are no sexual or drug related material in it. Though the real reason is there are some contents that might help them to understand about such as financially struggling and sober parents, the reality of the society and as a coming-of-age film, it always kept its priorities on the top while narrating the tale, especially from the children's viewpoint. 8/10