True Confessions 1981

Vincent Canby, New York Times: Quite simply it's one of the most entertaining, most intelligent and most thoroughly satisfying commercial American films in a very long time. Read more

Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times: True Confessions contains scenes that are just about as good as scenes can be. Then why does the movie leave us disoriented and disappointed, and why does the ending fail dismally? Read more

Richard Corliss, TIME Magazine: Two exciting, dangerous actors have little to do: Duvall spends too much time pacing and waiting; De Niro's big scene has him hanging up his vestments. Read more

Geoff Andrew, Time Out: Numerous vital characters are dropped and the case-solving stripped of its complexity, with the resulting film over-linear and one-dimensional. Read more

Variety Staff, Variety: Given the powerhouse topline casting combo and provocative theme, True Confessions has to be chalked up as something of a disappointment. Read more

Gary Arnold, Washington Post: Des is another solitary soul, but perhaps he's the most subtle and accessible solitary De Niro has yet embodied -- a man whose isolation draws you closer instead of giving you the willies. Read more