Confidential (1986)

User Rating:

3.5/10   

Director:

Bruce Pittman

Writer:

Bruce Pittman (writer)

Genre:

Crime | Thriller

Plot:

The year is 1949 and reporter Hugh Jameson is looking for a story. He focuses on Emma Porter, a woman...

Plot Keywords:

Murder | Reporter | Investigation | Disappearance | Private Detective

Awards:

1 nomination

Cast

August Schellenberg	...	Charles Ripley
Chapelle Jaffe	...	Amelia
Neil Munro	...	Hugh Jameson
Tom Butler	...	Edmund Eislin
Antony Parr	...	Rufus
Linda Goranson
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Jennifer Goldie	...	Waitress
Kay Hawtrey	...	Doris
Martha Henry
Kate Parr	...	Anna Porter
Doris Petrie	...	Mrs. McAlister
Sarah Polley

Runtime:

95 min

Country:

Canada

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Certification:

Germany:16 | USA:R

Company:

Brightstar Films

A Perfect Chiller for a Winters Eve.

Imagine if you will, the clouds begin to gather. Your breath shimmers in the blackness of the night. You look up into the sky and see the first fallings of snow.

Keep that image in mind when you watch "Confidential" a truly superior low budget noir thriller written and directed by Bruce Pittman, whose only other film i had seen was "The Haunting Of Hamilton High - Prom Night 2, a sequel far better than the original.

What Pittman's film offers the viewer, is a parade of characters, well represented by the landscape that surrounds them, Cold and calculating. I've always been a fan of film noir's that present a puzzle before your very eyes, even more so when you reach the final frame and find yourself still scratching your head, you just gotta love those kind of movies.

Bruce Pittman really cooked up a perfect brew, an excellent script, perfect casting, everyone involved aided by their period costumes, really looked like they belonged, and dare i say August Shellenberg, long before his encore with a certain sea mammal really rocks with a cool subtlety.

Your probably wondering so where is the review for this movie, as is the rule of thumb with a dark edged thrillers, you can never give more than what you'll get and with "Confidential" all i can say is wrap up warm, turn up the fire, and when the movie is finished and you find yourself looking out over your own cold covered landscape.

Think about the mystery of Emma Porter, the titular character within the confines of "Confidential" and baffle just like i did, but like i always have evertime i sit down to watch this thriller from Canada with the coldest of hearts, but with the most intriguing of stories.