‘Confession’ Review: Rob Lowe and James Franco in a Ben Shapiro-Scripted, Stalinist Russia-Set Drama That’s Terminally Tedious
Jennifer Jason Leigh, Nick Nolte, Emile Hirsch and Kodi Smit-McPhee also appear in Václav Marhoul's film about the brutal interrogation of a prisoner in a Stalin-era Russian jail.
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‘Confession’ Review: Rob Lowe and James Franco in a Ben Shapiro-Scripted, Stalinist Russia-Set Drama That’s Terminally Tedious
Jennifer Jason Leigh, Nick Nolte, Emile Hirsch and Kodi Smit-McPhee also appear in Václav Marhoul's film about the brutal interrogation of a prisoner in a Stalin-era Russian jail.
‘Confession’ Review: Rob Lowe and James Franco Add Some Spark to Václav Marhoul’s Deliberately Paced, Sluggishly Talky Drama
Although “Confessions” is based on an original screenplay by Ben Shapiro — the arch-conservative writer whose Daily Wire media company is distributing the film, and whose very name in the credits will prime some critics to expect the worst from the get-go — it plays like an adaptation of a stage play that no one
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2 outlets from United States are covering this story: The Hollywood Reporter and Variety. The Hollywood Reporter published it first, on November 10, 2026; the last outlet to join was Variety, 2 days later.
Key names in the coverage: Review, Stalinist Russia-Set Drama That, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Rob Lowe and James Franco.
