{
  "id": 19650175,
  "title": "‘Confession’ Review: Rob Lowe and James Franco Add Some Spark to Václav Marhoul’s Deliberately Paced, Sluggishly Talky Drama",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/12/confession-review-rob-lowe-and-james-franco-add-some-spark-to-vaclav",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-11-12T12:33:17.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Variety",
    "slug": "variety",
    "url": "https://variety.com/2026/film/news/confession-review-1236945904/"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "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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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}