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Why did they go ahead anyway? Did they believe that an immense Capote audience was hungering for two films about him?
Two good films about one subject [are] much better than a lot of bad films about different things.
Jones gets everything -- the gestures, the generosity, the mean streak, the bending of the ear to recitals of woe, whether across a lunch table or a prison cell.
The film benefits from three splendid performances: Toby Jones as Capote, an aggressively gay elf exuding a tosspot charm; Sandra Bullock as Nelle Harper Lee, a novelist who uses spoken words with quiet precision, and Daniel Craig as Perry.
It's a stellar cast, but you can't help but lament the bad timing.
No matter how noble the competitor, coming in second in a contest always feels like a lesser effort.
A more rounded and just plain entertaining film than "Capote," thanks to its all-star cast and a marvelous Toby Jones
This worthy second biopic of Truman Capote starts not with a bloodbath, but a cocktail.
Toby Jones' uncanny portrayal of the short, effeminate writer with the funny voice, gives the film its credibility and compassion.
Only Sandra Bullock shines as Harper Lee.
Poor Toby Jones. In any other year, his work as Truman Capote would be in immediate awards contention.
With dyed hair and tattoos, Craig nails the incredible complexity of a man who juggles gentleness with violence. The relationship between Capote and Perry is overtly moving and there was a big lump in my throat as the final chapters played out.
Why not accept Sandra Bullock as Harper Lee? As it turns out, she's quietly terrific. Most of the supporting actors are.
Mature drama follows author's quest for fame.
Infamous doesn't feel like a remake. While it covers the same ground, the pitch is completely different. Where Capote was cool, distant and even antiseptic, Infamous is warmer and more emotionally fulfilling.
Una aproximación más bien superficial y declamatoria a Truman Capote y su investigación previa a A Sangre Fría. En comparación, la versión de 2005 sale mucho mejor parada.
About cold blooded media seduction, and an ironic reflection of how class differences in this country seal the opposing fates of individuals.
To recreate the gossipy Manhattan arena that Capote navigated with such ease and documented with such malice, you need dialogue that rings like scatter-shot and the film's script, written by its director Douglas McGrath, doesn't have it.
Revela-se não somente desonesto, como decepcionantemente repulsivo.
"About cold blooded media seduction, and an ironic reflection of how class differences in this country seal the opposing fates of individuals."
The triad of performances by Toby Jones, Sandra Bullock and Daniel Craig keep it on its feet, but after a certain point it's stumbling aimlessly.
For this film, it's the little pleasures---such as scenes of Capote writing and pages from legal pads stacked in rows---rather than the overall feeling and being engaged by it the entire time, which is a bit hard to do.
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