Capote Reviews

Capote Review
by Jerry Saravia
"Capote" is not a big-screen biography of one of the most famous writers of the 20th century. In fact, this is one of the great films about the process of writing and how the subject of what one is writing can affect the writer so deeply. more

Capote Review
by [email protected]
Capote is a great film - one that captures the cinematic aesthetic of 1950s and '60s cinema and does, indeed, come across as a product of the era. (In fact, presenting the movie in black and white rather than modern-day filtered color may have been a...more

Capote Review
by [email protected]
Capote is a great film - one that captures the cinematic aesthetic of 1950s and '60s cinema and does, indeed, come across as a product of the era. (In fact, presenting the movie in black and white rather than modern-day filtered color may have been a...more

Capote Review
by samseescinema
Director: Bennett Miller Cast: Philip Seymour Hoffman, Catherine Keener, Chris Cooper Screenplay: Dan Futterman MPAA Classification: R (some violent images and brief strong language) more

Capote Review
by Maestro
Stars: Philip Seymour Hoffman, Catherine Keener, Clifton Collins, Jr., Chris Cooper, Bruce Greenwood, Mark Pellegrino Director: Bennett Miller Writers: Dan Futterman (based on book by Gerald Clarke) Distributor: SONY Classics MPAA Rating: R for violent...more

Capote Review
by Jun Yan
When I first read "In Cold Blood," a disturbing astonishment that stayed with me until this day was the improbable objectiveness and cool in the author's portrayal of not only the crime, but also the criminals, Richard Hiccock and Perry Smith. Truman...more

Capote Review
by Mark Leeper
CAPSULE: This is a film portrait of Truman Capote that in its own way is both admiring and damning. Capote investigates the murders that he was to chronicle in his docu-novel IN COLD BLOOD. To make the story better he also...more

Capote Review
by Steve Rhodes
Sometimes there is a performance so astonishing that you are certain that you've seen the best work of the year even if the year isn't anywhere nearly over with. Philip Seymour Hoffman, as Truman Capote, creates a character that is larger than life....more

Capote Review
by samseescinema
Director: Bennett Miller Cast: Philip Seymour Hoffman, Catherine Keener, Chris Cooper Screenplay: Dan Futterman MPAA Classification: R (some violent images and brief strong language) more