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Capote (2005)

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Reviews Counted:178

Fresh:160

Rotten:18

Average Rating:8.2/10

Consensus: Philip Seymour Hoffman's riveting central performance guides a well-constructed retelling of the most sensational and significant period in author Truman Capote's life.

Runtime: 1 hr 54 mins

Genre: Dramas

US Box Office: $28,337,516

Synopsis: In November, 1959, Truman Capote (Philip Seymour Hoffman), the author of Breakfast at Tiffany's and a favorite figure in what is soon to be known as the Jet Set, reads an article on a back page of... In November, 1959, Truman Capote (Philip Seymour Hoffman), the author of Breakfast at Tiffany's and a favorite figure in what is soon to be known as the Jet Set, reads an article on a back page of the New York Times. It tells of the murders of four members of a well-known farm family—the Clutters—in Holcomb, Kansas. Similar stories appear in newspapers almost every day, but something about this one catches Capote's eye. It presents an opportunity, he believes, to test his long-held theory that, in the hands of the right writer, non-fiction can be compelling as fiction. What impact have the murders had on that tiny town on the wind-swept plains? With that as his subject—for his purpose, it does not matter if the murderers are never caught—he convinces The New Yorker magazine to give him an assignment and he sets out for Kansas. Accompanying him is a friend from his Alabama childhood: Harper Lee (Catherine Keener), who within a few months will win a Pulitzer Prize and achieve fame of her own as the author of To Kill a Mockingbird. Though his childlike voice, fey mannerisms and unconventional clothes arouse initial hostility in a part of the country that still thinks of itself as part of the Old West, Capote quickly wins the trust of the locals, most notably Alvin Dewey (Chris Cooper), the Kansas Bureau of Investigation agent who is leading the hunt for the killers. Caught in Las Vegas, the killers—Perry Smith (Clifton Collins Jr.) and Dick Hickock (Mark Pellegrino)—are returned to Kansas, where they are tried, convicted and sentenced to die. Capote visits them in jail. As he gets to know them, he realizes that what he had thought would be a magazine article has grown into a book, a book that could rank with the greatest in modern literature. His subject is now as profound as any an American writer has ever tackled. It is nothing less than the collision of two Americas: the safe, protected country the Clutters knew and the rootless, amoral country inhabited by their killers. Hidden behind Capote's often frivolous façade is a writer of towering ambition. But even he wonders if he can write the book—the great book—he believes destiny has handed him. "Sometimes, when I think how good it could be," he writes a friend, "I can hardly breathe." -- © Sony Pictures Classics [More]

Starring: Philip Seymour Hoffman, Catherine Keener, Clifton Collins, Chris Cooper

Starring: Philip Seymour Hoffman, Catherine Keener, Clifton Collins, Chris Cooper, Bob Balaban, Bruce Greenwood, Amy Ryan, Mark Pellegrino, Dan Futterman

Director: Bennett Miller

Director: Bennett Miller
Producer: Michael Ohoven, William Vince, Caroline Baron, Dana Kimmell
Studio: Sony Pictures Classics

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Full Review Source: Sydney Morning Herald | comment Comment
02/24/06
Sydney Morning Herald
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Grounded in a superb screenplay, the film is entirely in the hand of Philip Seymour Hoffman as Capote, a remarkable performance that dares to dangle over the precipice of overstatement to capture a character who defies fiction.

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02/18/06
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Aims for starkness but ends up as tastefulness

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09/01/09
Fernando F. Croce
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CinePassion
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10/18/08
Bob Mondello
Bob Mondello
NPR.org

The Passion of Truman Capote.

Full Review Source: Style Weekly (Richmond, VA) | comment Comment
05/17/08
Thomas Peyser
Thomas Peyser
Style Weekly (Richmond, VA)

Hoffman tries, but mainly just gets the surface of Capote.

Full Review Source: eFilmCritic.com | comment Comment
01/31/08
Rob Gonsalves
Rob Gonsalves
eFilmCritic.com
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08/16/07
Dave Calhoun
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Time Out New York

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07/14/07
Joe Lozito
Joe Lozito
Big Picture Big Sound

I am aware that virtually every critic in America if not on the planet has lauded Hoffman's portrayal of the author and that I am in the minority. Watching Hoffman I felt something primal was missing from his interpretation ... To my mind, Hoffman's work

Full Review Source: Murphy's Movie Reviews | comment 2 Comments
01/11/07
Ted Murphy
Ted Murphy
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12/30/06
Kenneth Turan
Kenneth Turan
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12/30/06
Ethan Alter
Ethan Alter
NYC Film Critic

...the one award I'm sure it will win, Best Actor for Hoffman

Full Review Source: Nolan's Pop Culture Review | comment Comment
12/13/06
Michael A. Smith
Michael A. Smith
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09/28/06
Sight and Sound
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a milestone in modern acting, and quite fascinating in any number of ways, particularly its depiction of the minutiae of the writer's life.

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08/20/06
Jay Antani
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06/24/06
Time Out
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all kinds of of ambitions -- noble and otherwise --converge; where self-doubt is less a necessary editor than an objection to be overcome.

Full Review Source: Arkansas Democrat-Gazette | comment Comment
04/17/06
Philip Martin
Philip Martin
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

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04/01/06
Empire Magazine
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A quiet but hypnotic film that earns its nominations.

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03/14/06
Bruce Bennett
Bruce Bennett
Spectrum (St. George, Utah)

The performance you'll see in "Capote" is easily the best of the year. actually, the best of any year. It's one of those turns that'll be remembered for years to come, up with Welles in "Citizen Kane", Brando in "The Godfather", Nicholson in "

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03/05/06
Clint Morris
Clint Morris
Moviehole

Estupendo retrato de una personalidad compleja y fascinante que vale por sí mismo, más allá de la formidable caracterización de Philip Seymour Hoffman.

Full Review Source: Uruguay Total | comment Comment
03/03/06
Enrique Buchichio
Enrique Buchichio
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