October 18, 2008 read full article

Capote is a cool and polished hall of mirrors reflecting the ways in which Truman Capote came to write (and be written by) In Cold Blood.

January 05, 2006 read full article

Hoffman goes beyond impersonation to something close to possession.

October 29, 2005 read full article

Skillfully and economically put together.

October 29, 2005 read full article

The almost perfectly realized Capote -- stumbling only in the lack of shading it gives Keener's and Greenwood's characters -- offers a sobering glimpse at what the author had to give up of his soul to achieve his success.

October 28, 2005 read full article

A meditation on the artist's obligations to the art and to society and lines that blur when you cross them.

October 28, 2005 read full article

It's a fully realized look at a time and place as well as a riveting study of career obsessions warring with a sense of justice.

October 28, 2005 read full article

I came in expecting Hoffman's tour de force and left with a fuller appreciation of the quiet yet lethal film around him. Lethal, because what it says about the writer's craft, about what often gets destroyed in the name of creation.

October 28, 2005 read full article

It is complex and thoughtful and tragic in the end. And it is certainly one of the best movies of the year.

October 28, 2005 read full article

The best movie about journalism since All the President's Men, and one of the best films about writing ever made.

October 28, 2005 read full article

This spare, uncompromising portrait not only examines what drove the author but delves into the ethics of journalists who identify with their subjects, or pretend to, in order to report their stories.

October 27, 2005 read full article

The genius of the film, besides Hoffman's stunning performance, is that it knows exactly how much is enough. It never overplays, lingers or punches up.

October 21, 2005 read full article

Engages both the practical and the moral implications of Capote's achievement.

October 21, 2005 read full article

Capote might be the best movie ever made about the complex relationship between a serious writer and a vulnerable, though not guiltless, subject.

October 21, 2005 read full article

Hoffman and company make Capote well worth seeing. What makes the movie important is the way Capote exposes the work of journalism.

October 21, 2005 read full article

Capote is a film of uncommon strength and insight.

October 21, 2005 read full article

As entertaining as it is insightful.

October 20, 2005 read full article

It's about as close as film can come to capturing a man as he gradually loses all bearings and joy. At these moments, it's hard to look at Capote. But it's even harder to turn away.

October 20, 2005 read full article

It is exceptional in every sharp-eyed, low-keyed detail.

October 20, 2005 read full article

When it's good -- which is very often -- Capote remembers what Capote forgot: Beware the reporter who thinks he's the story.

October 14, 2005 read full article