Capote

Year: 2005

Grade: B-

Country: USA

Director: Miller

Review

i’m tired of chicken. generally it tastes okay and is relatively healthy, but when it’s unseasoned it doesn’t tickle my tasetbuds. this film is chicken. sure, it has its strong points – hoffman’s performance and its honesty being the two biggest – but overall it didn’t have much flavor. i think the film did quite a good job of fleshing out capote’s character. we get a very good idea of who capote is. from his self-absorbtion to his many eccentricities, the filmmakers develop the details of his character throughout the film. perhaps most refreshing is the fact that the film didn’t make excuses for capote, or try to turn him into a hero or some sort of genius whose transgressions are eminently forgivable.

Watched in theater