Capote

Capote was an alright film that was turned into a good film thanks to an amazing actor. Phillip Seymour Hoffman took Truman Capote and made him his own. Despite the odd voice and mannerisms, there was not a single time that I thought of him as an actor. As I watched the movie, I thought of him only as Capote. Hoffman aside, there is nothing wrong with the movie. However, there is also nothing necessarily great about it, either. Capote's relationship with the murderer Perry is intriguing, and the contrast between Capote as he is working and as he is socializing is interesting as well. There is a chance that Capote's life was just a bit too boring to be turned into an absorbing film, but there are many other biopics out there about people whose lives were comparatively much more boring than Capote's, yet they came out much better. All in all, it is certainly worth a watch, but you should rent it instead of buy it.

Trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UVbNqCsp9IA