Infamous

Writer-director Douglas McGrath's new film about Truman Capote and the creation of his most famous book, "In Cold Blood," is full of contradictions and contrasts when compared with its predecessor, the 2005 film "Capote," that covers the same five-year period.... Read more at imdb.com

Infamous is by far the better movie about Truman Capote. I saw this film in Venice where the audience gave it a 15 minute standing ovation. There is a lot that is brilliant about this film. The cast is perfect.... Read more at imdb.com

Toby Jones was Truman Capote. In this, passionate and more accurate look at In Cold Blood, we see Capote and his novel, through whole new lenses. Not only is Toby's performance impressive, but so is Sandra Bullock's. Don't be fooled, this... Read more at yahoo.com

Infamous has a difficult comparison with the earlier "Capote." Still it is a different view of the same story and characters and is written with more emphasis on the perspectives of those who knew, or thought they knew, Capote. Toby... Read more at imdb.com

When I saw "Capote" I was really impressed by the presentation of the story and the quality of the acting. When I saw "Infamous" today, I was caught up with the story in a way I had not been before.... Read more at imdb.com

Greetings again from the darkness. What a unique film-going experience. Having the opportunity to see two takes on the same subject matter within a year or so is pretty rare in Hollywood. It happened most recently with "Tombstone" and the... Read more at imdb.com

Truman Capote may be unique among recent celebrities to have two excellent films made about his life. Just a year after Phillip Seymour Hoffman's mesmerizing performance in "Capote," Toby Jones does a fine, if more expected, impersonation of the author... Read more at imdb.com

Forget Capote! This film blows Bennett Miller's version out of the water. Not to take anything away from the Hoffman performance, but Toby Jones is incredible as the late Truman Capote making me understand his pain and love and guilt... Read more at imdb.com

Well, if you think this is just another take on Capote, you'd be wrong. The moment this movie opens up with Gwyneth choking up on her song, you are getting a fore-shadowing of things to come. You laugh alot, you care... Read more at yahoo.com

I just saw this movie at the Venice Film Festival. I pretty liked it. It's not a masterpiece and sometimes it's hard to not compare with the other "Capote" movie. This one, anyhow, is funnier than the other one and... Read more at imdb.com

It's also, clearly, a great story. And sadly, the salvation is not to be found in the acting. Toby Jones plays Truman as a swishy little troll, a preposterous muppet in human form, and he's entertaining as hell in the role. ... Full Review

Review by Louise Keller: Filled with light and shade, frivolity and despair, Infamous brilliantly conveys the paradox of a most fascinating author. Douglas McGrath does well in the essentials of the film ... Full Review

Pulling out the stops, writer/director McGrath uses face-the-camera documentary-style interviews, lavish period costumes and an all-star cast to punch the story up. This is the most interesting part, with Truman adding a dash of Manhattan to Kansasand, later ... Full Review

Far more compelling is the supporting cast, which is impressive in its size and scope. My best guess is that the incident foreshadows the inner turmoil Truman will face over the course of the film. ... Full Review

But while the narrative template may be strikingly similar to Capote - both films even sport different versions of the same scenes - Infamous follows a course that is sufficiently different in tone and character to allay fears that this is a carbon copy. ... Full Review

Send to a friend » Don't let stars, budgets, or box office fool you.They can all be deceiving. "Infamous," Warner Independent Pictures' 2006 biopic of author Truman Capote, has a big-name cast that includes Sandra Bullock, Daniel Craig, Sigourney... ... Full Article

It's got to be difficult for the filmmakers behind Infamous , the new film about Truman Capote and the writing of In Cold Blood . When they started on their film, they had no idea director Bennett Miller was already... ... Full Article

What's new and/or interesting in Philly theaters this weekend.Infamous - The real-life story of Truman Capote and his experiences while writing his book on a real-life murder case, In Cold Blood. ... Full Article

The producers of Infamous must wake up at night hallucinating elephants. Theirs is a late-to-the-party retelling of Truman Capotes quest to write In Cold Blood , also the subject of last years lauded Capote , the aforementioned pachyderm in the... ... Full Article

What was it about this tiny man that made him big enough for two movies? Given the riveting contradictions in Truman Capotes character, the rich range of people who made up his circle, and the comic and dramatic turns that ... Full Article