October 14, 2005
Capote
Capote (2005), some dude who directed The Cruise:
So yeah, this was pretty good. Very good on the biopic and "Oscar-worthy" scale, though not really something I'd particularly care to see again. I did enjoy it, despite "watching Philip Seymour Hoffman pretend to be Truman Capote for two hours" (as Loy put it). I don't think it overreaches too much, and it only really hammers in its talking points a few times. The photography was excellent, and it's always good to see Chris Cooper. I still have no idea how Catherine Keener can try so hard and always come off completely unremarkable. It's odd having Bob Balaban playing the straight man editor (or maybe Editor; there was after all only one William Shawn*) and not play opposite some zany hijinks.
13/15
* - Father of Wallace Shawn? Who knew?
Posted by bing at October 14, 2005 03:57 AM