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Genre :

Drama

Release Date :

September 30, 2005 (LA, NYC)

MPAA Rating :

R

Director :

Bennett Miller

Starring :

Philip Seymour Hoffman, Catherine Keener, Clifton Collins Jr., Mark Pellegrino, Bruce Greenwood, Chris Cooper, Amy Ryan, Bob Balaban

REVIEWS RATE:  Critics  Go! Watch this movie. You'll regret if not seeing it.    Readers  2 of 5 [Rate It]

4 of 5

“..while Capote as a film is far from perfect, Hoffman somehow comes close to making it exactly that..”
by David Mercier [FilmJudge]
“..the most intelligent, detailed, and absorbing film ever made about a writer's working method and character-..”
by David Denby [The New Yorker]
4 of 5

“..remarkable movie..”
by Kevin Courrier [Boxoffice Magazine]
4.5 of 5

“..rapt, absorbing, and thrillingly perceptive biographical drama..”
by Owen Gleiberman [Entertainment Weekly]
2.5 of 4

“..never quite becomes the fascinating portrait one imagines it's supposed to be..”
by David Nusair [Reel Film Reviews]
5 of 5

“..Movies don't get much better than this..”
by [E! Online]
3.5 of 4

“..fills in a lot of the gaps that the previous film--and the book--leave out...”
by Mike Szymanski [Hollywood]
4 of 5

“..engaging..”
by Rachel Gordon [Filmcritic]
5 of 5

“..disturbing as much as it was memorable...”
by Alexis Tuminello [The Cinema Source]
3.5 of 4

“..an absorbing, emotionally challenging movie..”
by Gene Seymour [Newsday]
3.5 of 4

“..a knockout..”
by Peter Travers [Rolling Stone]
3.5 of 4

“..a deep movie with rich veins..”
by James Berardinelli [ReelViews]
2.5 of 4

“..a brisk, well-made, tonally assured film..”
by Dan Callahan [Slant Magazine]
9 of 10

“..a brilliant piece of cinema that succeeds at getting into the psyche of a man..”
by Edward Douglas [Comingsoon]
“.."Capote" is one gutsy film...”
by Kirk Honeycutt [The Hollywood Reporter]
4.5 of 5
Reviewed by Eric Lurio [Greenwich Village Gazette]
3 of 4
Reviewed by Hanh Nguyen [Zap2it]
3 of 4
Reviewed by Jack Mathews [New York Daily News]
3 of 4
Reviewed by Pam Grady [Reel]

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