Capote

Title: Capote
Year: 2006
Director: Bennet Miller
Lead: Philip Seymour Hoffman
Rated: R for some violent images and brief strong language

This is the story behind author Truman Capote's defining work "In Cold Blood" which is an account about a quadruple murder in Kansas. Truman befriends the murderers while researching his book.

What I really liked about this movie is that Miller was able to perfectly balance the dark and light in this movie. This is a film about a brutal crime and the research to write a book about it, and I expected it to be a lot darker. It was not. This film is a must see, it won an Academy Award for best actor and was nominated for best picture. Another really great aspect about the screenplay, is that it isnt a biography sort of thing, its a story, its not something you would watch to learn about Capote, but rather something you would watch to enjoy the story behind his work. Its a GREAT movie, 8 out of 10 stars.