Stunning, brilliant, chilling and provocative.

Rating: 10/10 (6 November 2005)

Phillip Seymour Hoffman gives depth and complexity to a controversial cosmopolitan that will always be remembered through his books and the movies that came out of them (not to mention his wild man reputation.) Capote examines Truman Capote's life during the writing of perhaps his most celebrated work, In Cold Blood. He develops a complicated and deep relationship with one of the felons, Perry Edward Smith (Clifton Collins Jr,) This film humanizes Truman Capote and forces the audience to see through his eyes to the point where you want the murderers who so brutally killed the happy Kansas family of four escape punishment. PSH gives his most brilliant performance yet but the rest of the cast is also fantastic. Catherine Keener who plays Nelle Harper Lee, the celebrated author of To Kill a Mockingbird and close friend to Capote, also performs beautifully as well as Clifton Collins Jr. who plays one of the murderers. The emotional weight and darkness of the film make it hard to watch but you will not be able to leave your seat. 10/10