Term Of Trial

Rating: 7/10 (18 June 2006)

I finally got around to seeing this in a London with unseen good films thin on the ground. Whilst I found it less than riveting it did keep me watching and I was able to wallow in Caroline Keener's fantastic support as Harper Lee. Hoffman is just as brilliant in the eponymous role as everyone said he was yet nevertheless it was difficult to become engrossed in the story and I found myself wondering why - when a caption announces the time as November, 1956, the leaves on the trees are not being stirred by a wind whilst Capote and Lee are definitely dressed for winter, which is hardly the sign of a gripping movie. In my case I was equally, if not more so, interested in William Shawn and Harper Lee as they figured in Capote's life as the two killers. Like I said interesting but not memorable.