Capote is spellbinding and awe-striking, a perfect film.

Rating: 8/10 (21 May 2010)

How often does one see a masterpiece about a masterpiece? In the film the writer Truman Capote (Philip Seymour Hoffman) investigates the Kansas murders that would come to form the basis of In Cold Blood.
Capote is a rare biopic that seeks not to sanctify its protagonist, or excuse his many failings, instead turning close attention to the collateral damage than can flow from the creative process: powered by Hoffman's exceptional performance, it has much the same cold, hard crunch of verisimilitude as would have struck readers of Capote's book upon first publication. The film was filmed mostly in Manitoba, and was released on September 30, 2005, to coincide with what would have been Truman Capote's 81st birthday.