A most incomplete biography

Rating: 5/10 (29 October 2015)

Rather than getting carried away by the acting performances, I was disappointed to learn so little about the life of Capote!
In this film the 'Cold Blood' incident, be it a key and turning point in his life and career or not, gets in focus to the point of Capote becoming replaceable by any of those (self-) dedicated 'new journalists' who pursue their career by picking up on some crime case, simply because nobody else cares to...
(To what extent it is morally justifiable to turn a murder case into a literary art form, and violating the most fundamental journalist ethos of 'stick to the facts' in the process, is another question...)
For these reasons, the film should be titled 'Capote in Cold Blood' instead, and leave a chance for subsequent biopics to one day tell the story of 'Capote' (if there is one to tell) - such as: What was his personal background, and what made him ultimately fall victim to drugs? Instead, what we get is nearly a case of self-justice: "Don't kill them before I did my book, but don't wait too long as I might get bored"...
All writers, fact or fiction, should be warned to follow this example! A message this film fails to deliver.