Capote Critic Reviews
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Philip Seymour Hoffman's precise, uncanny performance as Capote doesn't imitate the author so much as channel him, as a man whose peculiarities mask great intelligence and deep wounds.Read the full review
In Capote, Philip Seymour Hoffman's brilliant transformation into the mannered writer takes your breath away.Read the full review
The mesmerizing performance of Phillip Seymour Hoffman as the celebrated writer dominates every scene, while director Bennett Miller and screenwriter Dan Futterman's penetrating study enthralls in every aspect.Read the full review
A triumph that goes well beyond Hoffman's tour de force performance.Read the full review
Capote represents something unique in cinema.…Most eye-catching for critics and audiences in the weeks to come will be Philip Seymour Hoffman's brilliant metamorphosis into the persona of the late author.Read the full review
The genius of the film, besides Hoffman's stunning performance, is that it knows exactly how much is enough. It never overplays, lingers or punches up.Read the full review
What Mr. Hoffman has done here borders on the miraculous.Read the full review
Capote honors its subject by doing just what Truman Capote did. It teases, fascinates, and haunts.Read the full review
A fascinating and fine-grained reconstruction of that period in its subject's life, a time when he (Capote) pursued literary glory and flirted with moral ruin.Read the full review
Miller and Futterman avoid the pitfalls of the genre by refusing to mythologize the artist, plunging instead into the soul of the man.Read the full review
