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I loving hate about 90% of biopics, and I thought this was one of the best movies I've seen this year. It avoids the mistakes seemingly every other biopic makes and doesn't try to tell a person's life story on the screen. It knows that that is utterly impossible, and instead chooses for a more detailed version of a specific event. This is clearly the right route. It also doesn't try to glamorize its subject; I didn't come out hating Capote, but it certainly doesn't make him look good. Initially I was put off by the direction, which was a bit choppy and I felt paced very slowly, but by the end of the movie, I was as involved as I was in the movie specifically because of the style it takes. I hesitate to describe it. Let it suffice to say that scenes cut at seemingly odd times, which at first seemed to me like it would detract from the emotion of the story. It winds up working the other way, though; while it may not have drawn me in, I found the whole thing built emotionally until I was nearly in tears by the end. I can't think of a higher compliment for Phillip Seymour Hoffman than saying that this is his best performance. If you've seen his other work, you'll know that that pretty much puts it on a short list of great all time performances. 5/5
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