MOVIE CONSENSUS Though comparisons with last year's Capote may be inevitable, Infamous takes a different angle in its depiction of the author, and stands up well enough on its own.
MOVIE SYNOPSIS Hollywood studios are notorious for liberally borrowing ideas from each other, with the resulting clutch of similarly-themed films often bewildering the public as they try to decide which movie to go and see. more...
MPAA RATING R, for language, violence and some sexuality.
RELEASE DATES Theatrical: Oct 13, 2006 Video: Feb 13, 2007
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Daniel Craig's performance is of young-Brando intensity, and a Supporting Actor nomination would be this movie’s most credible shot at duplicating Capote’s Oscar glory.
Infamous' powerhouse casting doesn't add much, since most of the big names -- Sigourney Weaver, Gwyneth Paltrow, Isabella Rossellini, Hope Davis, Juliet Stevenson, and director Peter Bogdanovich -- serve as little more than window dressing.
With a bit more discipline, McGrath's wide-ranging film would be the equal of its more straightforward, older brother, but Infamous' many charms deserve their own moment in the sun.
Should have come first for it would have been a perfect example for screenwriting students to see the difference between a first draft and a finished product.
Too broad to be a truly great film, but it does cheerily give lie to the assumption that the limits of Capote meant there was no reason to rehash this same story.
Infamous is a thoughtful, emotional and oftentimes hysterical re-telling of Truman Capote's life-altering experience in Kansas. It might actually be better than that other Capote movie.
Toby Jones is quite good as Truman, even if he doesn't provide as many psychological shadings to his portrayal as Philip Seymour Hoffman did in his Oscar-winning turn.
In the early going, Infamous can be generously entertaining and quite funny. But McGrath gradually blends serious ingredients into this comic souffle of chatter and gloss.
A riveting, well-made picture for the few of you who still remember those quaint, antiquarian objects called 'books' and recall the vanished age when they were really important.
Nicely tense and intriguing, packed with fine performances.
Resembles a Vanity Fair version of 'Hollywood Squares,' with the mincing Toby Jones doing his best Paul Lynde in the center square role of Capote.
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