The other-and possibly greater-Capote pic about the geneiss of In Cold Blood

| Nov 19, 2013

This worthy second biopic of Truman Capote starts not with a bloodbath, but a cocktail.

| Original Score: A- | Jul 2, 2009

To recreate the gossipy Manhattan arena that Capote navigated with such ease and documented with such malice, you need dialogue that rings like scatter-shot and the film's script, written by its director Douglas McGrath, doesn't have it.

| Original Score: 2.5/5 | Jun 2, 2007

Toby Jones defies the odds with an extraordinary impersonation of the author in Douglas McGrath's Infamous.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Feb 5, 2007

British actor Toby Jones plays Capote and certainly looks the part -- more so than Hoffman. It's a very good performance and Jones deserves his time in the spotlight.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Jan 20, 2007

While less beguiling than Capote, Infamous remains a soulful and searching portrayal of the writer, carried with immense charm and vivacity by its leading man.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Jan 4, 2007

Tugs at the heartstrings, chills to the bone.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Dec 30, 2006

Why did they go ahead anyway? Did they believe that an immense Capote audience was hungering for two films about him?

Full Review | Nov 3, 2006

Infamous successfully captures a sense of the loneliness of a writer's life.

| Original Score: 3.5/5 | Oct 30, 2006

All that was painted grey in Capote becomes black-and-white here.

| Oct 30, 2006

Two good films about one subject [are] much better than a lot of bad films about different things.

Full Review | Oct 17, 2006

Jones gets everything -- the gestures, the generosity, the mean streak, the bending of the ear to recitals of woe, whether across a lunch table or a prison cell.

Full Review | Oct 17, 2006

As ambitious as it is, Infamous falters in execution too often to create a lasting impression.

| Original Score: 2.5/4 | Oct 17, 2006

Wittier, more descriptive and definitely more emotionally engaging than Futterman's, there's plenty here to cheer about.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Oct 13, 2006

The problem with Infamous isn't that it revisits Capote's turf -- it's that it does the same things well, and leaves the same unsatisfying holes.

Full Review | Original Score: B | Oct 13, 2006

The film benefits from three splendid performances: Toby Jones as Capote, an aggressively gay elf exuding a tosspot charm; Sandra Bullock as Nelle Harper Lee, a novelist who uses spoken words with quiet precision, and Daniel Craig as Perry.

| Oct 13, 2006

It's a stellar cast, but you can't help but lament the bad timing.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/4 | Oct 13, 2006

No matter how noble the competitor, coming in second in a contest always feels like a lesser effort.

| Original Score: 2.5/4 | Oct 13, 2006

Infamous is quietly stolen by Sandra Bullock as Harper Lee.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Oct 13, 2006

[With Hoffman], it was easy to see Capote as someone truly extraordinary, perhaps a genius. Toby Jones... doesn't have that quality, though he does offer something almost as good: Watching him it's easy to believe he's really Truman Capote.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Oct 13, 2006