The Capote Tapes is well-constructed and starry.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Sep 23, 2024

Through the director's sensitive rendering, Tapes gets at the weight Capote felt in existing in an era where he had to play a court jester and adds insight into his life, defiant final act, and downfall.

| Dec 17, 2021

It's entertaining... but I don't know that it's all that revelatory.

| Sep 10, 2021

There's a little bit too much of the usual Capote being a diva and his sad decline... I wish there had been a little more about Capote the writer.

| Sep 10, 2021

This well-constructed film effectively highlights the key points of the Southern-born icon's singular, often troubled life and proves a vivid, enjoyable portrait of a one-of-a-kind provocateur.

| Sep 10, 2021

There's some fascinating and provocative material in "The Capote Tapes" that is diluted by the director Ebs Burnough's insistence on teasing a question that, arguably, has a self-evident answer.

| Sep 9, 2021

The most enjoyable thing is hearing the distinctiveness of the voices from a bygone American era, the way that a friend of Capote's named Phoebe Pierce says the word "weekend" with just a slight emphasis on the second syllable.

| Sep 8, 2021

This Truman show doesn't contain much the tabloids would find interesting. But who cares? It's packed with revelations about the human heart.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Jan 30, 2021

Compared with the recent similar yet gripping Billie Holiday documentary Billie, the form here is mostly workmanlike and flat.

Full Review | Original Score: 2/5 | Jan 30, 2021

Just as friends forgave Capote's excesses - until they didn't - you let the poetic licence slide. The result is too damn entertaining not to.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Jan 27, 2021

It is salutary to be reminded of a great writer, whose heyday was at a time when literary authors were at the centre of culture.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Jan 27, 2021

Those looking for an introduction to the loved/hated figure should find this one useful and engaging, despite some structural issues that keep it from feeling truly comprehensive.

| Sep 19, 2019

The essence of "The Capote Tapes" is a kind of immersion in Truman Capote - in who he was and the worlds he moved within.

| Sep 10, 2019