True Story

2015 "Some mysteries are beyond belief."
6.3| 1h39m| PG-13| en
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A drama centered around the relationship between journalist Michael Finkel and Christian Longo, an FBI Most Wanted List murderer who for years lived outside the U.S. under Finkel's name.

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Lovesusti The Worst Film Ever
Kidskycom It's funny watching the elements come together in this complicated scam. On one hand, the set-up isn't quite as complex as it seems, but there's an easy sense of fun in every exchange.
Glimmerubro It is not deep, but it is fun to watch. It does have a bit more of an edge to it than other similar films.
Freeman This film is so real. It treats its characters with so much care and sensitivity.
avraham_tal This is a remarkable movie with some brilliant original new ideas.When the viewer finally realizes why things were done (and I don't want to add spoilers), he will uncover his own most inner aspirations and deepest wishes.This movie should be watched very carefully. It is not a standard action/drama thriller.Amazing.
Reno Rangan It was based on the book of the same name, which was originally inspired by the real events. But there's a striking resemblance between this and the Truman Capote story. About a man who is serving in prison for slaying a family and his encounter with a reporter/writer. And so their relationship strengthens as they sit together to discuss about each others life event. That is the main film, which covers the majority of the film, but feels like they revealed nothing much, particularly for our convince, yet the story moved forward.For the Truman Capote, there are two films, including the one I liked 'Infamous' and the other one is 'Capote'. Besides these two, there's another title called 'In Cold Blood' that reveals the other side of the event, before Truman enters the scene. So that's what I'm interested after watching this film. Because right now they preferred to portray a struggling writer and the crime parts were not given any importance. That means it is basically about a reporter/writer doing a story/book.If they decide to make that one with the same cast as a prequel, then James Franco gets into an action which probably would give a good reason behind such crime where in this film the viewers can't end watching surely what really happened. Both, Jonah Hill and James Franco was really impressive in this. Felicity Jones had the small presence, but was in a main role. It was a feature film debut for the director and he was well managed to make it decently. Overall, for me, it was a good film, not the best, but can be watched once.6/10
CineCritic2517 Hill plays a journalist interviewing a murderer during his trial played by Franco. Vague exchanges take place while the two main characters apparently become friends. At some point the movie ends, without a point and without any real story or a hint of subplot.Apart from it not having a story to tell, The films sports a most terrible script uttered by totally uninteresting characters in scenes that are systemically too long. None of the characters are believable, ruining the film's main plot point. Especially Hill's character makes zero sense. You can't be an investigative reporter and then be that naive. A friendship emerging from such shallow, boring and fake conversations, is also not credible. And what was the character of the wife even doing in this movie? She seemed to be his sister at first. Recommended viewing speed: 4X
DrSoup007 My expectations of this were really high. The concept of the entire thing was really fascinating, and based on a true story no less. But it ultimately fails to do anything interesting, even once. It starts out with some really artistic and compelling visuals, and I got excited. And while Jonah Hill, James Franco, and Felicity Jones all gave good performances, each with a scene to really shine, they do very little to help the movies apparent flaws. Which is mainly it being boring. The pacing is all over the place, never rushing, but not quite dragging. The writing was so-so, and things just kinda happened, I never really cared about what was happening, who it was happening to, or why. The cinematography is clean, a very David Fincher-esqe look, but that fails to help it in anyway, as it starts to feel like a shorter, less interesting, Zodiac.