| Critics Reviews |
Average Grade: |
A- |
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| Source |
Brief Review |
Grade* |
Chicago Sun-Times
Roger Ebert |
"...a film of uncommon strength and insight..." more... |
A |
Chicago Tribune
Michael Phillips |
"...exceptional in every sharp-eyed, low-keyed detail." more... |
A |
| E! Online |
"Movies don't get much better than this." more... |
A |
Entertainment Weekly
Owen Gleiberman |
"...rapt, absorbing, and thrillingly perceptive..." more... |
A- |
filmcritic.com
Rachel Gordon |
"It's a non-stop, well-crafted, depressing venture." more... |
B+ |
New York Times
A.O. Scott |
"...a fascinating and fine-grained reconstruction of that period in its subject's life, a time when he pursued literary glory and flirted with moral ruin." more... |
A |
ReelViews
James Berardinelli |
"Bennett Miller's motion picture shows how obsession and self-absorption developed from personality traits into personal demons." more... |
A- |
Rolling Stone
Peter Travers |
"Capote is a movie that doesn't pull its punches. It's a knockout." more... |
A- |
San Francisco Chronicle
Mick LaSalle |
"Hoffman's success in the role goes way beyond the rightness of his casting, just as the movie's triumph goes well beyond Hoffman's tour de force performance." more... |
A |
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
William Arnold |
"It's one of the year's few performances that seems an absolute shoo-in for an Oscar nomination." more... |
B+ |
USA Today
Claudia Puig |
"Hoffman delivers a thrilling and profound Oscar-caliber performance that will haunt viewers well after the movie is over." more... |
A |
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