The movie tells us the story of Philip Seymour-Hoffman's character, Capote, of course, in his incredibly obsessive and original book project. It involves a gruesome crime.
The fact that Capote was gay is widely known but that was not the point of the movie. That is great, the movie shows a man just going about his business and revolutionizing story telling, and that man is gay. Simple. Philip Seymour Hoffman's partner is played, well, by Bruce Greenwood.
I did not give it the highest score because Capote was selfish, really self-centered (I could not believe how cold he was in that scene with Catherine Keener, when she was all happy her book was going to be big, and he just shrugs it off -- Keener plays Capote's close friend Harper Lee). Also, there is a scene that suggests an encounter with a hustler. Not too nice. Still, the score I give the movie is high.
The acting is truly superb. Get out now. Go see it.
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