Infamous
2006 · Movie · R · 110 min · ★ 6.5 · 71% critics
A celebrated writer travels to a small Kansas town to research a brutal family murder for a new kind of true-crime book. As the case unfolds, the line between reporting and personal involvement blurs, especially during repeated prison visits that challenge his ambitions, loyalties, and sense of empathy.
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Details
- Years
- 2006
- Release date
- 2006-10-13
- Language
- English
- Rated
- R
- Runtime
- 110 min
- Critic score
- 71/100
- TMDB rating
- 6.5/10 (223 votes)
About
You’ll likely enjoy this if you want a character-focused true-crime drama with sharp humor and uneasy empathy, similar in subject to Trial by Fire or The Act; Not for you if you dislike talky, scene-hopping storytelling.
Pros: absorbing true-crime angle; strong central performance; lively social scenes | Cons: choppy early pacing; confusing interview segments; uneven emotional impact
Themes
- death penalty
- killing
- biography
- based on true story
- kansas, usa
- author
- truman capote
- 1960s
- murder hunt
Cast & crew
Toby Jones
as Truman Capote
Sandra Bullock
as Nelle Harper Lee
Daniel Craig
as Perry Smith
Peter Bogdanovich
as Bennett Cerf
Jeff Daniels
as Alvin Dewey
Hope Davis
as Slim Keith
Gwyneth Paltrow
as Kitty Dean
Isabella Rossellini
as Marella Agnelli
Juliet Stevenson
as Diana Vreeland
Sigourney Weaver
as Babe Paley
Directed by Douglas McGrath