Who’s in it: Philip Seymour Hoffman (below), Catherine Keener, Chris Cooper, Mark Pellegrino, Clifton Collins Jr.
What it’s about: A look at the period between the time Truman Capote (Hoffman) learned about the 1959 murders of a Kansas farm family to the execution six years later of their murderers, Dick Hickock (Pellegrino) and Perry Smith (Collins Jr.). Capote’s research would become the groundbreaking novel “In Cold Blood.”
Worth watching? (star)(star)(star) 1/2
“Hoffman lands a character worthy of his gift for portraying the weird social bravado people with broken self-esteem often have. … Hoffman and company make ‘Capote’ well worth seeing.”
New this week: “Capote,” “Doom,” “Good Night, and Good Luck,” “Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang,” “Loggerheads,” “Nine Lives,” “North Country,” “Stay”
Out next week: “The Weather Man,” “Shopgirl,” “The Legend of Zorro,” “Saw 2,” “Where the Truth Lies”
