many people say this be a great movie with hoffman deliver a great performance . i go from suspend disbelief and to fidgety boredom and to almost walk out . there be no there there . hoffman do go all out . he be commit to the performance . but sometimes him play an affected man look just like affected actor chew on the scenery . no character in the movie other than capote be much more than placeholder nell and jack and perry and shawn and the sheriff be all one dimensional . yes the film show the manipulative and preening and dishonest side of capote . it show them so many time i start to wonder why do the filmmaker think we need to have everything spell out . and again . and again . it refer often to capote genius but do not show it . it show him surround by fan and flatterer but never convinces u why . but my goal be not to deconstruct the film . i be sure others will have other interpretation . for me and this be a two hour movie that felt like five .