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True Story

2015

Rupert Goold

Jonah Hill, James Franco, Felicity Jones, Ethan Suplee ...

5.5

6,241

Drama. Thriller Jonah Hill plays Michael Finkel, a recently terminated The New York Times journalist who's struggling for work after a story gone wrong. One day, he receives a phone call from a man regarding an FBI Most Wanted individual named Christian Longo, who's been captured and claimed to be living as Finkel. Longo and Finkel meet and form a potentially marriage shattering bond while Longo is in prison awaiting his trial. Finkel exchanges ... [+]

	Author	Review
United States	Peter Travers Rolling Stone	"What pulls us in are the performances of Franco and Hill, who know how to hold and reward the camera's tight scrutiny. They play a riveting game of cat-and-mouse (...) Rating: ★★½ (out of four)"	POS
United States	John DeFore The Hollywood Reporter	"A good-looking but only partly convincing dramatization of sticky journalist/subject dynamics"	NEU
United States	A. O. Scott The New York Times	"The real story of Christian Longo and Michael Finkel might be a fascinating and disturbing tale of crime, curiosity and journalistic ethics, but that's not what this movie is"	NEG
United States	Mick LaSalle SFGATE	"The real problem with True Story is contained in its title. The story isn’t too good to be true, but rather too true to be good"	NEU
United States	Peter Debruge Variety	"Truth is strange, but hardly any more interesting than fiction in 'True Story,' a perplexingly serious new collaboration for James Franco and Jonah Hill"	POS
United States	Michael Phillips Chicago Tribune	"Even with shrewd and honest work by Franco and Hill and a solid supporting turn from under-used Felicity Jones as Finkel's romantic partner, the film comes to life only sporadically"	NEU
United States	Katie Walsh IndieWire	"A chilling film that despite its craft and best efforts still struggles to overcome its star power"	NEU

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