Wesley Lovell Cinema Sight Nov 26, 2022 4/4

A big city socialite and raconteur meets the small town community reeling from the recent grizzly murders of a family of four in the dazzling and involving Infamous.

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Richard Propes TheIndependentCritic.com Sep 12, 2020 3.0/4.0

The film's strongest performance, rather surprisingly, is by that soon to be Bond, Daniel Craig as Perry Smith.

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David Lamble Bay Area Reporter May 14, 2020

A scene where Jones' Truman beats Jeff Daniels' crime investigator Alvin Dewey at arm-wrestling, as he supposedly beat Bogart, is in itself almost worth the price of a ticket to Infamous.

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Debbie Lynn Elias Behind The Lens Nov 8, 2019

Infamous is glorious.

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Ellie Lucas The Dispatch (Lexington, NC) Jun 6, 2019 3/4

A film riddled with flaws that culminate in a disarmingly and surprisingly moving way.

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Kaleem Aftab The List Nov 3, 2018 3/5

The diminutive Jones was born to play Capote and his inimitable interpretation of the writer is every bit as good as Hoffman's. Unfortunately the film contains an all-star cast of rare anaemia.

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Tara Thorne The Coast (Halifax, Nova Scotia) Jul 11, 2016

There's a breeziness to the storytelling, one that delights in the tale rather than succumbing to its gravity-but that also works against it.

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Kristin M. Jones Film Comment Magazine Nov 19, 2013

The other-and possibly greater-Capote pic about the geneiss of In Cold Blood

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Fernando F. Croce CinePassion Aug 28, 2009

Better than Capote

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Amy Nicholson I.E. Weekly Jul 2, 2009 A-

This worthy second biopic of Truman Capote starts not with a bloodbath, but a cocktail.

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Cole Smithey ColeSmithey.com Apr 24, 2009 B+

Toby Jones' uncanny portrayal of the short, effeminate writer with the funny voice, gives the film its credibility and compassion.

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Peter Keough Boston Phoenix Apr 23, 2009 2/5

Only Sandra Bullock shines as Harper Lee.

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Michael Dequina TheMovieReport.com Feb 12, 2009 3/4

Poor Toby Jones. In any other year, his work as Truman Capote would be in immediate awards contention.

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Urban Cinefile Critics Urban Cinefile Oct 18, 2008

With dyed hair and tattoos, Craig nails the incredible complexity of a man who juggles gentleness with violence. The relationship between Capote and Perry is overtly moving and there was a big lump in my throat as the final chapters played out.

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Jonathan Kiefer Sacramento News & Review Aug 7, 2008 4/5

Why not accept Sandra Bullock as Harper Lee? As it turns out, she's quietly terrific. Most of the supporting actors are.

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Brandon Fibbs BrandonFibbs.com Feb 28, 2008 6/10

Infamous doesn't feel like a remake. While it covers the same ground, the pitch is completely different. Where Capote was cool, distant and even antiseptic, Infamous is warmer and more emotionally fulfilling.

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Enrique Buchichio Uruguay Total Dec 29, 2007 2/5

Una aproximación más bien superficial y declamatoria a Truman Capote y su investigación previa a A Sangre Fría. En comparación, la versión de 2005 sale mucho mejor parada.

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Peter Calder New Zealand Herald Sep 1, 2007 5/5

In a solid, unshowy turn by Bullock, a very underrated actress, as Harper Lee (plainly a co-creator of the landmark book), and you have a compellingly watchable portrait of the artist as an emotional cripple. Not to be missed.

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Sandra Hall Sydney Morning Herald Jun 2, 2007 2.5/5

To recreate the gossipy Manhattan arena that Capote navigated with such ease and documented with such malice, you need dialogue that rings like scatter-shot and the film's script, written by its director Douglas McGrath, doesn't have it.

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Pablo Villaça Cinema em Cena Jun 1, 2007 2/5

Revela-se não somente desonesto, como decepcionantemente repulsivo.

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