What happened: It was about a journalist who lost his credibility by fudging on an article in the NYT Magazine. Then becomes literarily and emotionally entangled with this guy who was accused of murdering his wife and children.
True Story was truly disappointing.Starring Jonah Hill and James Franco, produced by Plan B, Masanobu Takayanagi handled the camera, based on actual events. All those potentially good elements didn't add up to a good film. It was okay. I thought both lead actors only brought their characters half way. There was no doubt about Christian Longo's (played by Franco) guilt. If I was supposed to be suspended and surprised, I wasn't. James Franco played a guilty person as soon as he was flashed across the screen.
Jonah Hill's character, Michael Finkel, was portrayed like he was always in disbelief. He kept up the "Oh my goodness! Why couldn't I see that from the beginning" face for most of the movie.
I watched the entire film, although I fell asleep midway and had to pick it up later. I'm giving this two stars ** because I was able to watch it through and it wasn't terrible, but I don't ever have to see it, again, and I really didn't like the acting of the two leads.
I watched this movie on a DVD I checked out from the library.
You need to cleanse your palette by watching Shattered Glass. Another true story that is great. The special features have the real people.
ReplyDeleteI was treated to a special screening of Shattered Glass when I was in Journalism school. It was great fodder for our ethics class. Ah... when Ryan Phillipe was acting.
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