Directed and Written by : Rupert Goold
Starring : James Franco, Jonah Hill, Felicity Jones
Release Date : April 17, 2015
Even though this movie is interesting enough just based on the true actual events, the whole thing feels a little too dry. The opening scene may be very haunting and memorable, but there aren’t many attention getting moments like that for the rest of the film. There’s just an overall lack of excitement in this psychological drama, that it may not be compelling enough to sit through the whole thing.
The characters of Mike Finkel and Chris Longo; played by Jonah Hill and James Franco respectively, are at least as interesting as they are written for this movie. Despite the different backgrounds, there’s an eerie similarity to them, being people who have bent the truth to create a better story. Their odd relationship as writer and prison inmate is the true heart of the story. That’s what people should be focusing on when watching this, and not get too distracted with the “did he do it or not” aspect.
As lackluster as “True Story” can be, Jonah Hill and James Franco are at least really good in this that it may have been enough to save this from being an outright unremarkable movie. This isn’t a bad movie in the train wreck sort of way, and it’s overall story at least warrants some merits. It’s just that you’re probably better off spending the time just reading the story about what happened, than watching this movie adaptation of it.
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