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- 2006
- R
- Columbia Pictures
- 2 h 14 m
- 2006
- R
- Columbia Pictures
- 2 h 14 m
Summary Originally released in 1967, In Cold Blood is the powerful, true story of a callous murder, based upon the best-selling novel by Truman Capote. (Sony)
Directed By: Richard Brooks
Written By: Truman Capote, Richard Brooks
- 2006
- R
- Columbia Pictures
- 2 h 14 m
- 2006
- R
- Columbia Pictures
- 2 h 14 m
In Cold Blood (re-release)
Metascore
Universal Acclaim
89
7.8
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Summary Originally released in 1967, In Cold Blood is the powerful, true story of a callous murder, based upon the best-selling novel by Truman Capote. (Sony)
Directed By: Richard Brooks
Written By: Truman Capote, Richard Brooks
Where to Watch
Top Cast
Metascore
Universal Acclaim
Based on 4 Critic Reviews
89
100% Positive
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Metascore
Universal Acclaim
Based on 4 Critic Reviews
89
100% Positive
4 Reviews
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0% Mixed
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0% Negative
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Excellent quasidocumentary, which sends shivers down the spine. (Review of Original Release)
Fantastically powerful despite its flaws. (Review of Original Release)
User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 20 User Ratings
7.8
80% Positive
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20% Mixed
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User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 20 User Ratings
7.8
80% Positive
16 Ratings
16 Ratings
20% Mixed
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0% Negative
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Based on a true story, Truman Capote's script is expertly directed by Richard Brooks and eerily acted by Robert Blake and Scott Wilson. Indispensible for fans of true crime.
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The most memorable section of the film is the chilling quarter-hour devoted to the apprehension and eventual murder of the Clutter family. Captured in unblinking, neo-documentary detail, it freezes the blood just as they did all those decades ago.
Why Capote liked the movie so much (or said he did) isn't entirely clear, for though it's a gripping piece of American Gothic, it's as thematically timid as it is formally flamboyant.
What initially unfolds as an admittedly unimpressive blow-by-blow of the infamous event in question ultimately culminates into an appropriately unnerving look at the disintegration of humanity and the frigid realities of our world's understanding of justice. Richard Brooks's adaptation of Truman Capote's legendary "non-fiction novel" of the same name, "In Cold Blood" — if nothing else — successfully performs one of the more dangerous high-wire acts I've seen a movie try to pull off in quite a while. This is a movie that forces you to not only identify with those who have unspeakable crimes committed against them, but the individuals who commit said crimes. It's a gamble, but in the end, I found myself watching the movie's final moments with a quickened pulse and whitened knuckles. Why? Could it be the cinematography? The commendable acting and dialogue? Or could it be that, in depicting every event with such docudramatic flair, Brooks and Co. really, truly succeed in making you feel like an accomplice to the whole thing? Either way, "In Cold Blood's" final moments will forever haunt me. Time for a shower.
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The raw appeal of Truman Capote's "In Cold Blood" is lost to a movie that is, to be honest, boring. It's not bad, per se; it just drags along, plot point by plot point, without offering much insight into the tragedy or the characters. It's not a disaster, but Hollywood could have done better. I will award points to the movie for going outside the "movie norm" at the time and adding more thematic elements, being the first film to say "****" in a dialogue.
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Awards
Academy Awards, USA
• 4 Nominations
Golden Globes, USA
• 1 Nomination
National Board of Review, USA
• 2 Wins & 2 Nominations
