Come Oscar time, I hope that Catherine Keener's really lovely work in Capote doesn't get overshadowed by the admittedly-great work by Phillip Seymour Hoffman as the man himself. She's been a seriously underappreciated actress for too long and, here as To Kill A Mockingbird author (Nell) Harper Lee, she gives a terrific performance that speaks more through her facial expressions than the lines she speaks.
Her scene at the bar with PSH after the opening of the movie of her book is the finest scene in the entire movie, I thought. And her final assessment of Capote's behavior is, in essence, what the entire movie is about, and Keener nails Lee's exasperation and disappointment right on.
Oh, and as for the Capote voice I was worried about... it was hard going at times, I'll admit. But PSH really does transcend the affectations and create a really fascinating character study of a flawed and egocentric artist at work.
My boyfriend bemoaned the almost complete lack of Capote's trademark witticisms, but that was what made me happiest - the film restrained itself from going all catty-Oscar-Wilde-queeniness, and showed Capote as a serious and hardworking man, and not just a quipping mince-machine. We don't need any more of that for now, thank you.
Her scene at the bar with PSH after the opening of the movie of her book is the finest scene in the entire movie, I thought. And her final assessment of Capote's behavior is, in essence, what the entire movie is about, and Keener nails Lee's exasperation and disappointment right on.
Oh, and as for the Capote voice I was worried about... it was hard going at times, I'll admit. But PSH really does transcend the affectations and create a really fascinating character study of a flawed and egocentric artist at work.
My boyfriend bemoaned the almost complete lack of Capote's trademark witticisms, but that was what made me happiest - the film restrained itself from going all catty-Oscar-Wilde-queeniness, and showed Capote as a serious and hardworking man, and not just a quipping mince-machine. We don't need any more of that for now, thank you.
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