Best movie ever!

Excellent and certainly provocative... If nothing else, the film is a real conversation starter.

The film never slows down or bores, plunging from one harrowing sequence to the next.

The movie runs out of plot and jokes well before the end of a two-hour running time, long for a light comedy.

It was based on the book of the same name, which was originally inspired by the real events. But there's a striking resemblance between this and the Truman Capote story. About a man who is serving in prison for slaying a family and his encounter with a reporter/writer. And so their relationship strengthens as they sit together to discuss about each others life event. That is the main film, which covers the majority of the film, but feels like they revealed nothing much, particularly for our convince, yet the story moved forward.For the Truman Capote, there are two films, including the one I liked 'Infamous' and the other one is 'Capote'. Besides these two, there's another title called 'In Cold Blood' that reveals the other side of the event, before Truman enters the scene. So that's what I'm interested after watching this film. Because right now they preferred to portray a struggling writer and the crime parts were not given any importance. That means it is basically about a reporter/writer doing a story/book.If they decide to make that one with the same cast as a prequel, then James Franco gets into an action which probably would give a good reason behind such crime where in this film the viewers can't end watching surely what really happened. Both, Jonah Hill and James Franco was really impressive in this. Felicity Jones had the small presence, but was in a main role. It was a feature film debut for the director and he was well managed to make it decently. Overall, for me, it was a good film, not the best, but can be watched once.6/10

I have wanted to see this film for a while and I have finally had the chance to see it and I thought it was great. The premise of the film sees a disgraced journalist get in touch with a criminal using his name to understand him. Jonah hill is a great comedic actor but he puts on a fantastic dramatic performance in this film. I saw a completely different side to him in this film as this damaged guy truly owns the screen in this whole film. James franco plays the criminal in this film and he does a great job in this film. He plays a twisted character and you never really know where he is coming from because he is such a deep conflicted character. Felicity jones plays hills wife in the film and she does a good job in this film with some powerful scenes. Everybody else in the film does a good job helping make this feel like a real situation. The story of the situation between hill and franco is really interesting and it builds into an uncomfortable situation. The script has some great drama that builds between these two characters to high levels. But I do feel like this film could have maybe done with a bit more humour to lighten the mood at times. The style of the film is very intense and it keeps you engaged. However, the pacing of the film is pretty slow especially for the first half an hour that slows the film down. I think this is a great intense film that if you like dramas you should see.

There's No Denying the Truth, that this is an Unnerving Story. A Real-Life Wife and Child Murder Case where Christian Longo is Arrested and put on Trial for the Grisly and Sensational Crimes.The Film Maintains an Eerie Atmosphere of Ambiguity and Anguish in the form of a Disgraced Journalist (Jonah Hill) named Mike Finkle and the Accused Longo (James Franco). Longo uses the Name of the Reporter as a Fake Identity and Therein lies the Plot. Finkle Sensing a Rebound in the form of a "True Story" Story, Decides to Meet with the Prisoner in Prison.The Over-Familiarity of James Franco on Screen is once again a Hindrance to Accepting Him as Anyone but James Franco. So Playing a Complex Character who may be a Psycho-Socio Cold Blooded Killer who may or may not be Telling the Truth, is a Challenge for the Audience to Separate the Goofy Franco and buy Him as Christian Longo.Clarity is Never a Thing in This Thing and while a Certain Amount of Mystery is Required it Ends Up being a Muddle at Times. There are Moments of Uncertainty that Intrigue but the Movie Never Lets Up on the Unknown ever Being Truly Known until the Ending Scroll.The Film is Better in Parts than the Whole and it is Worth a Watch but Ultimately, Most Likely, will be a Frustrating Experience. It's too Short and Shallow to be much more than a Quick Fix Guilty Pleasure for True Crime Junkies and Fans of Lurid B-Movies.

***MAJOR SPOILERS*** Movie about the true story behind the notorious Christian Longo, James Franco, quadruple murder case in Portland Oregon that ex-New Times investigative reporter Michael Finkel, Jonah Hill,got deeply involved in. Finkel out of work after being canned from the New York Times for making up facts about a Times Magazine cover story about hunger in Africa is now out of work and living in Montana with his wife Jill, Felicity Jones. That's until he gets a call from a reporter from the newspaper "The Oragonian" about this accused murderer Christian Longo who was arrested in Mexico using his name as a cover.This leads Finkel to contact the local Portland D.A to arranger a meeting with Longo in prison and see what's the story about him using his name and, if he doesn't have enough problems already, connecting him with the murderers that he-Longo-is accused of. It turns out that Longo has followed Finkel's career and is very excited about his writing style and wants him to help him get out of jail by telling him the true story about his wife and three children murders; Which of course as Longo hints-with a number of red herrings-he had nothing, with the exception of his wife, at all to do with. Longo's story about his innocence seems to make sense with Finkel now getting a number of offers from book publishing firms to write it. In that only he's the one that Longo is willing to tell it to.****SPOILERS****Finkel soon realizes that there's something missing in Longo's story about his being innocent of his family's murders but by then he's in too deep and can't seem to get himself out. After getting burned in his BS story about starving African youths this story if found to be fake will just about destroy any hope he has to even get a job as a professional writer again. It's Jill who figured out what Longo was all about and after meeting him in prison compared him to a 17 century writer who like himself also murdered his entire family after catching his wife cheating on him! Which in Longo's case was a lot worse in the reason that he's accused in murdering his entire family was only due to financial problems. Finkel does in the end salvage his writing career in his book about Longo's crimes and how he was fooled by him but has to live the rest of his life in knowing what a shill he was in supporting Longo up until the very end when the true story of his crimes came to the surface. And as we see at the very end of the film Longo will always be with him to remind Finkel what a total jerk he was in believing him.