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Best movie ever!

Although I seem to have had higher expectations than I thought, the movie is super entertaining.

This is a dark and sometimes deeply uncomfortable drama

"True Story" from 2015 stars Jonah Hill and James Franco as writer Mike Finkel and killer Christian Longo, respectively.Finkel was a well-regarded journalist for the New York Times who fudged a story and combined five people into one, was caught, and was fired. He learns later that a man who murdered his wife and three children, Christian Longo, was caught in Mexico and was at the time using the name Mike Finkel. Intrigued, Finkel arranges a meeting.What follows is a bonding experience, where Longo claims to be a long-time fan of Finkel, and Finkel finds similarities between his own life and is impressed that he and Finkel even take similar types of notes. Longo asks that none of the information he gives Finkel be released until after the trial and promises him exclusivity. In exchange, Longo would like to learn to write the way that Finkel can and asks for pointers.Finkel begins to believe that Longo is covering someone and doubts his guilt. He also realizes that the story is more than article -it's a book.It's not until the trial that Finkel learns the true story.Good film about an actual case, but while it's effective, it doesn't have the bone-chilling quality it could have. The acting is good, particularly by Franco who has the showier role. The acting is done in a naturalistic style - a tiny bit more punch in a film like this might have helped as it lacks some necessary emotion.I think a stronger script or even more potent direction could have made this a truly devastating experience. As it is, it's interesting without being fascinating.

Hill plays a journalist interviewing a murderer during his trial played by Franco. Vague exchanges take place while the two main characters apparently become friends. At some point the movie ends, without a point and without any real story or a hint of subplot.Apart from it not having a story to tell, The films sports a most terrible script uttered by totally uninteresting characters in scenes that are systemically too long. None of the characters are believable, ruining the film's main plot point. Especially Hill's character makes zero sense. You can't be an investigative reporter and then be that naive. A friendship emerging from such shallow, boring and fake conversations, is also not credible. And what was the character of the wife even doing in this movie? She seemed to be his sister at first. Recommended viewing speed: 4X

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.

It's hard for me to find this movie interesting. I didn't really get it. But yes, the opening seemed so promising. Not to mention the character of Christian Longo himself. He's some kind of crazy person or even a psycho, perhaps? He's so unpredictable. Looks stupid but turned out to be smart and so deceiving. This was actually so good, but I couldn't stop thinking that there was something missing. Why Longo chooses to use Finkle's identity was not so well explained. Maybe the dialogue which was not so strong. To me, the story was just not so well explored. This movie is based on a memoir of Michael Finkel. I usually love movies based on true story, but not this one.Sorry. I don't know. It's just not easy to grasp. I need to consult Wikipedia to fill the holes in my head.