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True Story
Upon publishing a false story, Michael Finkel, a young aspiring journalist in New York Times News, lost his job and struggles against finding another, when he finds himself accused of murdering a family, as he finds out that a man steals his identity and committed the crime.
23 February 1976, Denver, Colorado, USA
25 May 1976, Manhattan, New York, USA
30 June 1990, USA
8 February 1980, Dallas, Texas, USA
21 July 1986, USA
13 April 1987, New York City, New York, USA
March 31, 2016
The height of poor taste. Grants notorious men even more notoriety by giving voice to their inexcusable 'travails,' thereby feeding their self-absorption.
February 19, 2016
Both characters are so deeply immersed in their own fabrications, any bid at genuine truth is doomed from the beginning. The best part is: We don't care, because we're not expected to like either one.
April 17, 2015
Director Rupert Goold keeps things appropriately creepy, but True Story is no Capote.
April 17, 2016
The only fingerprint the film leaves is the one that adorns its one-sheet.
December 14, 2015
Occasionally tense but flawed.
April 20, 2015
Filming a drama about the compromises and conventions of storytelling, Goold falls prey to them. He lacks the pulp verve and the symbolic imagination to illuminate or even convey the characters' mysteries.
February 25, 2016
It's all a generally agreeable affair with little impact when all is said and done.
July 12, 2016
A fine, engrossing procedural drama.
April 18, 2015
It's as good as any work I've seen in a film in 2015, and "True Story" is one of the better movies to come along this year.
October 14, 2015
Franco and Hill's early scenes together maintains intrigue for a while, but True Story never quite indicates that it has something compelling going on beneath the surface.
April 17, 2015
Attention, true crime addicts desperate for a new fix after Serial and The Jinx: This riveting and highly disturbing chiller will satiate your needs.