True Story
Christian Longo, a man on the FBI';;;s most wanted list for murdering his wife and three children in Oregon. He hid in Mexico under the identity of Michael Finkel, a journalist. One day, Finkel receives a phone call from a man regarding an FBI Most Wanted individual named Christian Longo, who';;;s been captured and claimed to be living as Finkel. Longo and Finkel meet and form a potentially marriage shattering bond while Longo is in prison awaiting his trial. Finkel exchanges journalism tips for the real events behind Longo';;;s alleged heinous acts of murdering his family. Through the twists and turns in the movie, only at the end will Finkel uncover the True Story.
4 June 1980, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
12 September 1960, Washington Heights, New York, USA
16 September 1956, Chicago, Illinois, USA
8 August 1974, Granada Hills, California, USA
19 April 1978, Palo Alto, California, USA
18 June 1971, New York City, New York, USA
7 January 1985, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
28 August 1962, Washington, District of Columbia, USA
6 April 1975, Rome, New York, USA
13 April 1987, New York City, New York, USA
30 October 1972, San Diego, California, USA
February 25, 2016
It's all a generally agreeable affair with little impact when all is said and done.
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.
July 12, 2016
A fine, engrossing procedural drama.
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, 2016
The only fingerprint the film leaves is the one that adorns its one-sheet.
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 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.
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.
April 17, 2015
Director Rupert Goold keeps things appropriately creepy, but True Story is no Capote.
December 14, 2015
Occasionally tense but flawed.
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.
