True Story
Fox Searchlight Pictures | Release Date: April 17, 2015 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
50
METASCORE
Mixed or average reviews based on 40 Critic Reviews
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16
Mixed:
19
Negative:
5
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38
RogerEbert.comGlenn KennyApr 16, 2015
If this mess is what they ended up with after erring with the best intentions, I feel bad for them. If this is actually the end result they were going for, I’d be inclined to use the legal system myself, to file an injunction against them ever getting near a soundstage again. Read full review
37
Washington PostAnn HornadayApr 16, 2015
Writer-director Rupert Goold, here making his feature debut, fails to capture the chemistry and tonal complexity necessary to make this grim, often grisly tale anything more than a tragically lurid anecdote. Read full review
30
Wall Street JournalJoe MorgensternApr 16, 2015
Far from rising to the level of truthiness, let alone truth, True Story rings false from start to finish. Read full review
20
New York Magazine (Vulture)David EdelsteinApr 17, 2015
There’s only one good scene in True Story, though it’s the most flagrantly absurd. Read full review
0
New York PostLou LumenickApr 15, 2015
Franco’s distancing routine helps sink True Story, an already turgid and tone-deaf adaptation of a self-serving memoir by a disgraced New York Times reporter (played by two-time Oscar nominee Jonah Hill) who bonds with a murderer he’s trying to exploit. Read full review
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