Customer Ratings & Reviews

Whether or not you enjoy this film depends on your willingness to spend time with unsavory characters and how they use their skills to entangle others in their web of lies. In this case, you get two men, each capable of questionable behaviors trying to outsmart the other. It's a good character study and played well by Jonah Hill and James Franco.

Well, few movies are great. A man charged with murdering his family contacts a journalist to get his story told. It does involve you, did he really murder his family? The journalist sets out to learn more, and that's what the movie is all about: did he or didn't he? James Franco is rather good as the man charged. It's a pretty good way to spend 90 minutes; it's just not fast paced and gripping.

Might be just me, but this movie seemed to be an exercise in narcissism for all parties involved. Not the actors (their performances were solid - especially Jonah Hill in a more serious role) but the characters they represented. Movie did come with a digital code so I can watch it again in my UV library (but I probably won't)

This movie is not too bad, I just never felt like it delivered the information and nailed the story in a perfect manner. However, the acting is top-notch and there is a solid "moment" like in the movie, a dramatic interaction that is fully entertaining. I got this for $5.99 and for that price it's worth the watch.

The actors are great. Always enjoy their movies. However this movie leaves me waiting...For the twist, for the action and for the very point of seeing it. Great actors but I will not watch it a second time.

The setup is very good. You begin to see the way Longo draws people into his world. But the delivery is kind of flat and the story of Finkel's wife feels incomplete. Overall not bad, but could have been better.

It sounded better and more interesting than it turned out. I know it is a true story and you can only dramatize a true story so much before it becomes stupid, but this would have benefited from some flashbacks of the actual crimes to give it some more kick.

Thriller based on a true story played by Jonah Hill and James Franco. Darkly themed with a somewhat disappointing twist at the end. Reasonably acted but the story and overall execution was a bit less than I expected

The actors might have been miscast, It really dragged in places, I was actually a little bored. It seemed fascinating at 1st, then went downhill after that. If you lie True Story films, it's okay (just)!

I had seen the trailer earlier in the year and was really excited to see this when it was finally released, but the entire story moved really slow and I was waiting for this ahh haa moment that just never came.

Franco and Hill are good in the movie, but the story takes a bit of time to get anywhere. Being a native Oregonian it is crazy to watch such a weird tale of murder originating from my home state.

I don't know if it was just me but the pace of the movie may have taken away from what could have been a good movie. The acting was good and believable. The pace, however, was long and drawn out.

This film was fairly new to blu-ray when I saw it @ bestbuy for only $5.99 & it came with the slipcover too! I haven't watched it yet but I really enjoy Jonah hill & James Franco's work!

I thought the movie was going to be better than it actualy was. Sort of a let down, synopsis makes it seem so much more interesting and exciting than it really is.

It's a decent movie, since it was based on a True Story I thought out would have been a little bit longer. But none the less I'd watch it again

It was a gift for someone else so I haven't seen. Can't write much more since I haven't seen it.

the movie was ok...kind of slow. it wasn't horrible, but it wasn't great. it was nice to see Jonah Hill in a serious role.

It's refreshing to see these 2 actors in different roles. The movie flows well enough. But it is a little outlandish

Pretty good flick. Johah Hill is good in serious rolls. There isn't quite the pay-off I was expecting/hoping for.

Good plot and well acted. Characters are portrayed in an interesting manner.