I saw "True Story", starring Jonah Hill-The Wolf of Wall Street, This is the End; James Franco-This is the End, Spider-Man 1,2 &3; Felicity Jones- The Theory of Everything, The Amazing Spider-Man 2 and Ethan Suplee-The Wolf of Wall Street, My Name is Earl_tv.
This is not a comedy-with Jonah & James, you might have thought that it would be-and it is based on a true story-I bet you did not see that coming, from the title-about a man accused of the disturbing crime of killing his wife and 3 children. Jonah plays a reporter for the New York Times that gets fired because he lied about some details of a story he turned in- sounds kind of like the Brian Williams story where he was caught enhancing a story. James plays the man that allegedly slaughtered his entire family- thankfully, the actual crimes are not shown but they are talked about. Jonah receives a phone call from Ethan, informing him about James and his sordid past. At first, Jonah does not understand the purpose of calling him until he hears that when James was caught, he was using Jonah's identity to hide. Of course Jonah wants to know why James picked him and so he contacts James in prison to try to get some answers. Felicity plays Jonah's girlfriend, who does not like or trust James. There is a lot of back and forth between Jonah & James with doubts and issues of trust popping up and what or who to believe. As the end credits start, you learn answers about who really did what and what their situation is now. It is a compelling story. It's rated "R" for language and disturbing material and has a running time of 1 hour & 39 minutes. It's not one that I would buy on DVD-once was enough-but it would be a good rental.
This is not a comedy-with Jonah & James, you might have thought that it would be-and it is based on a true story-I bet you did not see that coming, from the title-about a man accused of the disturbing crime of killing his wife and 3 children. Jonah plays a reporter for the New York Times that gets fired because he lied about some details of a story he turned in- sounds kind of like the Brian Williams story where he was caught enhancing a story. James plays the man that allegedly slaughtered his entire family- thankfully, the actual crimes are not shown but they are talked about. Jonah receives a phone call from Ethan, informing him about James and his sordid past. At first, Jonah does not understand the purpose of calling him until he hears that when James was caught, he was using Jonah's identity to hide. Of course Jonah wants to know why James picked him and so he contacts James in prison to try to get some answers. Felicity plays Jonah's girlfriend, who does not like or trust James. There is a lot of back and forth between Jonah & James with doubts and issues of trust popping up and what or who to believe. As the end credits start, you learn answers about who really did what and what their situation is now. It is a compelling story. It's rated "R" for language and disturbing material and has a running time of 1 hour & 39 minutes. It's not one that I would buy on DVD-once was enough-but it would be a good rental.