Even a cursory knowledge of the true story of Christian Longo and his murdered wife and children is enough to know this bad taste exercise is the fruit of Truman Capote-wannabe Michael Finkel's wish to write his own In Cold Blood, but this nebulous "true crime" thriller about Finkel's friendship with Longo, adapted here for the screen with stretched-beyond-their-dramatic-acting-limits Jonah "punch a wall to show you are angry" Hill and James "just try to look enigmatic" Franco, ends at the conclusion of the opening scene depicting Longo's arrest in Mexico - the rest (shared handwriting, winks, feigned internal turmoil, double negatives and passionate jailhouse speeches) reeks of two self-interested men, both not very good at their jobs, trying to spin the four murders into positive personal outcomes.
★★☆☆☆
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