The acting is good even if it is a little weird to see Hill and Franco together in serious roles. The direction by first timer Rupert Goold is solid, well paced, and true to the story. The story is simply not as interesting as it sounds.
But how much of what Longo shares is the truth? How does Finkel use the information he gets? The main problem with this movie is the pay-off, or the lack thereof. Finkel and Longo arrange to meet and what follows are a series of meetings where both men engage in a dialogue meant to extract as much information as possible from the other. Finkel is naturally curious but also smells a story that could put his career back on track. It seems that he was using Finkel's identity when he was captured in Mexico. While trying to plan the next chapter in his professional life he receives a call from a reporter looking to get an angle on the story about Longo. Finkel(Jonah Hill)is a young up and coming journalist writing for the New York Times when his career is derailed after he plays a little fast and loose with some facts of a recently published article. Eventually, she started an online relationship with Nicholas Godejohn, the man from Wisconsin who would kill Dee Dee.True Story is based on the novel by Mike Finkel recounting his relationship with Christian Longo(James Franco), a man accused of murdering his wife and three children. She began discreetly corresponding with men online even though her mother monitored her Internet usage. Over time, Gypsy wanted to break free from her mother.
Friends and neighbors were also keen to help them, not really knowing what was going on. Their house, for example, was built by Habitat for Humanity in order for Gypsy to have a handicap-accessible home. While one neurologist suspected that something seemed off because of Gypsy's clean bill of health, nothing came out of his suspicions.ĭee Dee was able to collect donations in order to sustain her and her daughter. During these checkups, physicians would prescribe the young girl treatment for her supposed vision, hearing, sleep, and salivation problems. Gypsy would go with her mother's plans in fear of physical retaliation.ĭee Dee went to at least 150 different doctors for her daughter's alleged illnesses, even crossing state lines. She kept her daughter in a wheelchair even though Gypsy was perfectly capable of walking - and as it turns out, perfectly healthy, period. For years, Dee Dee told friends and family that Gypsy suffered from a range of different ailments, including leukemia, epilepsy, and muscular dystrophy, on top of having the mental capacity of a 7-year-old child.
Dee Dee and Gypsy had been living in Springfield, MO after Hurricane Katrina destroyed their home in 2005.
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