"Cory Michael Smith does Herculean work in the role [of Fred], confidently navigating all that direct address with just a hint of a Southern lilt while giving Fred an endearingly cracked vulnerability and a youthfully needy ambition and ego..."
"[Clarke] is ultimately believable as a vulnerable woman hiding behind a sophisticated facade..."
"Mr. Greenberg’s adaptation incorporates far more of Capote’s words than the Edwards film did, with shimmering passages of reminiscence that come directly from the book."