Truman & Tennessee: An Intimate Conversation

critic Reviews

, 91% Certified Fresh Tomatometer Score
  • Truman & Tennessee: An Intimate Conversation lives up to its title with an absorbing and revealing look at a pair of American literary giants.
  • , Fresh Tomatometer Score
    Peter RainerFilmWeek (KPCC - NPR Los Angeles)
    It's very nostalgic to see these interviews with David Frost and and Dick Cavett.
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  • , Rotten Tomatometer Score
    Peter DebrugeVariety
    It's a pleasure to spend an hour and a half in the resurrected company of these two intellects, but the experience feels like the lazy alternative to reading biographies about either man...
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    Marc SavlovAustin Chronicle
    Truman & Tennessee is a fascinating but melancholy mash note to the enduring friendship of two genius misfits who, despite constant self doubt barely masked by a raconteur's seeming insouciance.
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    Carla RenataRogerEbert.com
    Two of our most celebrated literary geniuses get a loving tribute for a friendship laden with joy, jealousy and a world that only Truman & Tennesse could inhabit, navigate and understand. Brilliant!!!
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    Gary GoldsteinLos Angeles Times
    Watching this captivating film, especially during Pride month, one can't help but wonder how these outsized talents would have fared in a more open and embracing society - or would their demons have simply followed them into the 21st century?
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  • , Fresh Tomatometer Score
    Ben KenigsbergNew York Times
    "An Intimate Conversation" never quite digs beyond the cultivated personas of either author - a drawback of the archival format. But for anyone invested in the writers, it offers a vivid sketch.
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  • , Rotten Tomatometer Score
    Amy SmithInSession Film
    There was real potential here to make a gripping documentary about two of the greatest American icons and the impact of their relationship, but unfortunately, the documentary falls flat quickly.
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  • , Fresh Tomatometer Score
    Sarah VincentCambridge Day
    Lisa Immordino Vreeland, documentarian of iconic artistic and intellectual elites (“Diana Vreeland: The Eye Has to Travel” and the must-see “Love, Cecil”), proves that less is more in her latest.
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    David ReddishQueerty
    Its a tender portrait of a pair of gay greats, and a must for fans of Tennessee, Truman, or queer history.
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    Victoria LuxfordCity AM
    There are nuggets of trivia, such as Williams view on the film adaptations of his work, or Capotes opinion on Studio 54 (Cole Porter would have loved it); but the beauty comes from the more vulnerable moments, where we see the true toll of brilliance.
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