True Story

A journalist goes into prison to meet a mysterious person accused of a horrific crime (is there any other type in the movies?)  Jonah Hill plays Mike Finkel who has been fired from the Gray Lady herself.  He finds out that Christian Longo the criminal had used the alias Mike Finkel in Mexico before he was caught.

Mike visits Christian (James Franco) multiple times in order to get a new story that will salvage his career.  After all, it's a perfect meet cute.  But  who is using who?  Some interesting elements of some good movies:  Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, Silence of the Lambs.  In the end, it's a someone tame psycho thriller that never quite psycho thrills enough.

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