Review by moonisgod

I love biopics and this one is one of the best I've seen. The story of Bob Crane, even if you aren't too familiar with Hogan's Heroes, is engrossing and the cinematography plays well with it. It starts out as a crisp, clean sit-com like atmosphere with bright colors and geometric patterns and then devolves into a dark world of bars and apartments, hand held, shaky cameras and jumbled action.

The acting is top-notch, especially Kinnear and DaFoe as a sick team of thrill seekers. Throughout the film Kinnear plays Crane as constantly denying his obsession, which could only work with an actor so well known for his good-guy roles. DaFoe is creepy, much like his Green Goblin in Spider-man, at one point understanding the next vindictive and bitter.

Crane's son is trying to discredit the film on his website (which oddly enough exploits his dad's life by selling glimpses to the treasure trove of pornography that Crane produced in his life), but for the most part I feel his protestations are ungrounded. Sure, the film was over-looked by the Academy but it doesn't mean that the movie isn't worth watching.

Well worth buying, or at least renting. As far as biopics go, this could be one of the best.