Steven Plane If you love Capote, and if you love his whimsical, dark, comic short story "Children on Their Birthdays", DO NOT WATCH this unfaithful and insulting adaptation. The writers and producers have turned Mr. C's insightful piece on the role of the artist in society into melodramatic slop touching on a wishy-washy childhood crush and a stale, lukewarm statement on prejudice and race. Gone are the biting satire, insight, clever language, and punch-in-the-gut beginning and ending sentences of the original piece replaced by a made-for-TV generic script and story that bare little if any resemblance to the source material.Capote when he died asked to be cremated, half his ashes interned on the west coast and half on the east so that he could be throughout eternity be bi-coastal. Though he can't roll in his grave, his ashes are surely undulating in their urns in California and New York after this disgrace bearing the name of one his most wonderful and cherished short stories.

muffinswirls3333 I couldn't stand the pesky Lily Jane Bobbit. I'm glad this movie was just an independent film and not a major one. The movie was also dull and unrealistic and I almost fell asleep while watching this film. The other characters of this film were fine but Lily Jane Bobbit was merely insufferable. She is maybe the worst movie character ever. I'm outraged to know that this movie is available on DVD and has also been shown on cable television! It would be wonderful if this movie was never filmed or created!

FilmServices It's hard to say what any deceased writer would do, but this very much alive viewer felt the movie was beautifully made with simple style and gentle awareness towards its subjects. I loved watching this movie and escaping into the world of Lilly Jane Bobbitt. After seeing this movie, I re-read the short story by Capote and enjoyed remembering what I had seen recreated by the producers and director. Hollywood thinks if you blow it up they'll come. But, I believe if you make a wonderful film, they'll not only come, but they will leave wanting more - and that's how I felt about Mark Medoff's movie "Children on Their Birthdays."

DaviePark Truman Capote's spinning in his grave? Well I haven't read the original story but I was enthralled with this movie!I can tell you that I loved this film from start to finish. The casting appeared to be ideal - I can't think of anyone else that I would recommend to replace any of the characters in this heart-warming tale. I watched it with my 12 year-old daughter and you know when kids aren't really interested they start moving about, get restless, etc? Now hear this - this is a "No Fidget" film - take the family! At the risk of being clichéd, they don't make 'em like this any more. It captures innocence from what, compared to today, was an innocent age even though it was set only fifty or so years ago. I came away knowing that some of the feel-good factor of this little parable had rubbed off on me, my wife and our daughter. So much so, that I wouldn't tell you the ending anyway! Go, see, enjoy.