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As a film buff, screen writer and book enthusiast, when I come across a film that's been adapted from a book, I will make the effort to find it. And while most scripts take liberties, the adaptation of this one barely resembles the events. And given it's title of True Story, the only way to know the real details is to read the book. This is one of the most unique stories about murder you'll read

Horrifying reading about the prosecution testimonies especially the ME who describes Longos wife being stuffed in a suitcase much as he had the three children

Talk about crazy, Longo pleas guiltily to killing his wife and oldest child and not guilty to the murder of the two youngest!

Remarkable that the movie completely left out countless legal problems Longo had due to fraud, a failed company and more. As we all know these things take a toll on a family relationship so it's clear what drove him to murder

Wow..decided to watch the James Franco, Noah Hill film again and its startling how much different it is from the book, though this isn't unusual with screen adaptations

Oops.. Made an error with page numbers. Regardless, it's easy to see how the murderer took Finkel as his name when in MX as well as why he enrolled him to write his story. A true life cat and mouse story with murders as the undercurrent

What's fascinating is that Longo is analyzed by numerous therapists who without knowing one another, come to the conclusion that he's self centered, intelligent and a sociopath. And Finkel comes clean about his own issues with the truth which makes them a perfect match. Little if any of these elements make their way to the film which is why reading the book is important

As with most adaptations, the absence of details that were the driving factors of the murders is debilitating to say the least. So glad I decided to read the book!

Remarkable how much deeper the book is than the film. And most of the emotion comes through from excerpts of the letters Longo sends to Finkel.. But Longo is a sociopath of epic proportions and one who murdered his family

It's uncanny that a husband escapes to Mexico keeping the murders of his family secret and chooses to become a journalist whose recent story is fiction rather than fact. What could they possibly have in common you ask? They're both liars!