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Zodiac
U/A (INDIA)
2007
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Positive Reviews
77
Negative reviews
10
Average Rating
3.7
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2.0
It spins your head in a new way, luring you into a vortex and then deeper still, fascinating us as much for what we dont know as what we do.
EW
5.0
Advertisement The film is a police procedural crossed with a newspaper movie, but free of most of the cliches of either.Its most impressive accomplish ..
Rogerebert
1.5
But adapting a sketch comedy project to a feature requires the invention of a story arc that is sustained and satisfying in its resolution, even if it ..
Austin Chronicle
3.3
But the clues dont quite fit together, the solution doesnt come, and as procedure sprawls into obsession the tone shifts from genre picture to somethi ..
Time Out
2.0
The movie, directed by David Fincher, is not without value, if its largely without drama.
3.0
Without due process or a culprit to wrap up the storyline, Zodiac needs a more solid center on which to hang its story.
2.5
Too bad John Carroll Lynch couldnt have entered the story more fully.
San Francisco Chronicle
4.0
Youll need patience with the films approach, which follows its main characters by poring over details, and be prepared to put up with a couple of rote ..
2.5
Zodiac is a meandering, bland film that clocks in at nearly three hours and feels like at least eight.
Cinema Blend
3.1
The first half of the movie belongs to Toschi and Avery, who use each other in a kind of tense quasi partnership.
Ny Daily News
4.0
Anyone expecting a reprise of Seven style shivers and Grand Guignol psychodrama will be gravely disappointed.
Village Voice
3.5
Harry Sevides shot it on digital HD, giving it a stunningly authentic look.
Sover
3.8
The digital photography is sharp, but theres nothing remarkable about it.
ReelViews
5.0
But its dissection of the ultimate cold case, drawn from Robert Graysmiths best seller, is a chilling exercise in soul eroding anxiety.
Tv Guide
3.8
But Zodiac isnt a horror film or a suspense thriller; it belongs to that rare and bizarre genre item, the police procedural, which merely traces one s ..
Combust Ible Celluloid
4.4
Once the detectives enter the story, the film is meticulous in attention to procedural details.
Mark Reviews Movies
3.0
Zodiac is a terrific exploration of obsession with the haunting residue of the unsolved just eluding grasp.
3.0
But as an audience member, do you want to watch a film, even a good one, that runs 160 minutes yet finishes without a satisfying conclusion.Basically, ..
Eric Ds Nider
3.0
But the movie is insanely overlong, wasting long stretches on red herrings, and the tension of the early scenes ultimately dissipates.
News Review
4.0
Using meticulous research, the filmmakers recreate the murders as realistic versions of slasher movie scenes, then shift into a procedural thriller as ..
Shadows On The Wall
2.0
The murder is easily the movies most graphic, and theres a good reason for this: By impressing on us the horror of these killings, Fincher thankfully ..
Cs Monitor
4.0
For the director, the screenwriter and the author, the tale is as much a human interest story as it is a thriller.
Film Journal International ..
3.8
Every shot has the deep matte texture that good digital filmmaking provides.
Boston
4.5
The film leaves you with a strong idea of who it might have been but it never pretends to be certain.
Smh
3.0
Downeys performance is frankly so good that it overbalances the film, which suffers significantly when he vanishes before the third act.Theres somethi ..
Mountain X
4.0
Obsession Drives Finchers Look at Zodiac Killer Partly because of the stylized visuals he brought with him from the world of music videos, and partly ..
Npr
5.0
Facebook elevated concerns about election interference Tuesday, announcing that it had uncovered sophisticated efforts, possibly linked to Russia, to ..
Star Tribune
4.5
For this is not a movie about a serial killer as weve come to think of them this is not a bloody gorefest that pretends to be some sort of visceral ri ..
2.0
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Emanuellevy
3.0
The insolvable puzzle is both gripping and frustrating in its inconclusiveness.
Reel Talk Reviews
4.0
Sicario: Day of the Soldado Throughout Sicario: Day of the Soldado, characters talk about things needing to be clean, which pretty much means that a l ..
Q Network
3.0
It may not sound like it from that description, but its a hell of a ride.
Slate
4.0
Despite its disturbing subject matter, Zodiac is also an excellent piece of entertainment.
Eye For Film
4.0
Indeed, theres not that much emotionally draining in the film, with its constantly shifting analytical framework, but its satisfying none the less esp ..
5.0
It sounds maddening, and it sort of is, in an exhilarating way much like hunting for a serial killer you cant catch.
Movies
4.0
Bolstered by superb performances, eye catching digital camerawork and a terrifically confident sense of purpose, this is the closest cinema has ever c ..
Bbc
5.0
Loachs violence doesnt have the stylized glamour of classic movie mayhem; it has the look of surprise.
New Yorker
3.8
Still, this is an absorbing, hugely ambitious, richly textured entertainment, and one of the better releases of a still early year.
The Movie Boy
3.0
The back half of the movie is less about the Zodiac than it is about Roberts obsession with finding him, which may work as a character study but not a ..
Bullz-Eye
3.5
The Curse of La Llorona cast members Raymond Cruz, Patricia Velasquez and Linda Cardellini, along with director Michael Chaves, share some personal La ..
Calendar Live
4.4
But thats why two and a half hours is a necessary running timeand Fincher is why youll leave the theater wishing it were even longer!
Hollywood
5.0
The crowning achievement of its directors career, a masterwork stubbornly faithful to its source material even while transcending it.
Birth Movies Death
3.0
But, overall, it works.Fincher has crafted a true crime epic: a sprawling, ambitious, no nonsense drama that rejects most of the cliches of the serial ..
Seattle Pi
1.5
Two hours forty minutes, and if you blink you miss the guy they blame for the killings.
Tony Medley
3.5
Its a rare treat, for those of us fascinated by true crime stories while somewhat embarrassed by that predilection, to walk out of a movie about a ser ..
Pajiba
4.5
But you have to remind yourself that this is Graysmiths take on the whole thing.
7M Pictures
4.4
And that may be its most impressive feat.It makes you want to study it even more closely, in search of things you might have missed, trailing after le ..
The Star
4.5
The exhaustive detail pays off with all the dramatic attributes of a mental cat and mouse game thriller.
Varia Gate
2.0
However, once the narrative becomes ponderous and sometimes inconsequential weare left wishing for something interesting to perk up our attention.
Digital Spy
4.0
And to its credit, what it often leaves unsaid provides its strongest moments.
Raidió Teilifís Éireann
3.8
For example, whenever I go to the bank, the teller requires my passport or driver licenses.I have never felt unhappy about such a request.
Kansas City
4.0
By its final act, Days of Glory has slapped you hard with the ugly truth of history, and even if the film often risks being too preachy, its hard not ..
The Stranger
4.5
Bu what is assured is that Zodiac is a great film that many true crime buffs would love due to the treatment given to the subject and that many movie ..
Matts Movie Reviews
5.0
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The Filmy Ap
4.4
Despite the insane amount of facts thrown at the screen, the film feels well paced and tightly written.
Big Picture Big Sound
4.4
Zodiac Anyone who lived through it, or loves to watch those awesome true crime documentaries on cable TV, knows the case of the Zodiac, but, even if y ..
Waffle Movies
1.3
Truth be told, director Christopher Nolan might have been a better fit for this book translated to film.
Movie Crypt
3.1
I can already picture the endless debates Ill have with friends wholl insist that this is a masterpiece and wont be happy with my feeling that its goo ..
Montreal Film Journal
4.0
The result is a movie about obsession made with an obsessive attention to detail.
News Week
4.0
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Entertainment Times Online ..
4.0
You will be able to save yourself from getting disappointed of watching nothing but a lame movie.
Window To The Movies
2.5
The disturbing thing is that this exposure may have fed the Zodiacs true hunger for attention and spurred more killings.
Chron
4.0
This is an intelligent, persuasively acted, superbly photographed film, with a subtle score by David Shire, who was chosen because Fincher admired his ..
Film Guardian
4.0
It is impossible not to enjoy Zodiac: if enjoy is the word for a picture so often scary and stomach turning.
Film Guardian
3.0
At over two and a half hours, it often gets lost down the same rabbit hole as its characters.
Flip Side Archive
3.0
This is a realistic feeling portrayal of the facts of the case, and it is all appropriately understated.The cast is superb.
From The Balcony
3.0
But there are lapses in storytelling that dont seem like bold artistic choices.
Ny Mag
4.0
Five years since the tense and voyeuristic Panic Room hit our screens, he presents us with a slow burning crime thriller with a high calibre cast that ..
Future Movies
4.4
It is clear to see why many moviegoers would think that is lengthy, but realize that this is an intricate story with deep characters needing to be exa ..
Entertainment Spectrum
4.0
This is when the film doesnt quite hold together as well, though it could be argued that this is exactly when the true life story starts to fall apart ..
Can Mag
4.0
The director also gives good commentary, offering technical and production details but always relating the technique and tools in terms of the art and ..
Stream On Demand At Home
4.5
An epic finale for the serial killer genre Fincher helped popularize.
Movies Ign
3.5
So far, most criticism of the film has fallen on the length of the film but this is absolutely necessary to make us understand how harrowing the time ..
Films Nobs
3.5
Knotted in doubles, transferences of guilt, and short circuiting codes of masculinity, Finchers films can stand next to Hitchcocks in transgressive su ..
Cine Passion
2.0
The tragic event sets into motion director David Finchers methodical adaptation of Robert Graysmiths first person diaries about the search for the not ..
Film Critic 1963 Typepad
3.0
Within those constraints, glimmers of personality and eruptions of physical and moral chaos made for gripping spectacle.
Nicks Flick Picks
3.0
Nevertheless, Zodiac remains riveting for its entire 154 minutes.
Looking Closer
4.5
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Cine Rina
2.0
Summer of Sam was far from a perfect film, but at least it was from a fresh perspective.
Horror
2.5
It is not its lack of resolution that makes Zodiac a poor film, it is its stupefying dull progression.
Brandon Fibbs
5.0
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3.8
The gay panic humor is so rampant that its reasonable to wonder if cast and crew members wrapped each shooting day by beating up a homosexual off scre ..
3.5
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Nyc Film Critic
3.5
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Wbur
4.0
The end result is a complex crime drama that limits its action, opting to save it for the times that bring the greatest impact.
Movie Views
3.5
Zodiac USA 2007 Reviewed by Graham Fuller Synopsis Our synopses give away the plot in full, including surprise twists.California, 1969.
Bfi
3.0
The tradeoff is an almost classically realized tale of desperation and fatigue that requires enormous amounts of patience and concentration to enjoy.
English Oh My News
4.7
Lots of sick things were creepycrawling through the zeitgeist back then ... Its there ... in the flashing hard eyes of Gyllenhaals Graysmith, a young ..
Ar Kansas Online
5.0
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Time Out Ny
4.0
Several trademark bravura sequences compress and overlay all the words, talk and conjecture with the slickness and momentum we expect, and the film ju ..
The Reeler
4.0
But instead of being essentially about the thrills and chills of killing, it is more about investigative processes.Two hours and 40 minutes of gruelin ..
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