Anthony Edwards, Brian Cox, Chloë Sevigny
As a serial killer terrifies the San Francisco Bay Area and taunts police with his ciphers and letters, investigators in four jurisdictions search for the murderer. The case will become an obsession f...( read more
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DVD Release Date: July 24, 2007
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September 29, 2009A really enjoyable thriller! Fincher's direction is a joy as he paces the story of the Zodiac investigation with great dignity and detail. Not for people who like their thrillers slap-dash and fast-paced, neither is this for people who are expecting a Se7en sequel. Great style, g...( read more)
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May 3, 2009How do you turn the serial-killer thriller on its head? Never catch the killer. Fincher's true-life tale is not about grabbing the bad guy; it's about the nature of obsession.
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January 19, 2009"I.... I Need to know who he is. I... I need to stand there, I need to look him in the eye and I need to know that it's him."
Dark, sleek, and mesmerizing Zodiac is a stylish film that accurately chronicles the serial killer who tormented the San Francisco Bay Area...( read more) -
January 10, 2009I know this is becoming quite redundant now, but this is definitely the best film so far this year. The movies I've been seeing just keep getting better and better and Zodiac just wiped out all of the competition. It's by far the best film so far this year.
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January 9, 2009All I could think after seeing this was: this fucker is way too damn long! Nothing wrong with the cast or the acting, but I just kept thinking this movie could have been cut. The ending was not especially gratifying after spending 2 1/2 hours to get there, but I already knew the ...( read more)
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November 16, 2009Fincher does many things well when directing. Suspense,Violent Art Direction, and daring, but masterfully created storytelling.
I know this film is 157 minutes, but it doesn't nearly seem as long. This film is very differen then normal cop-thrillers, cause it defys the co...( read more) -
November 15, 2009David Fincher's "Zodiac" is the director's first foray back into the darkly lit world of a serial killer since his 1995 breakthrough, "Se7en." In its own epic, uniquely fascinating true-crime way, "Zodiac" is just about as good!
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Critic Reviews
January 9, 2008
Edward Havens, FilmJerk.com
October 18, 2007
Armond White, The New York Press
Fincher, the neo-Kubrick-nerd, has lost his bearings. full review
October 15, 2007
Nigel Andrews, The Financial Times
Zodiac is that marvel and rarity, an adult Hollywood murder thriller. full review
March 2, 2007
Pete Hammond, Maxim
Reminds us what great filmmaking is all about. There isn't a false note anywhere. full review
March 2, 2007
Liam Lacey, Globe and Mail
The most provocative aspect of this compulsive riddle is how it resists closure. full review
March 2, 2007
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
What makes Zodiac authentic is the way it avoids chases, shootouts, grandstanding and false climaxes, and just follows the methodical progress of police work. full review
March 1, 2007
Stephanie Zacharek, Salon.com
Zodiac is all about Fincher's personal enthusiasms and obsessions. It takes a mighty big ego to steal the show from a serial killer. Apparently, Fincher's just the guy for the job. full review
March 1, 2007
Claudia Puig, USA Today
With its unhurried pace and cerebrally engaging plot, Zodiac is an unusually haunting and compelling horror film. full review
March 1, 2007
Peter Travers, Rolling Stone
Make no mistake, you will be hooked and creeped out big time. full review
February 26, 2007
David Edelstein, New York Magazine
I don't think Fincher can relate much to moral outrage. What occupies him is how to send you home antsy, unsure of what you've seen but sure it was worse than you think. He gives you the existential w... full review
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September 22, 2009I love this movie so much, it got me into writing a book about the Zodiac. The movie was very well made and I like how the two main characters (Robert Graysmith and David Toshci) don't actually meet each other until the middle of the movie.
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January 25, 2009Okay, I liked the movie (mostly b/c of Mark Ruffalo & Jake Gyllenhaal), but also b/c of the suspence and mystery. After a while, though, it got kinda old and at one point I found myself wanting to slap Jake Gyllenhaal's character upside the head. The ending p'd me off to no end. I mean, they KNEW it was him! They had their own evidence, w/o there being actual, physical evidence. It was like "You're telling me that I basically just wasted almost 3 hours of my life watching this and you still didn't catch the guy all b/c you 'couldn't prove it'." It made me mad, I couldn't believe it. My head was literally throbing after it got over. All in all, pretty good...(like i said, mostly for Mark and Jake).
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October 26, 2007This wasn't very good, i acutally stopped watching half way through cause it was so boring!
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September 16, 2007Fincher's worst.
Very ambitious, but flawed. Scenes are mishandled, have the wrong tone, and have bad acting. Their are some bright spots though.
As usual in a Fincher the cinematography and editing are top-notch. Gyllenhaal is kinda bland in the beginning, but comed alive and is great in the last hour and a half. Robert Downey Jr. turns in another great performance. Mark Ruffalo is great as well. John Carroll Lynch and Brian Cox also make the most of their appearances. Plus, the film has two of the most terrifying sequences I've ever seen.
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August 4, 2007In the movie zodiac.. Who is the guy sitting in a van type truck with bloody hands and kinda blondish hair.. this movie was a blast, I thought it was interesting from start to finish. One other part that kinda' had me thinking was when robert graysmith is with the guy who "played organ at the theatre".. was this a hint that there was more than 1 killer or just an old weird guy getting his kicks scaring poor young jake?/lol.. anyways, thanks for the replys in advance...
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August 2, 2007Just wait next year for the uncut version of Zodiac dvd. I really hope to see it trough, just for watch the reall survivors interviews..
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July 27, 2007I've always found Fincher to be an excellent,but basically technical,filmmaker-it's all precision aesthetics,no substance.Barring that,he makes kickass eye-candy,and I like his movies in spite of my "better judgment"--he's like Ridley Scott with less interesting scripts to work with."Zodiac" is well worth seeing,though.I guess it bombed at the theatre partly because of the great glut of serial killer movies of late,and two(maybe three) other versions of the Zodiac saga having been made in the last coupla years.
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