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(1 - 50) of 59 OFCS Rating: 93% Fresh Page   12   > Next 5/5 "Fincher manages the pace brilliantly, making the viewer feel as frustrated, paranoid and, most importantly, driven, as the film's characters."   musicOMH.com   Anton Bitel A- "It may not be his [Fincher's] most groundbreaking film, but it is one of his most important ones."   FromTheBalcony   Bill Clark 4.5/5 "Zodiac crackles with a kind of corrupt electricity, an overriding feeling of discomfort that makes even the conversations between couples ache with an aura of unease."   PopMatters   Bill Gibron 7/10 "Gone are the emphatic jumps and the flying-camera-through-the-keyhole style of "Panic Room". By avoiding the superficial scares he ends up creating a more devastating dread"   PopMatters   Brian Holcomb A- "Fincher shelves his usual bag of tricks and shoots the picture like a distanced classic Pakula film from the mid-1970s, down to the severe emphasis on character dimension over the sexual allure of thrill-based options."   OhmyNews.com   Brian Orndorf A "At every level of production and execution, Fincher meticulously crafts the true-crime mystery as a social phenomenon that touched the lives of many and ruined the lives of more than a few."   ColeSmithey.com   Cole Smithey "As Zodiac imposed a brutal truth on communities of past and potential prey, he was also and always a horrific fiction."   PopMatters   Cynthia Fuchs 4/5 "'Panic Room' director David Fincher's latest movie is a fact-based thriller with little action and frustrated heroes who can't quite bring a serial killer to justice. Believe it or not, these are the film's strengths."   eFilmCritic.com   Dan Lybarger 2.5/4 "Worth seeing more for its thoughtful attention to detail than its satisfying completeness."   rec.arts.movies.reviews   David N. Butterworth B "Revisits the infamous serial killer known as the Zodiac."   Ozus' World Movie Reviews   Dennis Schwartz 3/4 "An absorbing, hugely ambitious, richly textured entertainment, and one of the better releases of a still-early year."   TheMovieBoy.com   Dustin Putman 3/5 "Un thriller fuera de lo común, que prioriza la investigación y la acumulación de pistas sobre la acción y el suspenso."   Uruguay Total   Enrique Buchichio B- "When it's over I can't help feeling as disappointed as the cops must have been -- which might actually be a testament to the film's proficiency."   EricDSnider.com   Eric D. Snider 2.5/4 "David Fincher's Zodiac begins by announcing itself as being based on actual case files. Then it spends the next two-and-a-half hours proving it."   eFilmCritic.com   Erik Childress "... with this film [Fincher] detours from the graphic violence and depravity of Se7en and Fight Club to a more psychological realm of terror."   DVD Review   Felix Gonzalez Jr. 3.5/4 "El mérito es principalmente de Fincher, quien se ha convertido en un virtuoso de las películas sobre asesinos."   Doncinema.com   Flavio J. Arosemena 3.5/4 "[An] absorbingly sadistic psychological whodunnit. Fixating in its gripping hold, Zodiac is convincingly haunting in its head-scratching mode."   TheWorldJournal.com   Frank Ochieng B "Though Zodiac is structurally unwieldy and sags at times, as a whole it's still a procedural with kick...an atmospheric and mostly absorbing film."   One Guy's Opinion   Frank Swietek 3/4 "Patient viewers will be rewarded; others may wish for something with less subtlety and more verve."   ReelViews   James Berardinelli 4/5 "Zodiac is never anything less than completely enthralling."   Q Network Film Desk   James Kendrick 4/4 "By showing us the details in carefully-wrought, exacting fashion, Fincher and screenwriter James Vanderbilt turn the hunt for the Zodiac killer into thrilling, exciting cinema -- and the best true-life tale of detection we've had on the big screen since A"   Cinematical   James Rocchi 8/10 "Zodiac s'inscrit dans une nouvelle lignée de grandes productions hollywoodiennes mettant finalement l'emphase sur l'élégance et l'ingéniosité plutôt que les effets tapageurs."   Panorama   Jean-François Vandeuren 3.5/4 "Deftly maintains a methodical rhythm of fear and anxiety."   Palo Alto Weekly   Jeanne Aufmuth 8/10 "Rich in period detail and dripping with style, the two-and-a-half-plus hours movie holds one's attention throughout."   Window to the Movies   Jeffrey Chen "The visuals and the performances (excepting my Gyllenhaal quibbles) are across-the-board fantastic, and there are both scares and suspense aplenty, even for those already fairly familiar with the case."   Pajiba   Jeremy C. Fox 3.5/4 "The director has made his most -- and maybe his first -- personal film."   Big Picture Big Sound   Joe Lozito B "Welcome to reality mainstream film!"   Old School Reviews   John A. Nesbit 7/10 "...an effective reenactment of some riveting real-life events."   DVDTown.com   John J. Puccio "Methodical to the point of becoming unnerving, Zodiac meshes fact and supposition into a fascinating exploration of obsession."   Light Views   John Larsen 4.5/5 "What makes this movie special is that really, not much happens. ,yet it's insanely gripping, even if someone is explaining discovery or flipping through a file."   Cinerina   Karina Montgomery 1.0/4.0 "A psycho-killer detective story with a less-than-thrilling pace and length."   MovieCrypt.com   Kevin A. Ranson 4.5/5 "It's a long, confusing ride, but that was the nature of the case. That's what made the film seem so real."   7M Pictures   Kevin Carr "Zodiac meticulously reconstructs investigative techniques at a time...women still accepted rides from strange men on a lonely stretch of road. Like bringing eyebrow tweezers on an airplane, those times are gone."   Pretentious Musings   Kevin Koehler 2.5/4 "Exquisitely crafted, with 3 or 4 kick-ass set pieces and remarkable casting, but rather bloated at 158 minutes and ultimately somewhat hollow."   Montreal Film Journal   Kevin N. Laforest A- "...uses the best elements of Fincher's previous work...to service a mature investigative thriller with a distinct creep factor."   Reeling Reviews   Laura Clifford 4/4 "A chilling exercise in soul-eroding anxiety."   TV Guide's Movie Guide   Maitland McDonagh 3.5/4 "It is clear that screenwriter James Vanderbilt (working off a pair of books by Graysmith) has done his homework."   UR Chicago Magazine   Mark Dujsik 3.5/4 "The implications of the Zodiac murders ... still hold bearing today."   Mark Reviews Movies   Mark Dujsik B "The story is built beam by beam, but Fincher tweaks the final design of what we expect in the architecture of a serial killer movie."   Reel Times: Reflections on Cinema   Mark Pfeiffer 6/10 "The investigation and the film are both long and the final conclusion the film reaches is dubious. Still, it makes for a tense if grim true-crime thriller."   rec.arts.movies.reviews   Mark R. Leeper "[A] confrontation with evil that isn't quite like anything we've seen on film before..."   Flick Filosopher   MaryAnn Johanson 3.5/5 "Zodiac has us ponder the frustrations of a case that won't close up tightly like your weekly CSI."   Film Threat   Matthew Sorrento 3.5/4 "Zodiac works as a depiction of a criminal investigation, but even more than that it works as an examination of how a tough-to-catch criminal eats away at those who seek to apprehend him."   Aisle Seat   Mike McGranaghan B+ "Director David Fincher wisely makes this story not about the monster, but about our fascination with monsters."   Movie Mom at Yahoo! Movies   Nell Minow 3.5/4 "Zodiac's exhaustive attention to minute facts and theories forms a parallel not only with Graysmith and Toschi's fanatical need to nab the killer but also the director's own perfectionist filmmaking methods."   Slant Magazine   Nick Schager 5/5 "Mais um esforço brilhante de um diretor que inexplicavelmente ainda não alcançou o amplo reconhecimento que já merece há muitos anos."   Cinema em Cena   Pablo Villaca 4/5 "Zodiac is an exhaustive (and exhausting) tale, made compelling by strong performances from Ruffalo and Downey and by a more restrained Fincher"   Film Threat   Pete Vonder Haar 4/5 "Leave it to Fincher to reinvent the serial killer thriller."   Shadows on the Wall   Rich Cline 5/5 "A stuffed package, a densely woven tapestry of data and entertainment."   eFilmCritic.com   Rob Gonsalves B+ "The workaday grind of its heroes gives it a unique feeling that few thrillers can match."   Flipside Movie Emporium   Rob Vaux  (1 - 50) of 59 OFCS Rating: 93% Fresh Page   12   > Next