Zero Dark Thirty

Scott Tobias

Its impossible for a film like Zero Dark Thirty to be entirely apoliticaland presenting it as a piece of just the facts reportage makes it, if anything, more suspiciousbut the Rorschach blot Bigelow and Boal have made out of this loaded story speaks well of their methods.A rough triangulation of opinion columns puts them right on the money. ( Read More )

And with the script devoting so little time to fleshing out Mayas backstory, it doesnt function particularly well as a character study, either. ( Read More )

Roger Ebert

Its performances are razor sharp and detailed, the acting restrained, the timing perfect. ( Read More )

Peter Debruge

But Boal has clearly constructed this as a more journalistic alternative to a generic gung ho approach. ( Read More )

Jonathan Lack

This is as smart and well crafted a drama as I have seen all year, a stark and harrowing peek behind the modern intelligence curtain that is both exhilarating and refreshing in its focus, clarity, and flawless execution. ( Read More )