Zero Day
Avatar Films | Release Date: August 3, 2003 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
69
METASCORE
Generally favorable reviews based on 14 Critic Reviews
Positive:
11
Mixed:
3
Negative:
0
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90
Film ThreatEric Campos
This isn’t exploitation; this is a look at how things may have been with Harris and Klebold, and how something like this could easily happen again. Read full review
80
The A.V. ClubScott Tobias
Though comparisons to "The Blair Witch Project" are inevitable, the impeccable first-person camera technique not only makes sense dramatically, but also facilitates a complex and queasily ambiguous relationship between the conspirators and the audience. Read full review
80
VarietyRonnie Scheib
Consistently riveting. Anything but sensationalistic, pic powerfully illuminates the banality of evil, as realistically ordinary kids (played brilliantly by non-professional high schoolers) prepare to wreak havoc. Read full review
80
Washington PostCurt Fields
Will chill you to your core. Read full review
75
New York PostLou Lumenick
Cocchio's film isn't as poetic as Gus Van Sant's hauntingly beautiful (far more expensive) "Elephant," but it has a power and immediacy that makes it much more worthwhile than "Home Room." Read full review
75
San Francisco ChronicleWalter Addiego
Gains its power through what it withholds, namely, sound- bite answers as to why these horrific events happen. Read full review
75
Boston GlobeTy Burr
Without even trying, Coccio may have stumbled over the truest metaphor for Columbine yet. Read full review
70
The New York TimesA.O. Scott
What gives the movie its power is that even the most innocuous scenes in the boys' lives are shadowed by dread. Read full review
70
Village VoiceJ. Hoberman
The simulation of shaky camera amateur DV is a narrative ploy that often taxes the filmmakers' ingenuity. Still, the movie has a creepy authenticity. Read full review
70
Washington PostAnn Hornaday
The movie can't help but resonate with a ripped-from-the-headlines topicality. Read full review
63
New York Daily NewsJack Mathews
A speculative re-enactment of the 1999 Columbine slaughter, told from the point of view of two suburban high school nihilists as they videotape themselves preparing for the last and "best day" of their lives. Read full review
60
TV Guide MagazineKen Fox
Both Robertson and Keuck are frighteningly good, and director Coccio imagines their home movies so effectively that his film comes dangerously close to being a how-to manual for aspiring classroom spree killers. Read full review
60
Dallas ObserverMelissa Levine
There's something about that project that feels manipulative and wrong. Read full review
50
The Hollywood ReporterFrank Scheck
Meant to be purposefully banal. Unfortunately, there's a thin line between purposefully banal and simply banal, and Ben Coccio's debut feature too often crosses it. Read full review
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