Zodiac
Paramount Pictures | Release Date: March 2, 2007 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
79
METASCORE
Generally favorable reviews based on 40 Critic Reviews
Positive:
35
Mixed:
5
Negative:
0
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Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
50
Washington PostStephen Hunter
That's exactly the problem with this movie: It's not about a killer, or his victims, or the manhunt or the cops. They're all in it, of course, more or less. But it's about a writer. Read full review
50
Wall Street JournalJoe Morgenstern
The film feels self-obsessed, an intriguing drama that slowly devolves into a bleak meditation on the absence of dramatics.
50
Chicago ReaderJonathan Rosenbaum
In some ways, for better and for worse, this is even more about Graysmith (Jake Gyllehaal)--who became obsessed with solving the Zodiac killings that terrorized northern California in the late 60s--than about the murderer. Read full review
50
SalonStephanie Zacharek
Bits of the picture are fascinating to look at, but eventually, exhaustion kicks in, to the point where we're not sure what we're looking at, or why. Read full review
50
San Francisco ChronicleMick LaSalle
Never takes off, but it never collapses. At times, it becomes frustrating -- for example, about 30 minutes are spent pursuing a lead that goes nowhere. Read full review
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