TelegraphJessica Chastain is excellent as a steely CIA agent, in Kathryn Bigelow's controversial film about the hunt for Osama bin La...
The GuardianKathryn Bigelow's film about the hunt for Osama bin Laden is only ever on the side of the home team
The New YorkerIt combines ruthlessness and humanity in a manner that is paradoxical and disconcerting yet satisfying as art.
USA TodayThere's an emotional detachment to the film that undercuts its potency. Zero Dark Thirty is more technically proficient than...
The Boston GlobeIt's a movie made with the same coolly fanatical attention to craft the lead character displays in her work.
The Philadelphia InquirerAs a hugely compressed account of the Osama bin Laden manhunt, as a compelling but troubling look at "black ops" tradecraft,...
Chicago TribuneIts stance is extremely tricky. It's not a documentary. It's not a load of revenge nonsense. It's not 24. I'm still arguing ...
San Francisco ChronicleOne of the most innovative and best made films of the past year. Every now and then, even Dick Cheney gets to like a great m...
New York Daily NewsWhat the film says about getting information from terrorism suspects in an era of high-tech surveillance depends on your poi...
New York PostNot only is Zero Dark Thirty one of the year's best movies, it's an inspiring one to share with your daughters. That is, if ...
Washington PostFrom the very first scenes of Zero Dark Thirty, director Kathryn Bigelow demonstrates why she is such a formidable filmmaker...
Total FilmBreathlessly tense, thrillingly orchestrated and intellectually complex, this damn fine piece of rigorous, meticulous filmma...
Film FractureKathryn Bigelow has not made the greatest movie ever told with Zero Dark Thirty, nor has Mark Boal written the strongest scr...
Chicago Sun-TimesOsama bin Laden is dead, which everybody knows, and the principal facts leading up to that are also well-known.
New York MagazineIn its narrative arc, it is barely distinct from a boneheaded right-wing revenge picture, but the vibe is cool, brisk, grown...
Salon ArtsIts moral ambiguity will drive some viewers nuts, but in my view it is also the quality that makes Zero Dark Thirty somethin...
The New YorkerIt combines ruthlessness and humanity in a manner that is paradoxical and disconcerting yet satisfying as art.
The New York Times The most important American fiction movie about Sept. 11, a landmark that would be more impressive if there were more such f...
Rolling StoneThe knockout punch of the movie season is being delivered by Zero Dark Thirty. Chastain is a marvel, and Bigelow and Boal to...
USA TodayThere's an emotional detachment to the film that undercuts its potency. Zero Dark Thirty is more technically proficient than...
Los Angeles TimesKathryn Bigelow proves herself once again to be a master of heightened realism and narrative drive in this retelling of the ...
Wall Street JournalWhat it does in the course of telling a seminal story of our time is what contemporary films so rarely do, serve as brillian...
ReelViewsZero Dark Thirty is a compelling contemporary thriller with the added benefit of also being an engrossing character study.
TelegraphTim Robey reviews Kathryn Bigelow's Zero Dark Thirty, about the US hunt for Osama bin Laden.
Film School RejectsBigelow shows more range than she has in previous films, showcasing both her adept abilities to craft a perfect action/suspe...
IGN MoviesZero Dark Thirty reminds us that sometimes real-life tales make for the best kinds of movies. While there's no way to truly ...
JobloZERO DARK THIRTY (military jargon for the dark of night) is a pulse-pounding look at the pursuit and capture of the elusive ...
The GuardianKathryn Bigelow's latest war thriller is a riveting account of the hunt for Bin Laden which imagines a remorseless CIA agent...
Entertainment WeeklyOnce in a long while, a fresh-from-the-headlines movie — like All the President's Men or United 93 — fuses journalism, proce...
/FilmZero Dark Thirty has a few small problems but is incredibly intense and instantly memorable overall. Yes, it’s more linear t...
Hollywood ReporterThe story of the hunt for Osama bin Laden builds relentlessly to a powerful end result.
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Partial Film Information
Director: Kathryn Bigelow
Writer: Mark Boal
Studio: Sony Pictures
Cast: Jessica Chastain, Joel Edgerton, Mark Strong
Release: December 19, 2012
Writer: Mark Boal
Studio: Sony Pictures
Cast: Jessica Chastain, Joel Edgerton, Mark Strong
Release: December 19, 2012
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