...Bulkley tells the story without frills but also without much excitement. At the end, we are told that the Zodiac's final letter included the line `I am waiting for a good movie about me.' He's still waiting.
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03/16/06
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The Zodiac (2005)
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Reviews Counted:30
Fresh:8
Rotten:22
Average Rating:4.1/10
Theatrical Release:Mar 17, 2006 Limited
Synopsis: This psychological thriller claims to be based on the real-life terror inflicted on a small town by a crazed serial killer targeting teen sweethearts. As detective Matt Parish tries to track down... [More]
Starring: Robin Tunney, Justin Chambers, Rory Culkin, William R. Mapother
Director: Alexander Bulkley
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Reviews for The Zodiac
Boring when it should be gripping.
03/16/06
Top CriticIt's a barely serviceable police procedural that has a harder time locating persuasive drama than its detectives do tracking down their man.
03/17/06
Treats the unfolding murder spree like a routine police procedural.
03/16/06
Top CriticThe B-team version of the story.
03/17/06
Top CriticThis movie was born under the sign of the mediocre.
03/17/06
It's two, maybe three different takes on the same subject duking it out for airtime, and the resulting struggle only leads to boredom.
09/05/06
Bulkley shows flashes of virtuosity... but for now, we'll just have to look at this film as a stepping stone in what could be a promising career.
03/17/06
A wan, pedestrian treatment of a notorious unsolved crime
03/21/06
A less-than stable script and some questionable performances keep it firmly in the realm of direct-to-DVD fodder.
03/17/06
Chambers struggles for a connective tie to the audience to justify a worn-out subject, but this script isn't the vehicle to get him anywhere.
02/27/06
The would-be psychological thriller devolves into a plodding domestic drama.
03/17/06
The filmmakers essentially box themselves into an almost existential situation where nothing happens other than the unraveling of intimate relationships under insurmountable stress.
03/16/06
Top CriticThe Zodiac case receded into limbo, and Bulkley's film ends on an inconclusive and profoundly unsatisfying note.
02/12/07
A B-movie with just enough heft and factual accuracy to lull us into taking it seriously.
03/28/06
Have the screenwriters ever studied the concept of arc, how characters evolve from opening to closing credits?
03/17/06
The Zodiac has been made with the dunderheaded flatness of bad '70s TV.
03/22/06
Top CriticThe Bulk(e)ly brothers repeat The Zodiac's famous quotation "I am waiting for a good movie about me" with an ironic lack of self-reflection.
03/17/06
It has the look of a straight-to-video movie, or at best a Project Greenlight production.
03/17/06
As you drift off to sleep, think of it as The Zzz-Zodiac.
03/16/06
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