Z (1969)
89 %
Reviews Counted: 19 Fresh: 17 Rotten:2 Average Rating: 8.3/10
Runtime: 2 hrs 8 mins
Synopsis:
"Z" is a classic Cold-War political thriller, based on a true story. It concerns the assassination of Zei, a popular pacifist and anti-nuclear leader. The aftermath of the incident reveals a deeper government conspiracy with the subsequent fallout.... [More]
Genre: Foreign Films
Starring: Yves Montand, Irene Papas, Jean-Louis Trintignant
Director: Costa Gavras
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This movie is for those who prefer for there to be meat on a screenplay's skeleton and who don't demand far-fetched conspiracy theories that play fast and loose with the facts.
02/20/08 05:29 PM
Top Critic A punchy political pic [from the novel by Vassilis Vassilikos] that mixes action, violence, and conspiracy on a robust, lavish scale.
02/20/08 05:26 PM
Top Critic The recreation of the murder and the subsequent investigation uses the techniques of an American thriller to gripping effect, though conspiracies are so commonplace nowadays that it's hard to imagine the impact it made at the time.
06/24/06 03:32 AM
It is a film of our time. It is about how even moral victories are corrupted. It will make you weep and will make you angry. It will tear your guts out.
10/23/04 10:28 PM
Top Critic As fresh and cogent today as it was then -- or perhaps it's simply that real life has made it once again relevant.
08/24/03 04:29 PM
One of the most riveting political films ever made with its vivid depiction of the corrupt and corrosive lust for power.
07/04/02 05:19 PM
The Frenchies smoke, drink, and mumble their way through the whole affair. There's no "intrigue," no matter what the critics say.
07/03/02 08:52 PM
Costa-Garvas organizes the material brilliantly to maintain interest, gradually revealing new layers of intrigue as the plot unwinds Rashoman-like style
02/27/01 11:27 PM
The usual excuse for films like this is that the crude melodrama helps communicate important political ideas and historical information, but Z doesn't communicate anything.
01/01/00 12:00 AM
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