Superbly acted, gripping entertainment.
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05/24/03
Z (1969)
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Reviews Counted:31
Fresh:28
Rotten:3
Average Rating:8/10
Consensus: Powerfully effective, this anti-fascist political thriller stands out as both high-conscience melodrama and high-tempo action movie.
Theatrical Release:Mar 13, 2009 Limited
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... [More]
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Reviews for Z
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
A chilling, manipulative rollercoaster ride.
02/20/08
No review available.
04/07/05
Years later, Costa-Gavras’ shrewd contrivance and superb form hold up impressively.
03/11/09
It's still an eye-catching, fast-paced watch.
10/26/09
No review available.
10/04/02
No review available.
07/16/04
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
Way ahead of the curve.
10/10/05
Z combines the intellectual heft of revolution-themed films like The Battle of Algiers with the drop-dead cool of mod touchstones like Blow Out or Le Samouraï.
03/13/09
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
Top CriticFascism has been driven underground, but a dose of Costa-Gavra's electrifyingly brutal 1969 political thriller Z will rattle you all the same.
03/11/09
Top CriticMikis Theodorakis provides a stirring musical score of traditional Greek music.
03/13/09
Forty years later, Z remains one of the most thrilling and urgent political thrillers ever made, a model for socially-conscious melodramas (and Costa-Gavras best picture).
03/11/09
The cyclonic drive is all heat and outrage
09/25/09
One of the most riveting political films ever made with its vivid depiction of the corrupt and corrosive lust for power.
07/04/02
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
Top Critica relentlessly fast-paced political expose that has not a single wasted second
10/28/09
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
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