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01/29/05
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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10/04/02
In its slick cinematic urgency and its outrage, Z still has the power to shake you up.
04/23/09
Superbly acted, gripping entertainment.
05/24/03
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 CriticIt 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
Top CriticThe cyclonic drive is all heat and outrage
09/25/09
Way ahead of the curve.
10/10/05
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 Frenchies smoke, drink, and mumble their way through the whole affair. There's no "intrigue," no matter what the critics say.
07/03/02
Costa Gavras political thriller still has bite
10/19/04
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07/16/04
No review available.
04/07/05
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
Fascism 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 CriticYears later, Costa-Gavras’ shrewd contrivance and superb form hold up impressively.
03/11/09
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
Its mere existence is testimony to the fact that no matter how hard those in power struggle to conceal their misdeeds, truth will eventually win out.
08/28/09
Mikis Theodorakis provides a stirring musical score of traditional Greek music.
03/13/09
a relentlessly fast-paced political expose that has not a single wasted second
10/28/09
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