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Zero Day

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Zero Day reviews
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7.2 User Score:

Generally favorable reviews

Based on 14 critic reviews
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Based on 9 votes
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Movie Info

Genre(s): Crime

Written by: Ben Coccio

Directed by: Ben Coccio

Release Date:
Theatrical: August 3, 2003
DVD: April 5, 2005

Running Time: 92 minutes, Color

Origin: USA

Summary

RATING: Not Rated

Starring Rachel Benichak, Christopher Coccio, Andre Keuck, Gerhard Keuck, Johanne Keuck, Samantha Philips, and Calvin Robertson

A chilling look inside the minds of two high school boys, Zero Day brings us into the world of best friends Andre and Cal, alienated teens determined to carry out a violent attack on their high school. (Film Forum)

What The Critics Said

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90

Film Threat Eric Campos

This isn’t exploitation; this is a look at how things may have been with Harris and Klebold, and how something like this could easily happen again.

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80

The Onion (A.V. Club) Scott Tobias

Though comparisons to "The Blair Witch Project" are inevitable, the impeccable first-person camera technique not only makes sense dramatically, but also facilitates a complex and queasily ambiguous relationship between the conspirators and the audience.

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80

Variety Ronnie Scheib

Consistently riveting. Anything but sensationalistic, pic powerfully illuminates the banality of evil, as realistically ordinary kids (played brilliantly by non-professional high schoolers) prepare to wreak havoc.

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80

Washington Post Curt Fields

Will chill you to your core.

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75

San Francisco Chronicle Walter Addiego

Gains its power through what it withholds, namely, sound- bite answers as to why these horrific events happen.

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75

Boston Globe Ty Burr

Without even trying, Coccio may have stumbled over the truest metaphor for Columbine yet.

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75

New York Post Lou Lumenick

Cocchio's film isn't as poetic as Gus Van Sant's hauntingly beautiful (far more expensive) "Elephant," but it has a power and immediacy that makes it much more worthwhile than "Home Room."

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70

The New York Times A.O. Scott

What gives the movie its power is that even the most innocuous scenes in the boys' lives are shadowed by dread.

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70

Village Voice J. Hoberman

The simulation of shaky camera amateur DV is a narrative ploy that often taxes the filmmakers' ingenuity. Still, the movie has a creepy authenticity.

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70

Washington Post Ann Hornaday

The movie can't help but resonate with a ripped-from-the-headlines topicality.

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63

New York Daily News Jack Mathews

A speculative re-enactment of the 1999 Columbine slaughter, told from the point of view of two suburban high school nihilists as they videotape themselves preparing for the last and "best day" of their lives.

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60

TV Guide Ken Fox

Both Robertson and Keuck are frighteningly good, and director Coccio imagines their home movies so effectively that his film comes dangerously close to being a how-to manual for aspiring classroom spree killers.

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60

Dallas Observer Melissa Levine

There's something about that project that feels manipulative and wrong.

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50

The Hollywood Reporter Frank Scheck

Meant to be purposefully banal. Unfortunately, there's a thin line between purposefully banal and simply banal, and Ben Coccio's debut feature too often crosses it.

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What Our Users Said

The average user rating for this movie is 7.2 (out of 10) based on 9 User Votes

Note: User votes are NOT included in the Metascore calculation.

S. Lavelle gave it a6:
A rather lazy film; not as insightful as, say, "Elephant." Powerful lead performances cannot conceal the fact that the Coccios are too lazy to attempt to give reasons for the shootings, let alone answers. [***SPOILERS***] (The killers' repeated calls that there are no reasons for their massacre is, of course, a paradox--one Ben Coccio does not even hint at exploring.) 6/10

Harold G gave it a10:
Nothing short of a masterpiece!!! Just SEE IT...it's by far the best true-crime movie ever made! Too bad AVATAR ruined it with a crappy release. Not for the faint of heart. Coccio needs to make more movies.

Jonas J. gave it a 10:
Thought provoking and very convincing, perfect acting. Was absorbed by the film, thought it was great and showed a different perspective. Chilling movie.

Richard G. gave it a 7:
This can be a very distructive movie, and ca pass as a "how to shoot up your school" film. If I wasnt told that this is a movie, I would beleve that it was a REAL Documentary. The acting in this movie is very close to perfect. This movie should be rated a MA just for the Violence and psycological effects it might have on younger view.

Michelle R. gave it a 6:
Too much like Columbine to not be disturbing. Scary to see those kids playing with guns. However, a lot of the dialogue was interesting, true, insightful, to name a few.

Nikos C. gave it a 0:
This movie is messed up and can cause nothing but harm...this is just sickening!!!!!! people who realised this are a..holes.

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