Critic Reviews
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Variety
Evidencing savvy visual flair and compelling storytelling skill, Goyer infuses heart and vigor into material that could have come off as overly familiar at best, sappily improbable at worst.
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| 80 |
Film Threat
ZigZag rests heavily on Jones III's sensational turn as the lead character. Capable of drawing empathy without pity from an audience, his ZigZag is the unlikely constant in a world swirling with change and intrigue.
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| 75 |
New York Daily News
The greatest strength of this modest production is Jones. ZigZag's autism is mild, meaning his symptoms are subtle, and the 19-year-old novice is completely convincing.
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| 70 |
TV Guide
For all its crime-story elements, this richly colored, beautifully shot film is really a story of the friendship between Singer and the kid he calls ZigZag, a relationship made all the more poignant by the fact that Singer is very sick.
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| 70 |
Los Angeles Times
ZigZag is also richly cinematic. Los Angeles locales have been chosen with a keen eye to freshness and pungent atmosphere, and they have been masterfully photographed by James L. Carter with a notably effective play of dark and light.
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| 50 |
LA Weekly
John Dentino
A great ensemble cast can't lift this heartfelt enterprise out of the familiar.
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| 50 |
Village Voice
Kid-pulp screenwriter Goyer (Dark City, Blade I and II) manages some mature textures but his movie never surmounts its manipulative ideas.
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| 50 |
The New York Times
Might have been richer and more observant if it were less densely plotted. The characters would resonate more if there were fewer of them, and if they were not pushed through so many contrived dramatic incidents.
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| 50 |
New York Post
The character of ZigZag is not sufficiently developed to support a film constructed around him.
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| 40 |
New Times (L.A.)
Either a put-on or a straight shooter; that you can't tell the difference underscores its small but ultimately overwhelming flaws.
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