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Zodiac, The
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MPAA RATING: R for strong violence and language

Starring Justin Chambers, Robin Tunney, Rory Culkin, William Mapother, Brad William Henke, Rex Linn, Philip Baker Hall, and Marty Lindsey

Based on true events‚ The Zodiac is a psychological thriller detailing a string of gruesome murders in the Bay Area in the late 1960s and the impact on the victims‚ their families and the wider community. (ThinkFilm)

GENRE(S):	Crime \| Drama \| Mystery \| Suspense/Thriller
WRITTEN BY:	Kelley Bulkeley Alexander Bulkley
DIRECTED BY:	Alexander Bulkley
RELEASE DATE:	DVD: August 29, 2006 Theatrical: March 17, 2006
RUNNING TIME:	92 minutes, Color
ORIGIN:	USA

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The Hollywood Reporter Kirk Honeycutt

Few films have ever ended on such a low, anti-climatic note as The Zodiac.

LA Weekly Tim Grierson

The Zodiac regurgitates a lifetime of police-thriller conventions, adding an aura of laughable solemnity in the hope of making the plot seem less banal.

Los Angeles Times Kevin Crust

Unfortunately, the film lacks the suspense and drama to carry the psychological burden placed on it by its makers. Plot strands are dropped like so much lint, and it ends so abruptly that you wonder whether the filmmakers ran out of money, ideas or both.

San Francisco Chronicle Peter Hartlaub

Although the movie doesn't turn the Zodiac saga into a slasher film, it has the look of a straight-to-video movie, or at best a Project Greenlight production.

Entertainment Weekly Owen Gleiberman

The Zodiac has been made with the dunderheaded flatness of bad '70s TV.

The average user rating for this movie is 3.4 (out of 10) based on 5 User Votes
Note: User votes are NOT included in the Metascore calculation.

Arjun gave it a5:
The movie rolls on in its own creepy way. Though one would have expected more with the prolific cast and the theme.

Kyle S. gave it a9:
This is truly a masterwork of a maturing filmmaker. The fanboys wont like it, but it's a fine pic. Great performances accorss the board.

[Anonymous] gave it a0:
Plenty of smoking and drinking, a few murders, little dialogue worth speaking, and totally devoid of credible acting. A total waste of 92 minutes of my life.

[Anonymous] gave it a3:
manages to be one of the most unwatchable and unenjoyable films recently released despite its potentioal and good cast.

[Anonymous] gave it a0:
This movie goes down in history as one of the worst films of the last 10 years. It is a discrace to man kind and the only reason it could be enjoyable would be to laugh at its meer existance in modern day society.

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