Few films have ever ended on such a low, anti-climatic note as The Zodiac.
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L.A. Weekly
L.A. Weekly
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.
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.
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San Francisco ChroniclePeter Hartlaub
San Francisco ChroniclePeter 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.
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Entertainment WeeklyOwen Gleiberman
Entertainment WeeklyOwen Gleiberman
The Zodiac has been made with the dunderheaded flatness of bad '70s TV.