The Zodiac: Critic Reviews

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MovieWeb: 2 reviews

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RottenTomatoes: 31 reviews

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Owen Gleiberman Entertainment Weekly (Top Critic)

9

The Zodiac has been made with the dunderheaded flatness of bad '70s TV.
Full Review » 6 years ago
Bruce Westbrook Houston Chronicle (Top Critic)

38

The B-team version of the story.
Full Review » 6 years ago
Michael Granberry Dallas Morning News (Top Critic)

34

Have the screenwriters ever studied the concept of arc, how characters evolve from opening to closing credits?
Full Review » 6 years ago
Kirk Honeycutt Hollywood Reporter (Top Critic)

The filmmakers essentially box themselves into an almost existential situation where nothing happens other than the unraveling of intimate relationships under insurmountable stress.
Full Review » 6 years ago
Kevin Crust Los Angeles Times (Top Critic)

20

The would-be psychological thriller devolves into a plodding domestic drama.
Full Review » 6 years ago
Michael Szymanski Hollywood.com

60

Full Review » 4 years ago
Robin Clifford Reeling Reviews

75

I hate to waste my time seeing what I know is an incomplete work. Good filmmaking and story telling, though.
Full Review » 5 years ago
Kim Voynar Cinematical

80

Whether you're a true-crime buff or just an average cinephile who enjoys a well-crafted film, you'll find something to like about Zodiac.
Full Review » 5 years ago
Maitland McDonagh TV Guide's Movie Guide

50

The Zodiac case receded into limbo, and Bulkley's film ends on an inconclusive and profoundly unsatisfying note.
Full Review » 5 years ago
David Cornelius DVDTalk.com

40

It's two, maybe three different takes on the same subject duking it out for airtime, and the resulting struggle only leads to boredom.
Full Review » 6 years ago
Felix Vasquez Jr. Film Threat

60

Though The Zodiac is filled with a strong premise and taut atmosphere, Bulkley hardly ever gives us a reason to care for Johnny or Laura.
Full Review » 6 years ago
Mark Keizer Boxoffice Magazine

40

A B-movie with just enough heft and factual accuracy to lull us into taking it seriously.
Full Review » 6 years ago
Steve Rhodes Internet Reviews

63

Great case; mediocre movie.
Full Review » 6 years ago
Frank Swietek One Guy's Opinion

34

A wan, pedestrian treatment of a notorious unsolved crime
Full Review » 6 years ago
Andrea Chase Killer Movie Reviews

60

Bulkley juxtaposes the benign ordinariness of Vallejo with the savagery of the crime, the wholesome landscape standing in sharp contrast to what happens when no one is looking.
Full Review » 6 years ago
Peter Canavese Groucho Reviews

38

The Bulk(e)ly brothers repeat The Zodiac's famous quotation "I am waiting for a good movie about me" with an ironic lack of self-reflection.
Full Review » 6 years ago
Bob Strauss Los Angeles Daily News

25

It's a barely serviceable police procedural that has a harder time locating persuasive drama than its detectives do tracking down their man.
Full Review » 6 years ago
Johnny Butane Dread Central

50

A less-than stable script and some questionable performances keep it firmly in the realm of direct-to-DVD fodder.
Full Review » 6 years ago
Peter Hartlaub San Francisco Chronicle

25

It has the look of a straight-to-video movie, or at best a Project Greenlight production.
Full Review » 6 years ago
Cherryl Dawson and Leigh Ann Palone TheMovieChicks.com

50

This movie was born under the sign of the mediocre.
Full Review » 6 years ago
Dave White Movies.com

34

Full Review » 6 years ago
Edward Havens FilmJerk.com

34

Bulkley shows flashes of virtuosity... but for now, we'll just have to look at this film as a stepping stone in what could be a promising career.
Full Review » 6 years ago
Randy Myers Contra Costa Times

50

Impressive and unnerving, if uneven.
Full Review » 6 years ago
Tim Grierson L.A. Weekly

Regurgitates a lifetime of police-thriller conventions, adding an aura of laughable solemnity in the hope of making the plot seem less banal.
Full Review » 6 years ago
Staci Layne Wilson About.com

As you drift off to sleep, think of it as The Zzz-Zodiac.
Full Review » 6 years ago