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Zero Dark Thirty

The 21st Century’s 100 greatest films (BBC)

Zero Dark Thirty

2012

Kathryn Bigelow

Jessica Chastain, Joel Edgerton, Taylor Kinney, Kyle Chandler ...

6.8

38,687

Thriller. Action. Drama ZERO DARK THIRTY (stands for 00:30, local time when the SEAL operation started) reunites the Oscar winning team of director-producer Kathryn Bigelow and writer-producer Mark Boal (The Hurt Locker) for the story of history’s greatest manhunt for the world’s most dangerous man. The film tells the riveting account of all the previous work by intelligence forces lead by Agent Maya (Chastain) who made possible that Navy SEAL Team 6 hunted ... [+]

	Author	Review
United States	Richard Corliss Time	"First and last, Zero Dark Thirty is a movie, and a damned fine one. (...) This is movie journalism that snaps and stings, that purifies a decade’s clamor and clutter into narrative clarity, with a salutary kick."	POS
United States	Todd McCarthy The Hollywood Reporter	"The story of the hunt for Osama bin Laden builds relentlessly to a powerful end result. (...) 'Zero Dark Thirty' could well be the most impressive film Bigelow has made"	POS
United States	Peter Debruge Variety	"Rivets for most of its running (...) The ultra-professional result may be easier to respect than enjoy, but there's no denying its power."	POS
United States	Manohla Dargis The New York Times	"The most important American fiction movie about Sept. 11 (...) Ms. Bigelow’s direction here is unexpectedly stunning, at once bold and intimate"	POS
United States	Peter Travers Rolling Stone	"Hang on tight. The knockout punch of the movie season is being delivered by 'Zero Dark Thirty'. You're in for a hell of a ride with this high-voltage thriller (...) Rating: ★★★★ (out of four)"	POS

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