Review of Zero Dark Thirty (2012) by Flange77 — 26 Dec 2012
Tedious. Just because something compelling happened in real life doesn't mean it makes for a good movie. For the life of me I can't understand the critical acclaim here. Nothing in this movie feels believable, first and foremost Chastain's performance.
She is miscast, shrill, and has no gravitas. I didn't believe for one second she was a "tough" high level CIA analyst. Most performances in general felt off and even the amazing Kyle Chandler was reduced to cliche.
The movie feels cheap and shallow. There is zero character development, everything feels easy, the torture scenes are gratuitous, and then James Gandolfini comes bobbling in as Leon Pannetta? Although Homeland on Showtime has far-fetched plot lines, it is a thousand times more compelling and a million times better acted.
Just don't get at all what the fuss is. And almost three hours. Ouch.
This review of Zero Dark Thirty (2012) was written by Flange77 on 26 Dec 2012.
Zero Dark Thirty has generally received very positive reviews.
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