Review of Zero Dark Thirty (2012) by Evanrm — 18 Jan 2013
It was okay. Basically a well-dramatised account of the hunt for Bin Laden, but suffers from a too-long running time. The acting is very average, the script sparse, the dialogue terrible, the plot surprisingly thin.
For a film that tries to chart the hunt for arguably the biggest boogieman in US history, it's a very empty film. The ONLY reason that the film succeeds is because of it's subject matter. Without that, it's just a recreation documentary without any of the interesting documentary information.
The scriptwriter, Mark Boal, struggles to write a coherent narrative, and seems to resort to choppy little vingettes instead. I don't know if that was a conscious decision, or a lack of skill. It's worth seeing on video, and only because of the subject material.
As a narrative documentary it's great; as a film it sucks.
This review of Zero Dark Thirty (2012) was written by Evanrm on 18 Jan 2013.
Zero Dark Thirty has generally received very positive reviews.
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