Review of Zoo (2007) by Wesley R — 08 Dec 2010
What this documentary claims to accomplish and what we see on the screen are two different things. It is clear that the filmmaker wanted to create an artsy film that feels cutting edge and talks about a taboo (and illegal) subject with great insight.
Instead this seems like an amateur art film that tells us nothing new that we couldn't have learned from just reading about this story online or seeing it on the news. Most of the actors are hidden by shadows in recreations of the story told via voiceover.
This gives the film a cryptic feel that would work...if there was anything that was truly mysterious. The only thing I was left wondering was how the filmmaker managed to drag 80 mins. with the material given.
An ambitiously failed film that tries to add insight and depth to a story that has none.
This review of Zoo (2007) was written by Wesley R on 08 Dec 2010.
Zoo has generally received mixed reviews.
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