Stars
Jake Gyllenhaal: American actor, BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN, DONNIE DARKO
Robert Downey: American actor, CHAPLIN (1992), IRON MAN (2008)
Chloë Sevigny: Actress, BOYS DON'T CRY, KIDS
Anthony Edwards: American Actor
Gary Oldman: British actor, SID AND NANCY/TRUE ROMANCE
Mark Ruffalo: Actor
Ione Skye: Actress
Clea DuVall: American actress, GIRL, INTERRUPTED
Brian Cox: British Actor, L.I.E. (2000)
Elias Koteas: Actor
John Carroll Lynch:
Dermot Mulroney: American Actor
Donal Logue: Actor/"The Crew"
Pell James: Actor, UNDISCOVERED (2005)
Jimmi Simpson: actor in LOSER, 2000
Charles Fleischer: AMERICAN ACTOR
Director
David Fincher: American director
Producer
Arnold Messer: Producer, ALL THE KING'S MEN, (2006)
Mike Medavoy: producer, THE SIXTH DAY
Screenwriter
James Vanderbilt: Screenwriter, BASIC (2003)
Composer
David Shire: American Composer
Review 1:
"Conveying an astonishing array of information across a long narrative arc while still maintaining dramatic rhythm and tension....David Fincher's most mature and accomplished work."
Source: Variety
p.2 02/23/2007
Review 2:
"[With] arresting performances...and the visual virtuosity of thriller auteur David Fincher."
Source: Box Office
p.131 04/01/2007
Review 3:
4 stars out of 5 -- "Complementing cinematic sizzle is supreme ensemble acting, starting with Jake Gyllenhaal, Robert Downey Jr. and Mark Ruffalo."
Source: USA Today
p.14D 07/27/2007
Review 4:
5 stars out of 5 -- "The high-def digital camerawork is stunning and there are sublime shots that herald Fincher as one of the most technically accomplished directors alive."
Source: Total Film
p.128 10/01/2007
Review 5:
4 stars out of 5 -- "[The actors] are brilliant, with Downey turning in a performance of elegant dissolution worthy of the great O'Toole."
Source: Uncut
p.152 11/01/2007
Review 6:
"[M]agnificently obsessive....[A] testament to the cinematic savant's gifts....[The actors are] all at the top of their performance game..."
Source: New York Times
p.E1 03/09/2007
Review 7:
"[A] vastly intricate and dazzling drama....It spins your head in a new way, luring you into a vortex and then deeper still, fascinating as much for what we don't know as what we do." -- Grade: A
Source: Entertainment Weekly
p.83 03/16/2007
Review 8:
5 stars out of 5 -- "ZODIAC is a taut, exceptionally well-executed crime thriller that makes detailed use of its source material..."
Source: Ultimate DVD
p.108 06/01/2007
Review 9:
"[ZODIAC] potently blends the dynamics of the newsroom drama with those of the police procedural."
Source: Sight and Sound
p.82 06/01/2007
Review 10:
"[B]oth the year's headiest and most pleasurable movie."
Source: Film Comment
p.40 01/01/2008
Review 11:
3.5 stars out of 4 -- "[A] meticulous, mind-bending, nonstop mesmerizer of a movie....Something unique and unmissable."
Source: Rolling Stone
p.88 03/22/2007