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ZERO DARK THIRTY

This was today's film.

Zero Dark Thirty (2012)

This is a great film vastly complicated by the emotions involved in recent history from 9-11 through the events which this picture is about.

I hung in. It is a long one.

But then so was the chase and the final execution.

It gets teary toward the end.

Jessica Chastain is the one who sees the thing through. Singular vision. Passion.

A great actress carrying a great film. The writing and direction immaculate.

The parts which were "controversial"? Not for me.

The ending is dark and green and noisy and silent and fully satisfying.

Would I want to see this again? Not likely. Too harrowing.

But the rating for it has to be a 5 out of Netflix5. A NYTimes Critics' Pick. Fully deserved.

Labels: films