Needed More Character and Less Story Development,

Rating: 7/10 (29 September 2015)

Zero Dark Thirty is a good movie with a very well developed storyline and a fantastic cast. It's very intriguing, revolving around a bittersweet true story that will surely be of interest to anyone, Jessica Chastain was given a very serious job when she was cast in the lead role of such a heavy film, but she does a fantastic job, she's the highlight and holds the whole film together, her emotion is real and a sense of tragedy and hurt is always evident in her face and voice. I didn't like this movie as much as most people did, and that's mainly because it was too interested in its story, though it was definitely very interesting true events, it should have focused on its characters much more, there is a lot we don't find out about the main cast, the main thing I wanted to know more about was Maya and Dan's past, they are all left as blank canvas towards the end, which despite the victorious finale, still feels significantly anti-climatic. The big moment of the whole movie is a disappointment, once the soldiers finally go to pursue Osama bin Laden, it could have been much more intense and it should have been longer, this was the scene everyone was waiting for, and it sadly comes and goes quite fast and holds back on being as thrilling and exciting as it could have been, it should have been at least an hour long. While it definitely has its flaws and is unfulfilling, Zero Dark Thirty boasts terrific performances and an intriguing story, and I would recommend it to anyone looking for a good drama if you ever see it on television or Netflix.
An intelligence officer's intuition and hard work helps the U.S. to track down Osama bin Laden.
Best Performance: Jessica Chastain Worst Performance: Édgar Ramírez