Suspenful thriller that is spot on all over - a fantastic movie

Rating: 10/10 (18 May 2007)

I was mesmerized while watching this movie. If I were to describe Finchers' direction with one word, it'd be 'tight'. David Fincher has created a spellbinding movie, realistic and at sometimes even scary. The performances in this movie are...Actually, I am having troubles right now to come up with the right words for describing how I felt about this movie. I absolutely loved it. The universe is just so realistic that it's like traveling back in time to the 70's (in which decade most of the film takes place). The acting is plain and simple spot on. Jake Gyllenhaal is very, very good in his portrayal of the obsessed Robert Graysmith. Robert Downey Jr. is the movie's comic relief (along with a man selling coffee), but is also brilliant as the drunkard reporter Paul Avery, whom, despite using substances and drinking heavily, is a fantastic reporter. Mark Ruffalo and Anthony Edwards play the two main detectives investigating the Zodiac Killer, and they pull it off with elegance. For me, there is nothing to complain about when it comes to the acting.
The soundtrack in this movie fits the time period superbly and is just plain cool. As usual the camera work is stunning, as it tends to be in Finchers' movies. This movie is very, very suspenseful at times and some viewers might find it to be a bit long. I don't feel that at all. I feel that the length of the movie is just as it should be, as the movie contains a lot of details that all deserve the time they've been given. A film like this would be nothing without it.
To sum it up, this movie is spot on all over. I loved it, and you should too.