Much better than Summer of Sam..But could do better

Rating: 7/10 (11 July 2008)

As in my summary this movie is better than "Summer of Sam" which is completely disengaging and uninformative, historical works need to make sense which Zodiac does. Anyway the beauty of this movie is that it deals with the known facts about the Zodiac Killer and does not put its own interpretation or conclusions, it lets you decide.
The movie is well shot and does a good job of capturing the time period covered, you can clearly see the strain of investigating the murders on the performance Jake Gyllenhaal, ("Robert Graysmith"), as it consumes him and has an effect on his personal life. On the Negative side the sound and dialogue is hard to follow at times and there are too many throw away remarks,especially from the Character "Inspector David Toschi", mumbling through the first 3/4's of the film, only speaking clearly at its conclusion, this in my opinion should have been addressed in post production. The supporting cast play there parts well, all giving a commendable performance without and wooden acting.
Finally however this movie merits it 7/10..