"A modern American masterpiece."
— Joshua Rothkopf, Time Out
"A long work of completely sustained suspense and dark humor."
— Wesley Morris, Boston Globe
"[A] stark, terrifying and magnificently directed and researched crime thriller."
— Rex Reed, Observer
"The movie holds you in its grip from start to finish."
— David Ansen, Newsweek
"With its unhurried pace and cerebrally engaging plot, Zodiac is an unusually haunting and compelling horror film."
— Claudia Puig, USA Today
"Fincher has told a sprawling story about crime and fear and those whose lives are transformed by both."
— Robert Denerstein, Denver Rocky Mountain News
"Fincher and screenwriter James Vanderbilt, who spent more than a year researching the script, have made one of the most detailed, factually scrupulous crime dramas to ever come out of a Hollywood studio."
— Rene Rodriguez, Miami Herald
"David Fincher's grim but mesmerizing Zodiac offers the puzzle-solving addictiveness of a detective story, the shivers of a thriller and the allure of a character study, all presented with a dash of newspaper drama."
— Moira MacDonald, Seattle Times