| Zero Effect Review |
| by Dennis Schwartz |
| ZERO EFFECT (director: Jake Kasdan; cast: Bill Pullman(Daryl Zero), Ben
Stiller (Steve Arlo), Kim Dickens (Gloria Sullivan), Ryan O'Neal
(Gregory Stark), Angela Featherstone (Jess), 1998) more |
| Zero Effect Review |
| by Kevin W. Welch |
| The thriller is one of Hollywood's go-to genres and has been ever
since Hitchcock and film noir. The thriller has it all--action,
violence, a little sex and desperate characters who provide the
occasion for a medition on the evil that men and women do....more |
| Zero Effect Review |
| by Chuck Dowling |
| Zero Effect is a modern day, 1990s style Sherlock Holmes story. Every
element of a Holmes tale is here, from the eccentric detective to the
loyal assistant to the drug use... its all blatently there. I'm not a
big Holmes fan, but this update isn't so...more |
| Zero Effect Review |
| by Nathaniel R. Atcheson |
| Director: Jake Kasdan
Cast: Bill Pullman, Ben Stiller, Ryan O'Neal, Kim Dickens, Angela
Featherstone
Screenplay: Jake Kasdan
Producers: Jake Kasdan, Janet Yang
Runtime: 115 min.
US Distribution: Columbia/Castle Rock/Manifest
Rated R: language more |
| Zero Effect Review |
| by David Sunga |
| Rating: 3 stars (out of 4.0)
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Key to rating system:
2.0 stars - Debatable
2.5 stars - Some people may like it
3.0 stars - I liked it
3.5 stars - I am biased in favor of the movie
4.0 stars - I felt the movie's impact...more |
| Zero Effect Review |
| by Michael Dequina |
| Writer-director Jake Kasdan's Zero Effect gets its title from its main
character, Daryl Zero (Bill Pullman). Zero is perhaps the world's greatest
private detective, solving many a case without even setting foot outside of
his well-secured penthouse...more |
| Zero Effect Review |
| by James Berardinelli |
| United States, 1998
U.S. Release Date: 1/30/98 (limited)
Running Length: 1:55
MPAA Classification: R (Profanity, violence)
Theatrical Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1 more |
| Zero Effect Review |
| by Matt Williams |
| Jake Kasdan, son of one of the best screenwriters around, breaks into
filmmaking by writing and directing this hard-to-categorize detective
story: part mystery, part comedy, part character study and part
romance. For the most part, Kasdan manages to...more |
