Took a little six month break and now we are back! And what better way to jump back in than with a serial killer crime drama based on a true story. Join us as we discuss "Zodiac" and enjoy some peanut M&Ms. Only the best here.
Recorded: 02.05.2026
- Flick Details -
Country of Origin: United States
Release Date: March 2, 2007 (U.S.)
Run Time: 2 Hr 7 Min
Director: David Fincher
Writer(s): James Vanderbilt, Robert Graysmith
Producer(s): Big list
Composer: David Shire
Cinematographer: Harris Savides
Editor: Angus Wall (The Social Network, Girl with the Dragon Tattoo)
Cast: Jake G (Robert Graysmith), Mark Ruffalo (Inspector David Toschi), Anthony Edwards (Inspector William Armstrong), Robert Downey Jr. (Paul Avery)
Genre: Cop drama, docudrama, psychological thriller
Rating and Why: R for killings, language and brief sexual images
Film Location(s): Vallejo, CA
Budget: 65M
Box Office: 13M opening weekend US & Canada, 84M worldwide
Awards: 0 Oscars nominations (wow)
Time Frame: 60s and 70s
Setting: San Francisco area
Synopsis: Guy kills people and sends clues to the police. Never gets caught.
Tagline: “There’s more than one way to lose your life to a killer”
Watch On: Paramount+, Netflix and Rent on Prime Video
IMDb - 7.7 (663K)
Letterboxd - 4.0
Rotten Tomatoes - 90% critic (264), 77% audience (250K+)
Metacritic - 79 Metascore (40) ”Generally Favorable”, 8.0 User Score (663) “Generally Favorable”
Critic Consensus (RT) - “A quiet, dialogue-driven thriller that delivers with scene after scene of gut-wrenching anxiety. David Fincher also spends more time illustrating nuances of his characters and recreating the mood of the '70s than he does on gory details of murder.”
- Our Ratings -
Dylan: 4
Jesse: 3.9
Dawson: 5.1
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